noun-modifying (irregular)
open-label; unblinded
Used in clinical research to describe trials or studies where both researchers and participants know which treatment is being administered. Contrasts with 盲検 (blinded).
この研究は非盲検試験として実施された。
This study was conducted as an open-label trial.
非盲検デザインではバイアスが入りやすい。
Bias is more likely to occur in an unblinded design.
二重盲検 (double-blind) is a stricter design where neither participants nor researchers know the treatment; 非盲検 is the least strict, with no blinding.
Compound of 非 (non-) and 盲検 (blinding), a technical term formed from clinical trial methodology terminology.