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superiority
show one drug is better than the other
equivalency
shoe new drug is similar to comparison group/control may be used to determine bioequivalence
non-inferiority
show new treatment is not worse than current treatment by more than a small margin
intervention or treatment group
receives the treatment or strategy being evaluated
control group
provides the benchmark for evaluating the intervention group
comparator
what the control group receives. may be a placebo, an active treatment, usual care, or no intervention
placebo control
receives an inactive treatment designed to resemble the intervention
active control
receives an established/effective “active” treatment
usual-care control
continues to receive routine clinical care in alignment with standard of care/guidelines
no-treatment control
receives no study intervention
Placebo controls
resemble the intervention but do not contrain tis active component
help separate the treatment’s