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Roy Freeman,1 Birol Emir,2 Bruce Parsons2 1Autonomic and Peripheral Nerve Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; 2Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USABackground: Greater understanding of factors associated ...
Freeman R, Emir B, Parsons B
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Meta-analysis of neural systems underlying placebo analgesia from individual participant fMRI data [PDF]
The brain systems underlying placebo analgesia are insufficiently understood. Here we performed a systematic, participant-level meta-analysis of experimental functional neuroimaging studies of evoked pain under stimulus-intensity-matched placebo and ...
Leknes, S. +29 more
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Placebo effect of an inert gel on experimentally induced leg muscle pain. [PDF]
Purpose: This study examined the therapeutic effects of an inert placebo gel on experimentally induced muscle pain in a sports therapy setting. It aimed to investigate the degree to which conditioned analgesia, coupled with an expectation of intervention,
Coleman, Damian A +4 more
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Informed consent and placebo effects: a content analysis of information leaflets to identify what clinical trial participants are told about placebos [PDF]
BackgroundPlacebo groups are used in randomised clinical trials (RCTs) to control for placebo effects, which can be large. Participants in trials can misunderstand written information particularly regarding technical aspects of trial design such as ...
Alison E. M. Adams (317941) +18 more
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Placebo use in the United Kingdom: results from a national survey of primary care practitioners [PDF]
Objectives: Surveys in various countries suggest 17% to 80% of doctors prescribe ‘placebos’ in routine practice, but prevalence of placebo use in UK primary care is unknown.Methods: We administered a web-based questionnaire to a representative sample of ...
Heneghan, C +34 more
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Background The placebo effect as the symptom improvement following inert treatments is a fixed component of RCTs to differentiate between specific effects of the tested pharmacological substance from other unspecific effects.
Martin Coenen +9 more
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Antidepressants versus placebo for depression in primary care [PDF]
Background Concern has been expressed about the relevance of secondary care studies to primary care patients specifically about the effectiveness of antidepressant medication.
Grant Blashki +15 more
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Placebo Economics: A Systematic Review About the Economic Potential of Utilizing the Placebo Effect
Background: Recent research shows that placebo mechanisms can be utilized in ethical and legal ways such as in open-label conditions, when patients know that they receive placebos, and through psychological interventions aiming to optimize patients ...
Jens Hamberger +6 more
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Background Contextual effects (i.e., placebo response) refer to all health changes resulting from administering an apparently inactive treatment. In a randomized clinical trial (RCT), the overall treatment effect (i.e., the post-treatment effect in the ...
Sigurlaug H. Hafliðadóttir +6 more
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Objective: Randomized placebo controlled trials (RCT) are very important for testing efficacy and safety of a medical treatment. There is no too much RCT`s in childhood bipolar disorder manic episode.
Remzi Oğulcan Çıray +3 more
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