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[โ€“] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

It's important in case the drug that is being tested has unintended side effects, not having a control group means you have no idea if bad things are caused by the drug or by some other external factor (like medical history of the patients, environment...)

The control group probably isn't given placebo drugs, that probably wouldn't fly in most countries. Haven't looked into these specific trials and I'm not a medical professional!