Modifying Another Word

• not: There were good results, but the test was single-blind, not double-blind, which possibly, tho not necessarily, allows for bias.

• only: The quality of the included studies does not appear to have been systematically assessed, however, only double-blind randomized controlled trials were included.

Modifies a noun

• parallel-group: Randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, 6 weeks Intramuscular glucosamine sulfate 400 mg or placebo twice a week.

• placebo: In a double-blind, placebo controlled study, patients were treated with magnets applied to the skin.

• rct: They suggest that a large double-blind RCT would provide more definitive evaluation of the benefits of early enteral feeding.

• trial: Seven double-blind trials compared garlic with placebo in 383 patients.

• comparison: A six-week, multicenter, randomized, double-blind comparison.

• study: Efficacy of static magnetic field therapy in chronic pelvic pain: a double-blind pilot study.

Used with adjective complement

• randomize: Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of feverfew in migraine prevention.

• randomize: A randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of triazolam was carried out in a major cancer center in women undergoing initial breast cancer surgery.

• use: As the journal uses double-blind refereeing, the author's name or affiliation must not appear on the typescript.