Today we present 14 new placebo research papers identified for this month. As usual, they are based on new PUBMED publication using the search term „placebo“ and are hand-selected from more than 672 new publications during the preceding month. Previously published monthly updates can be found in our archive. Todays selection as well as all previously identified papers will also go into our placebo research library that currently contains more than 3,000 relevant papers. If you would like to get access to the full database, please contact the editors and provide us with your email address and affiliation.
Davidson, J., & Jonas, W. (2016).
Individualized Homeopathy: A Consideration of Its Relationship to Psychotherapy. J Altern Complement Med. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27285053
Dieppe, P., Goldingay, S., & Greville-Harris, M. (2016).
“The power and value of placebo and nocebo in painful osteoarthritis”. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.06.007.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27338671
Feffer, K., Lichtenberg, P., Becker, G., Bloch, Y., Netzer, R., & Nitzan, U. (2016).
A comparative study with depressed patients on the acceptability of placebo use. Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 41, 53-56. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2016.05.004
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27302723
Foroughi, C. K., Monfort, S. S., Paczynski, M., McKnight, P. E., & Greenwood, P. M. (2016).
Placebo effects in cognitive training. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27325761
Gaudiano, B. A., Ellenberg, S. R., Schofield, C. A., & Rifkin, L. S. (2016).
A Randomized Survey of the Public’s Expectancies and Willingness to Participate in Clinical Trials of Antidepressants Versus Psychotherapy for Depression. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord, 18(1). doi: 10.4088/PCC.15m01879
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27247843
Glackin, S. N. (2016).
Parsing placebo treatments: a response to Barnhill and Miller. J Med Ethics. [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1136/medethics-2015-103082
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27340240
Greville-Harris, M., Bostock, J., Din, A., Graham, C. A., Lewith, G., Liossi, C., et al. (2016).
Informing Patients About Placebo Effects: Using Evidence, Theory, and Qualitative Methods to Develop a New Website. JMIR Res Protoc, 5(2), e106. doi: 10.2196/resprot.5627
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27288271
Hallowell, N., Snowdon, C., Morrow, S., Norman, J. E., Denison, F. C., & Lawton, J. (2016).
The role of therapeutic optimism in recruitment to a clinical trial in a peripartum setting: balancing hope and uncertainty. Trials, 17(1), 267. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1394-1
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27245155
Hicks, M., Hanes, D., & Wahbeh, H. (2016).
Expectancy Effect in Three Mind-Body Clinical Trials. J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27269794
Kawamura, T., Sato, I., & Kawakami, K. (2016).
Factors Influencing the Placebo Effect in Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension: An Analysis of Two Randomized Clinical Trials. PLoS One, 11(6), e0156706. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156706
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27254076
Li, L., Wang, H., Ke, X., Liu, X., Yuan, Y., Zhang, D., et al. (2016).
Placebo Analgesia Changes Alpha Oscillations Induced by Tonic Muscle Pain: EEG Frequency Analysis Including Data during Pain Evaluation. Front Comput Neurosci, 10, 45. doi: 10.3389/fncom.2016.00045
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27242501
Maddocks, M., Kerry, R., Turner, A., & Howick, J. (2016).
Problematic placebos in physical therapy trials. J Eval Clin Pract. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27264041
Solomon, A. J., & Bernat, J. L. (2016).
A review of the ethics of the use of placebo in clinical trials for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis therapeutics. Mult Scler Relat Disord, 7, 109-112. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2016.03.019
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27237770
Shin, C. W., Hahn, S., Park, B. J., Kim, J. M., Park, E. O., & Jeon, B. (2016).
Predictors of the placebo response in clinical trials on Parkinson’s disease: A meta-analysis. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2016.05.019
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27237106