Placebo Publications May 2019

Today we present 25 new placebo research papers, comments and abstracts identified during May 2019. As usual, they are based on new PUBMED publication using the search terms „placebo“ and „nocebo“ and are hand-selected from more than 902 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 4,000 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.

Alam, J. M., Hadjivassiliou, M., & Zis, P. (2019).
Nocebo in cerebellar ataxia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-controlled clinical trials. J Neurol Sci, 401, 112-117. doi:10.1016/j.jns.2019.04.039
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31075682

Bechman, K., Yates, M., Norton, S., Cope, A., & Galloway, J. B. (2019).
Placebo response in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. J Rheumatol. doi:10.3899/jrheum.190008
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31043548

Benedetti, F., Frisaldi, E., & Piedimonte, A. (2019).
The need to investigate nocebo effects in more detail. World Psychiatry, 18(2), 227-228. doi:10.1002/wps.20627
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31059608

Case, L. K., Laubacher, C. M., Richards, E. A., Grossman, M., Atlas, L. Y., Parker, S., & Bushnell, M. C. (2019).
Is placebo analgesia for heat pain a sensory effect? An exploratory study on minimizing the influence of response bias. Neurobiol Pain, 5. doi:10.1016/j.ynpai.2018.09.001
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31080912

Christian, J. B., Brouwer, E. S., Girman, C. J., Bennett, D., Davis, K. J., & Dreyer, N. A. (2019).
Masking in Pragmatic Trials: Who, What, and When to Blind. Ther Innov Regul Sci, 2168479019843129. doi:10.1177/2168479019843129
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31046453

Daniali, H., & Flaten, M. A. (2019).
A Qualitative Systematic Review of Effects of Provider Characteristics and Nonverbal Behavior on Pain, and Placebo and Nocebo Effects. Front Psychiatry, 10, 242. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00242
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31037059

Devlin, E. J., Whitford, H. S., & Denson, L. A. (2019).
The impact of valence framing on response expectancies of side effects and subsequent experiences: a randomised controlled trial. Psychol Health, 1-20. doi:10.1080/08870446.2019.1609677
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31132015

Figueroa-Salcido, O. G., Ontiveros, N., & Cabrera-Chavez, F. (2019).
Gluten Vehicle and Placebo for Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity Assessment. Medicina (Kaunas), 55(5). doi:10.3390/medicina55050117
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31035487

Geers, A. L., Close, S., Caplandies, F. C., Vogel, C. L., Murray, A. B., Pertiwi, Y., Handley, I.M., & Vase, L. (2019).
Testing a positive affect induction to reduce verbally induced nocebo hyperalgesia in an experimental pain paradigm. Pain. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001618
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31107412

Hall, K. T., Loscalzo, J., & Kaptchuk, T. J. (2019).
Systems pharmacogenomics – gene, disease, drug and placebo interactions: a case study in COMT. Pharmacogenomics, 20(7), 529-551.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31124409

Harbishettar, V., Krishna, K. R., Srinivasa, P., & Gowda, M. (2019).
The enigma of doctor-patient relationship. Indian J Psychiatry, 61(Suppl 4), S776-S781. doi:10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_96_19
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31040473

Kalaria, S. N., Zhu, H., Farchione, T. R., Mathis, M. V., Gopalakrishnan, M., Uppoor, R., Mehta, M., & Younis, I. (2019).
A Quantitative Justification of Similarity in Placebo Response between Adults and Adolescents with Acute Exacerbation of Schizophrenia in Clinical Trials. Clin Pharmacol Ther. doi:10.1002/cpt.1501
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31069784

Leal Rato, M., Duarte, G. S., Ferreira, A. N., Alves, M., Mainoli, B., Teodoro, T., Mestre, T. A., Costa, J., & Ferreira, J. J. (2019).
Nocebo response in Parkinson’s disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.04.015
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31103487

Linnman, C., & Morales-Quezada, L. (2019).
Laterality and Stimulation Bias in Meta-analysis of Placebo Responses. JAMA Neurol. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.1229
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31107522

Luc, F., Prieur, E., Whitmore, G. A., Gibson, P. G., Vandemheen, K. L., & Aaron, S. D. (2019).
“Placebo Effects” in Clinical Trials Evaluating Patients with Uncontrolled Persistent Asthma. Ann Am Thorac Soc. doi:10.1513/AnnalsATS.201901-071OC
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31063408

Ma, C., Panaccione, N. R., Nguyen, T. M., Guizzetti, L., Parker, C. E., Hussein, I. M., Vande Casteele, N., Khanna, R., Dulai, P. S., Singh, S., Feagan, B. G., & Jairath, V. (2019).
Adverse Events and Nocebo Effects in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. J Crohns Colitis. doi:10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjz087
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31111881

MacKrill, K., Kleinstauber, M., & Petrie, K. J. (2019).
The effect of rebranding generic medicines on drug efficacy and side effects. Psychol Health, 1-16. doi:10.1080/08870446.2019.1616088
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31112047

Meissner, K., Talsky, N., Olliges, E., Jacob, C., Stotzer, O. J., Salat, C., Braun, M., & Flondor, R. (2019).
Individual Factors Contributing to Nausea in First-Time Chemotherapy Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study. Front Pharmacol, 10, 410. doi:10.3389/fphar.2019.00410
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31133847

Pedro-Botet, J., Climent, E., & Benaiges, D. (2019).
Muscle and statins: from toxicity to the nocebo effect. Expert Opin Drug Saf, 1-7. doi:10.1080/14740338.2019.1615053
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31070941

Reid, M. L., Gleason, K. J., Bakker, J. P., Wang, R., Mittleman, M. A., & Redline, S. (2019).
The role of sham continuous positive airway pressure as a placebo in controlled trials: Best Apnea Interventions for Research Trial. Sleep. doi:10.1093/sleep/zsz099
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31116848

Rimpela, J. M., Niiranen, T., Jula, A., Porsti, I. H., Tikkakoski, A., Havulinna, A., Lehtimaki, T., Salomaa, V., Kontula, K. K., & Hiltunen, T. P. (2019).
Genome-wide association study of white-coat effect in hypertensive patients. Blood Press, 1-11. doi:10.1080/08037051.2019.1604066
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31044621

Svensberg, K., Nordeng, H., Gaffari, S., Faasse, K., Horne, R., & Lupattelli, A. (2019).
Perceived sensitivity to medicines: a study among chronic medicine users in Norway. Int J Clin Pharm. doi:10.1007/s11096-019-00826-2
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31028593

Vase, L., Baad-Hansen, L., & Pigg, M. (2019).
How May Placebo Mechanisms Influence Orofacial Neuropathic Pain? J Dent Res, 22034519848719. doi:10.1177/0022034519848719
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31084512

Yu, S. P., Ferreira, M. L., van Middelkoop, M., Bierma-Zeinstra, S. M. A., Zhang, W., Deveza, L. A., & Hunter, D. J. (2019).
Predictors of placebo response to local (intra-articular) therapy in osteoarthritis: an individual patient data meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open, 9(5), e027372.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31129588

Zunhammer, M., Bingel, U., & Wager, T. D. (2019).
Laterality and Stimulation Bias in Meta-analysis of Placebo Responses-Reply. JAMA Neurol. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.1232
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31107506

 

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