Parallel-Group TrialClinical

Trial design where separate groups of participants each receive only one compared intervention.

A parallel-group trial allocates different participants to each intervention arm, so each person experiences only one condition. Compared with a within-subject design, it requires a larger sample to achieve equivalent statistical power because between-subject variability contributes to the error term.

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