Who decides what treatment I get?
Everyone taking part will receive empagliflozin. In addition, half the people taking part in this study will get the active BI 690517 pill and half will get the dummy inactive pill (known as placebo). Which treatment you get will be decided by the computer by chance (like tossing a coin). This is called randomisation.
Neither you nor your doctors will know which treatment you are given and the study staff will not know either. This ensures the study gives results that are reliable and trustworthy.
