##  [Clinical Equipoise](/clinical-equipoise) 

  ##  [Clinical Equipoise](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/clinical-equipoise-0) 

  

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Definition

Ethical condition for initiating and continuing randomized clinical trials defined as a genuine, reasonable uncertainty within the relevant clinical expert community about the comparative therapeutic merits of the trial arms, such that no arm is known to be inferior at the time of enrolment.