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Predicting the placebo response in quality of life, sleep and fatigue
While significant placebo responses rates are often noted in clinical trials for indications like pain and depression, this issue can plague drug development in any therapeutic area…
Should strong placebo responders be excluded from clinical trials?
Using Predictive Modeling to understand the impact on assay sensitivity The placebo response is a heavily studied and historically challenging phenomenon for drug developers. Strong placebo effect…
How much of the measured treatment response in clinical trials is due to the placebo response?
Clinical trials measure efficacy of experimental therapies by comparing outcomes in patients receiving therapeutic interventions (treatment response) with patients receiving placebo (placebo response).
The Importance of Patient Psychology in Health and Clinical Research
When we think about patient characteristics that influence health, disease, and clinical research, we tend to think about things like vital statistics, medical history and genetic makeup…
The placebo response in drug development. Part 4: Irritable Bowel Disease
As in many other diseases (e.g. pain, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson’s Disease, etc ), patients participating in clinical trials for IBD treatments may experience a pronounced placebo…
Minimizing Evaluation Error in Osteoarthritis Pain
Osteoarthritis trials have relatively a rate of failure due to many factors, including disease heterogeneity, a disconnect between pain improvement and structural improvement, a strong placebo response,…
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