An individual is randomized into a study in which she will sequentially receive an experimental drug to treat arthritis pain for 6 weeks and a control for 6 weeks. Neither she nor her doctor knows whether she will receive the drug or the control first. The design of this trial makes it a

a. a single-blind parallel study
b. a double-blind parallel study
c. a single-blind cross-over study
d. a double-blind cross-over study
e. none of the above


Ans: d

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