Today we present 16 new placebo research papers, comments and abstracts identified during August 2017. As usual, they are based on new PUBMED publication using the search terms „placebo“ and „nocebo“ and are hand-selected from more than 767 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 3,500 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.
Batra, S., Howick, J. (2017)
Empirical evidence against placebo controls. J Med Ethics. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2016-103970. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28794240
Birkhäuer, J., Gaab, J., Kossowsky, J., Hasler, S., Krummenacher, P., Werner, C., Gerger, H. (2017)
Trust in the health care professional and health outcome: A meta-analysis. PLoS One. 12(2):e0170988. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170988. eCollection 2017.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28170443
Colloca, L. (2017)
Hypoalgesic placebo effects can occur with transparent disclosures. Pain. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001041. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28832398
Dimitriadis, P.A., Zis, P. (2017)
Nocebo Effect in Menière’s Disease: a Meta-analysis of Placebo-controlled Randomized Controlled Trials. Otol Neurotol. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001555. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28832394
Geuter, S., Koban, L., & Wager, T. D. (2017)
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Placebo Effects: Concepts, Predictions, and Physiology. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 40(1), 167–188. doi: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-072116-031132.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28399689
Khan, A., Fahl, Mar, K., Brown, W.A. (2017)
Does the increasing placebo response impact outcomes of adult and pediatric ADHD clinical trials? Data from the US Food and Drug Administration 2000-2009. J Psychiatr Res. 94:202-207. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.07.018. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28755620
Loflin, M.J.E., Earleywine, M., Farmer, S., Slavin, M., Luba, R., Bonn-Miller, M. (2017)
Placebo Effects of Edible Cannabis: Reported Intoxication Effects at a 30-Minute Delay. J Psychoactive Drugs. 3:1-5. doi:10.1080/02791072.2017.1354409. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28771093
Mills, L., Dar-Nimrod, I., Colagiuri, B. (2017)
Effect of Genetic Information and Information About Caffeine Content on Caffeine Withdrawal Symptoms. Sci Rep.7(1):8407. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-08678-4.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28827535
Ongaro, G., Ward, D. (2017)
An enactive account of placebo effects. Biol Philos.32(4):507-533. doi: 10.1007/s10539-017-9572-4.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28798505
Petrakova, L., Boy, K., Kügler, M., Benson, S., Engler, H., Möller, L., Schedlowski, M. (2017)
Plasma cortisol response cannot be classically conditioned in a taste-endocrine paradigm in humans. Psychopharmacology (Berl). doi: 10.1007/s00213-017-4718-2. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28804807
Schulman, A.R., Popov, V., Thompson, C.C. (2017)
Randomized sham-controlled trials in endoscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse events. Gastrointest Endosc. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2017.07.046. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28802556
Staudacher, H.M., Irving, P.M., Lomer, M.C.E., Whelans, K. (2017)
The challenges of control groups, placebos and blinding in clinical trials of dietary interventions. Proc Nutr Soc. 2017 Aug 31:1. doi: 10.1017/S0029665117002816. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28854992
Sugawara, N., Ishioka, M., Tsuchimine, S., Tsuruga, K., Sato, Y., Tarakita, N., Furukori, H., Kudo, S., Tomita, T., Nakagami, T., Yasui-Furukori, N. (2017)
Attitudes toward placebo-controlled clinical trials among depressed patients in Japan. J Affect Disord. 2017 Aug 23;225:313-316. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.08.061. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28843082
Swallow, E., Fang, A., Signorovitch, J., Plumb, J., Borghs, S. (2017)
Can Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparison Methods Mitigate Placebo Response Differences Among Patient Populations in Adjunctive Trials of Brivaracetam and Levetiracetam? CNS Drugs. 2017 Aug 30. doi: 10.1007/s40263-017-0462-8. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28856580
Trogen, B., Caplan, A., Klass, P. (2017)
The Ethics of Open-Label Placebos in Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 140(2). doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-4328.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28771409
Vambheim, S.M., Flaten, M.A. (2017)
A systematic review of sex differences in the placebo and the nocebo effect. J Pain Res. 10:1831-1839. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S134745. eCollection 2017. Review.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28831271