Placebo Publications January 2017

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Today we present 11 new placebo research papers identified during January 2017. As usual, they are based on new PUBMED publication using the search terms „placebo“ and „nocebo“ and are hand-selected from more than 620 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 3,400 relevant papers. If you would like to get access to the full database, please register for our newsletter and provide us with your email address and affiliation.

Angelos, P. (2017)
Commentary on “A Proposed Road Map for the Ethical Evaluation of Sham (Placebo) Surgery”. Ann Surg. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000002137. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28085696

Boehm, K., Berger, B., Ostermann, T., Heusser, P. (2016)
Placebo effects in medicine: A bibliometric analysis. JRSM Open. 7(7):2054270416643890. doi: 10.1177/2054270416643890.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28050258

Christiansen, P., Townsend, G., Knibb, G., Field, M. (2017)
Bibi ergo sum: the effects of a placebo and contextual alcohol cues on motivation to drink alcohol. Psychopharmacology (Berl). doi: 10.1007/s00213-016-4518-0. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28062899

Furukawa, T.A., Weitz, E.S., Tanaka, S., Hollon, S.D., Hofmann, S.G., Andersson, G., Twisk, J., DeRubeis, R.J., Dimidjian, S., Hegerl, U., Mergl, R., Jarrett, R.B., Vittengl, J.R., Watanabe, N., Cuijpers, P. (2017)
Initial severity of depression and efficacy of cognitive-behavioural therapy: individual-participant data meta-analysis of pill-placebo-controlled trials. Br J Psychiatry. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.187773. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28104735

Gu, A.P., Gu, C.N., Ahmed, A.T., Murad, M.H., Wang, Z., Kallmes, D.F., Brinjikji, W. (2017)
Sham surgical procedures for pain intervention result in significant improvements in pain: Systematic-review and meta-analysis. J Clin Epidemiol. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.12.010. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28063914

Hoekman, D.R., Zeevenhooven, J., van Etten-Jamaludin, F.S., Douwes Dekker, I., Benninga, M.A., Tabbers, M.M., Vlieger, A.M. (2017)
The Placebo Response in Pediatric Abdominal Pain-Related Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Pediatr. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.12.022. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28081889

Jungquist, C.R., Perlis, M.L., Waghmarae, R. (2017)
Using placebos as an opioid-sparing method of pain management. Pain. 158(2):361. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000758.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28092326

Piedimonte, A., Guerra, G., Vighetti, S., Carlino, E. (2017)
Measuring expectation of pain: Contingent negative variation in placebo and nocebo effects. Eur J Pain. doi: 10.1002/ejp.990. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28106308

Quinn, V.F., Livesey, E.J., Colagiuri, B. (2017)
Latent Inhibition Reduces Nocebo Nausea, Even Without Deception. Ann Behav Med. doi: 10.1007/s12160-016-9867-8. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28054312

Solomon, S. (2017)
Acupuncture for Headache. It’s Still All Placebo. Headache. 57(1):143-146. doi: 10.1111/head.12975.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28044338

Turi, Z., Mittner, M., Paulus, W., Antal, A. (2017)
Placebo Intervention Enhances Reward Learning in Healthy Individuals. Sci Rep. 7:41028. doi:10.1038/srep41028.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28112207

 

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