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romper el ciego

English translation: to break the blind

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Spanish term or phrase:	romper el ciego
English translation:	to break the blind
Entered by:	Giovanni Rengifo

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20:01 Jan 13, 2012

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Science - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / Clinical Trials

Spanish term or phrase: romper el ciego

This expression appears twice in a form of a serious adverse report.

"No se ha roto el ciego"
"Se rompió el ciego".

This is in regard to a double-blind trial.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Giovanni Rengifo KudoZ activity Questions: 416 (10 open) (46 closed without grading) Answers: 3606 Colombia
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break the blind

Explanation:
It refers to the point in a double-blind study when you reveal who is receiving the study drug and who is receiving placebo. It occurs either at the end of the study or in the case of a serious adverse event.

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Dr. Jason Faulkner
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break the blind

Dr. Jason Faulkner

5 +1

unblind

Roxanna Delgado

3 +1

break the blind

Daniel Frisano Paulon

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peer agreement (net): +1

break the blind

Dr. Jason Faulkner
Local time: 01:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 60

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Thank you Dr. Faulkner!

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

break the blind

Explanation:
Examples:
http://appliedclinicaltrialsonline.findpharma.com/appliedcli...
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/5544013/when-brea...

Also, there is one EN>ES KudoZ

Daniel Frisano Paulon
Italy
Local time: 09:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Italian,

Friulian
PRO pts in category: 4

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Asker: Thank you Arrigo!

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

unblind

Explanation:
En los últimos meses he estado traduciendo miles de páginas de ensayos clínicos de inglés a español. El término usado es "unblind".

ctj.sagepub.com/content/2/3/254.abstract

by EM Dinnett - 2005 - Cited by 7 - Related articles
Background The gold standard clinical trial design is the double-blind, randomized, controlled trial. No standard practice exists for the “unblinding” of trial ...

https://cabig.nci.nih.gov/.../CR011_SOP_Breaking_the_Statist...

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Oct 30, 2006 – blind during a clinical research study under the caBIG™ Program. 2. Scope. This SOP applies to the unblinding of all clinical trial research ...

www.cardiff.ac.uk/racdv/resgov/.../SOP CU-08-S19-2.0.pdf

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Out of date documents must not be relied upon. 1. CU/08/S19/2.0. Standard Operating Procedure for unblinding in a Clinical Trial in an emergency situation ...

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www.med.cornell.edu/publichealth/divisions/.../ppt/Blinding...

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Blinding or masking--single, double, triple (Dictionary for Clinical Trials 1999) ... Unblinding may result in ascertainment bias of subjective study endpoints. ...

www.caresearch.com.au/Caresearch/Portals/0/.../4.7.2Unblind...

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Purpose. Unblinding is the process by which the allocation code is broken so that the investigator, clinical staff and/or the trial statistician becomes aware of the ...

Roxanna Delgado
United States
Local time: 03:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 33

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Asker: Thank you Roxanna!

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