Who controls the placebo? Introducing a Placebo Quality Checklist for pharmacological trials

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-156

  Brinkhaus, Benno ^a   Pach, Daniel ^a   Lüdtke, Rainer ^b   Willich, Stefan N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Karl und Veronica Carstens Stiftung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control groups; Placebo effect; Placebos; Randomised controlled trials; Research design

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; PAIN; PLACEBO QUALITY CHECKLIST; RANDOMIZATION;

HUMANS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049162856     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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