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Summary: Background: Spontaneous regression of advanced solid tumors is infrequent but may occur. Quantifying response rates from placebo in cancer drug trials may provide important information for physicians, patients, and regulators.
Arushi Sachdev +4 more
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Placebo response in trichotillomania [PDF]
Background: Trichotillomania is a functionally impairing, often overlooked disorder with no FDA-approved medications indicated for its treatment. The ability of clinical trials to detect beneficial effects of pharmacologic treatment in trichotillomania has been hampered by the high placebo response rate.
Grant, Jon E. +7 more
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The effect of carbohydrate ingestion on the Interleukin-6 response to a 90-minute run time trial [PDF]
Fatigue is a predictable outcome of prolonged physical activity; yet its biological cause remains uncertain. During exercise, a polypeptide messenger molecule interleukin- 6 (IL-6) is actively produced.
Ansley, Les +3 more
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Placebo Effects in Psychotherapy: A Framework
The issue of placebo response and the extent of its effect on psychotherapy is complex for two specific reasons: i) Current standards for drug trials, e.g., true placebo interventions, double-blinding, cannot be applied to most psychotherapy techniques ...
Paul Enck, Stephan Zipfel
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Aim: Indirect treatment comparisons (ITCs) are anchored on a placebo comparator, and the placebo response may vary according to drug administration route.
Howard Thom +4 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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Impact of onabotulinumtoxinA on quality of life and practical aspects of daily living : a pooled analysis of two randomized controlled trials [PDF]
Objective: To evaluate the impact of onabotulinumtoxinA on individual domains of the quality of life questionnaires in a pooled analysis of two phase 3 trials in overactive bladder patients with urinary incontinence who were inadequately managed by >= 1 ...
Egerdie, Russell B +7 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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Telomere length as a predictor of response to Pioglitazone in patients with unremitted depression: a preliminary study. [PDF]
We studied peripheral leukocyte telomere length (LTL) as a predictor of antidepressant response to PPAR-γ agonist in patients with unremitted depression.
Blackburn, E +4 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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