The revised Declaration of Helsinki allows placebo-controlled trials to be used even when
there is an established therapy, provided there are adequate 'methodological'reasons for …

The use of placebo controls in clinical trials remains controversial. Ethical analysis and
international ethical guidance permit the use of placebo controls in randomized trials when …

an adjuvant to the standard treatment (S). Comparing S+ T to S+ P answers a clinically
relevant question, and everyone in the trial receives the accepted “standard of care.” But …

Charles Weijer has elegantly dis-cussed the ethical issues regarding the use of placebo
controls in clinical therapeutic trials. 1 However, can one speak of placebo-controlled trials …

Charles Weijer has elegantly dis-cussed the ethical issues regarding the use of placebo
controls in clinical therapeutic trials. 1 However, can one speak of placebo-controlled trials …

The most recent (Fifth) revision of the Declaration of Helsinki, adopted in October 2000 by
the World Medical Association (WMA), reinforces the longstanding prohibition against …

Although the general use of placebos dates back to the 16th century (1), they represent a
relatively new method of testing drugs (2). With the current pressure on psychiatrists to treat …

In 'Placebo treatments, informed consent, and “the grip of a false picture”'Shane Nicholas
Glackin argues that if a physician offers a patient an inert placebo with the following …

ABSTRACT A placebo is a substance or intervention believed to be inactive, but is
administered by the healthcare professional as if it was an active medication. Unlike …