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random allocation
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Definitions related to random allocation:
  • Assignment of subjects to treatment (or control) groups in an unpredictable way. NOTE: in a blinded study, assignment sequences are concealed, but available for disclosure in the event a subject has an adverse experience.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • The process of resource distribution that is done by chance.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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