Placebo Publications October 2019

Today we present 25 new placebo and nocebo research papers, comments and abstracts identified during October 2019. As usual, they are based on new PUBMED publication using the search terms „placebo“ and „nocebo“ and are hand-selected from more than 712 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.

Berthelot, J. M. (2019).
[Placebo effect in osteoarthritis]. Rev Prat, 69(5), 520-521.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31626456

Bizzi, F., Voltolini, S., Fiaschi, M. D., & Cavanna, D. (2019).
Assessing clinical and psychological features: who are patients showing a nocebo re-action during the drug challenge test? Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol, 51(6), 258-265. doi:10.23822/EurAnnACI.1764-1489.116
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31594299

Brown, V., & Pecina, M. (2019).
Neuroimaging Studies of Antidepressant Placebo Effects: Challenges and Opportunities. Front Psychiatry, 10, 669. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00669
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31616327

Burke, M. J., Faria, V., Cappon, D., Pascual-Leone, A., Kaptchuk, T. J., & Santarnecchi, E. (2019).
Leveraging the Shared Neurobiology of Placebo Effects and Functional Neurological Disorder: A Call for Research. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. doi:10.1176/appi.neuropsych.19030077
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31662093

Chateau, T., Le Berre, C., & Peyrin-Biroulet, L. (2019).
Will the Placebo Effect Disappear With New Targets For Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases? Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2019.09.036
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31589974

Chen, P. A., Cheong, J. H., Jolly, E., Elhence, H., Wager, T. D., & Chang, L. J. (2019).
Socially transmitted placebo effects. Nat Hum Behav. doi:10.1038/s41562-019-0749-5
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31636406

Curkovic, M., & Kosec, A. (2019).
Significance of Participants’ Expectations in Managing the Placebo Effect in Antidepressant Research. Front Psychiatry, 10, 713. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00713
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31632308

Dotson, S., Mischoulon, D., Lee, H., & Fava, M. (2019).
Rising placebo response rates threaten the validity of antipsychotic meta-analyses. Ann Clin Psychiatry, 31(4), 249-259.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31675386

Gavriloff, D., Sheaves, B., Juss, A., Espie, C. A., Miller, C. B., & Kyle, S. D. (2018).
Sham sleep feedback delivered via actigraphy biases daytime symptom reports in people with insomnia: Implications for insomnia disorder and wearable devices. J Sleep Res, 27(6), e12726. doi:10.1111/jsr.12726
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29989248

Hammami, M. M., Hammami, S., Aboushaar, R., & Aljomah, A. S. (2019).
Lay People’s Ethical Attitudes To Placebo Treatment: A Q-Methodology Study. Patient Prefer Adherence, 13, 1599-1617. doi:10.2147/PPA.S216565
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31631979

Jiang, B., He, D., Guo, Z., Mu, Q., & Zhang, L. (2019).
Efficacy and placebo response of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for primary insomnia. Sleep Med, 63, 9-13. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2019.05.008
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31600660

Kjaer, S. W., Rice, A. S. C., Wartolowska, K., & Vase, L. (2019).
Neuromodulation: more than a placebo effect? Pain. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001727
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31651581

Nee, J., Sugarman, M. A., Ballou, S., Katon, J., Rangan, V., Singh, P., Zubiago, J., Kaptchuk, T.J., & Lembo, A. (2019).
Placebo Response in Chronic Idiopathic Constipation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Am J Gastroenterol. doi:10.14309/ajg.0000000000000399
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31592782

Reicherts, P., Pauli, P., Mosler, C., & Wieser, M. J. (2019).
Placebo Manipulations Reverse Pain Potentiation by Unpleasant Affective Stimuli. Front Psychiatry, 10, 663. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00663
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31607964

Rette, D., McDonald, E., Iosifescu, D. V., & Collins, K. A. (2019).
Neural Predictors of the Antidepressant Placebo Response. Pharmaceuticals, 12(4). doi:10.3390/ph12040158
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31635043

Schaefer, M., & Enck, P. (2019).
Effects of a probiotic treatment (Enterococcus faecalis) and open-label placebo on symptoms of allergic rhinitis: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 9(10), e031339. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031339
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31662387

Schmiedchen, K., Driessen, S., & Oftedal, G. (2019).
Methodological limitations in experimental studies on symptom development in individuals with idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF) – a systematic review. Environ Health, 18(1), 88. doi:10.1186/s12940-019-0519-x
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31640707

Skvortsova, A., Veldhuijzen, D. S., Pacheco-Lopez, G., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M., van Ijzendoorn, M., Smeets, M. A. M., Wilderjans, T. F., Dahan, A., van den Bergh, O., Chavannes, N. H., van der Wee, N. J. A., Grewen, K. M., van Middendorp, H., & Evers, A. W. M. (2019).
Placebo effects in the neuroendocrine system: conditioning of the oxytocin responses. Psychosom Med. doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000759
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31609920

Tsai, N., Buschkuehl, M., Kamarsu, S., Shah, P., Jonides, J., & Jaeggi, S. M. (2018).
(Un)Great Expectations: The Role of Placebo Effects in Cognitive Training. J Appl Res Mem Cogn, 7(4), 564-573. doi:10.1016/j.jarmac.2018.06.001
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31660288

van der Westhuizen, D., Page, T., Solms, M., & van Honk, J. (2019).
The Territory of my Body: Testosterone Prevents Limb Cooling in the Rubber Hand Illusion. Multisens Res, 1-27. doi:10.1163/22134808-20191361
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31648187

van Vliet, L. M., Godfried, M. B., van Deelen, G. W., Kaunang, M., Kaptchuk, T. J., van Dulmen, S., Thiel, B., & Bensing, J. M. (2019).
Placebo Effects of Nurses’ Communication alongside Standard Medical Care on Pain and Other Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Clinical Tonsillectomy Care. Psychother Psychosom, 1-3. doi:10.1159/000503904
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31655817

Walach, H. (2019).
Subtle cues transmit placebo effects. Nat Hum Behav. doi:10.1038/s41562-019-0745-9
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31636405

Weimer, K., Hahn, E., Mönnikes, N., Herr, A. K., Stengel, A., & Enck, P. (2019).
Are Individual Learning Experiences More Important Than Heritable Tendencies? A Pilot Twin Study on Placebo Analgesia. Front Psychiatry, 10, 679. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00679
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31620030

Wu, G. R., Wang, X., & Baeken, C. (2019).
Baseline functional connectivity may predict placebo responses to accelerated rTMS treatment in major depression. Hum Brain Mapp. doi:10.1002/hbm.24828
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31633261

Zhang, W. (2019).
The powerful placebo effect in osteoarthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol, 37 Suppl 120(5), 118-123.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31621561

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