Randomised placebo-controlled trials of surgery: ethical analysis and guidelines

Feasibility of surgical randomised controlled trials with a placebo arm: a systematic review

(2016) Karolina Wartolowska et al.   BMJ Open

The placebo effect: From concepts to genes

(2015) B. Colagiuri et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

The CSAW Study (Can Shoulder Arthroscopy Work?) – a placebo-controlled surgical intervention trial assessing the clinical and cost effectiveness of arthroscopic subacromial decompression for shoulder pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

(2015) David Beard et al.   Trials

To what extent are surgery and invasive procedures effective beyond a placebo response? A systematic review with meta-analysis of randomised, sham controlled trials

(2015) Wayne B Jonas et al.   BMJ Open

Placebo effects in trials evaluating 12 selected minimally invasive interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2015) R. Holtedahl et al.   BMJ Open

Strengthening the ethical assessment of placebo-controlled surgical trials: three proposals

(2014) Wendy Rogers et al.   BMC Medical Ethics

Impact of Negative Clinical Trial Results for Vertebroplasty on Vertebral Augmentation Procedure Rates

(2014) Fabrice Smieliauskas et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Placebo use in pain management: The role of medical context, treatment efficacy, and deception in determining placebo acceptability

(2014) Nkaku Kisaalita et al.   PAIN

Attitudes and Beliefs about Placebo Surgery among Orthopedic Shoulder Surgeons in the United Kingdom

(2014) Karolina Wartolowska et al.   PLoS One

The challenge of recruiting patients into a placebo-controlled surgical trial

(2014) Kristoffer B Hare et al.   Trials

Use of placebo controls in the evaluation of surgery: systematic review

(2014) K. Wartolowska et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

The placebo response in clinical trials—the current state of play

(2013) Paul Enck et al.   COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN MEDICINE

The placebo response in medicine: minimize, maximize or personalize?

(2013) Paul Enck et al.   NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY

Patients' attitudes about the use of placebo treatments: telephone survey

(2013) S. C. Hull et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Practice Patterns for Arthroscopy of Osteoarthritis of the Knee in the United States

(2012) Aaron Potts et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Sham surgery controls in Parkinson's disease clinical trials: Views of participants

(2012) Scott Y.H. Kim et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Equipoise and the Dilemma of Randomized Clinical Trials

(2011) Franklin G. Miller et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Developing a placebo-controlled trial in surgery: Issues of design, acceptability and feasibility

(2011) MK Campbell et al.   Trials

A Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Spinal Fractures

(2009) David F. Kallmes et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

A Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty for Painful Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures

(2009) Rachelle Buchbinder et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

A review of reporting of participant recruitment and retention in RCTs in six major journals

(2009) Merran Toerien et al.   Trials

Migraine Intervention With STARFlex Technology (MIST) Trial

(2008) Andrew Dowson et al.   CIRCULATION

Placebo response in Parkinson's disease: Comparisons among 11 trials covering medical and surgical interventions

(2008) Christopher G. Goetz et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Placebo response in neuropathic pain trials☆

(2008) Steve N. Quessy et al.   PAIN

Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

(2008) Ted J Kaptchuk et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Ethics of sham surgery: Perspective of patients

(2007) Samuel A. Frank et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS