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Originally Posted by zookester
I called today to clarify and the control group will be given a 'saline epidural infusion and booster saline infusions'. They explained that it would interfere with the control group to give medications of any kind as it would skew the results. At least that was my understanding in the explanation given to me.
That is the thing with trials since one never knows if they will be the one receiving the placebo.
Good Luck!
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I was just at the hospital and spoke to the study clinical leader. I confirmed...the epidural is not saline, it is an anesthetic. Everyone gets some sedation and saline, tho not everyone gets ketamine.