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Popular gut probiotic completely craps out in randomized controlled trial (arstechnica.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

TF is triple blind? I'm familiar with blind (participant) and double blind (participant + experimenter), but who the hell is the third person?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

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)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Secondary control group?