"A study group of 39 PABV [Persons Affected By Vampirism] was recruited through personal connections of the authors. Supervision by a human subjects review board was deemed unnecessary due to the inhuman unnature of the subjects.
"Ages of participants ranged from twenty-six through five hundred and seventy-three. PABV status was verified via measurement of vital signs, with qualified participants having a fingertip SpO2 at or below zero. Participants were surveyed on their nutritional and lifestyle practices, then broken down into five smaller focus groups which met weekly to sample a variety of proposed alternative PABV diets.
"Samples were served in identical plastic cups, except for the fresh human blood, which was served directly from a graduate student. [...]"
-- from "Evaluation of Alternate Nutrition Sources for Persons Affected by Vampirism", by pervocracy, 2021-10-26. [quoted text is from the Methods section -- if you read the rest, don't skip the Acknowledgmemts section]