In a randomized controlled trial, the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis—used in many probiotic products, including Dannon’s Activia yogurts—did nothing to improve bowel health in people with constipation, according to data from a randomized triple-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial Wednesday in JAMA Network Open.
TF is triple blind? I’m familiar with blind (participant) and double blind (participant + experimenter), but who the hell is the third person?
Per Google, “In a triple-blind study, the assignment is hidden not only from participants and experimenters, but also from the researchers analyzing the data.”
Daaaaaaamn that is so interesting… Thanks for the info (I’m a statistician IRL so I’m literally the third person I was wondering about lol)
Secondary control group?