Chema Nieto Castañón Nov 17, 2023:

Sí, María; "sham" (sham group) hace referencia al grupo tratado con intervención simulada ("grupo de intervención simulada"). En este caso debes añadir "pooled" (pooled group), grupo combinado. De ahí "grupo combinado de intervención simulada".

Lisa Rosengard Nov 15, 2023:

A search on google revealed that "Group benefits pooling is a way of spreading risk among a large group in order to lessen the impact" (in case the possibility of an unlikely event for which someone takes out insurance cover might actually become real). In the case of medical pharmaceuticals a group is presented with a simulated (sham) situation which is not yet altogether real. Is it possible that the study or investigation trial focused on simulated treatments for not totally real symptoms while an analysis omitted something important that was possibly more real?

Maria Iglesia Ramos (asker) Nov 15, 2023:

@all Can you confirm that "grupo combinado de intervención simulada" would be an accurate translation for the whole phrase?

Thank you

abe(L)solano Nov 15, 2023:

@Pat deberías proponerlo como respuesta formal; me parece muy natural (además no importa si los pacientes vienen de diferentes brazos/grupos de intervención "mock" o simulada, al final sigue siendo un grupo).

patinba Nov 15, 2023:

Sham Acá "sham" se está usando como un adjetivo (fingido, simulado) y no como un sustantivo, así que la traducción ya la tienes : "grupo de intervención simulada"