A randomized clinical trial of a new treatment is a study in which patients are assigned randomly (often by a computer process) to different treatment groups (e.g., to receive standard treatment or an experimental treatment).
The purpose of randomization in a clinical trial is to lower the risk that certain patients with perhaps a more favorable medical history (such as a particular age, lower stage of disease, or lack of other medical conditions) would be selected for a particular treatment group.
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