Non-randomized Trial with Contemporaneous Controls
Synonyms: Simultaneous Nonrandomized controls
A type of trial in which treatment and control group participants are matched at the group level based on demographic and clinical characteristics, and receive different treatments (e.g. A and B) at the same time.
In these studies, outcomes are compared between the group receiving treatment A and the group receiving treatment B contemporaneously. Trials with contemporaneous controls are generally considered superior to a trial with historical controls.
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