The placebo response in clinical trials-the current state of play

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-101

  Enck, Paul ^a   Klosterhalfen, Sibylle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Placebo effect; Placebo response; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; OPIATE AGONIST; PLACEBO;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PAIN; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PLACEBO EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84875118608     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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