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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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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Secukinumab versus adalimumab for psoriatic arthritis: comparative effectiveness up to 48 weeks using a matching-adjusted indirect comparison [PDF]
Secukinumab and adalimumab are approved for adults with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA). In the absence of direct randomized controlled trial (RCT) data, matching-adjusted indirect comparison can estimate the comparative effectiveness in anti-tumor ...
Gandhi, Kunal +8 more
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Determination of an optimal response cut-off able to predict progression-free survival in patients with well-differentiated advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours treated with sunitinib: an alternative to the current RECIST-defined response. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Sunitinib prolongs progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (pNET). Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST)-defined partial responses (PR; classically defined as ⩾30% size ...
A Sundin +27 more
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The 24 hour lung function time profile of olodaterol once daily versus placebo and tiotropium in patients with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]
Background: Olodaterol is a once-daily long-acting β2-agonist being investigated for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with ≥ 24 hour bronchodilator activity.
Aumann, Joseph-Leon +5 more
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A double-blind study of the efficacy of apomorphine and its assessment in "off-periods in Parkinson's disease [PDF]
Five patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease with severe response fluctuations were selected for a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study, concerning the clinical effects of subcutaneous apomorphine and its assessment in `off¿-periods. The
Essink, A.W.G. +4 more
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Placebo response in migraine [PDF]
Sir I am currently in the process of revising the Guidelines for Drug Trials in Migraine of The International Headache Society. While browsing the literature for information on the placebo response in migraine randomised clinical trials (RCTs), I read with interest the extensive meta-analysis on this subject published by Macedo et al.
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Placebo and the law of identification
Thousands of essays and studies have been published on placebo and nocebo. Yet, despite this plethora of information, we are not much closer to a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental mechanism producing placebo and nocebo effects than we were ...
Steve F. Bierman +2 more
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Efficacy and safety of secukinumab administration by autoinjector in patients with psoriatic arthritis: results from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial (FUTURE 3) [PDF]
Background: The study aimed to assess 52-week efficacy and safety of secukinumab self-administration by autoinjector in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in the FUTURE 3 study (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01989468).
Andersson, Mats +11 more
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Placebo response in depression
With its naturally fluctuating course, depression is a highly placebo-responsive condition: mean placebo response rates in antidepressant clinical trials are 30% to 40%. We review the history and terminology of placebo and the proposed mechanisms underlying the placebo response, including the physician-patient relationship and biological, sociocultural,
Shamsah B, Sonawalla +1 more
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