Does different information disclosure on placebo control affect blinding and trial outcomes? A case study of participant information leaflets of randomized placebo-controlled trials of acupuncture

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Ethics, consent and blinding: lessons from a placebo/sham controlled CPAP crossover trial

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Altered Placebo and Drug Labeling Changes the Outcome of Episodic Migraine Attacks

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Patient information leaflets (PILs) for UK randomised controlled trials: a feasibility study exploring whether they contain information to support decision making about trial participation

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Quantitative and qualitative analysis of study-related patient information sheets in randomised neuro-oncology phase III-trials

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Blinding Measured: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture

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(2013)   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

An updated Declaration of Helsinki will provide more protection

(2013) Cecil B. Wilson   NATURE MEDICINE

Does prior acupuncture exposure affect perception of blinded real or sham acupuncture?

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To Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth, May Do Patients Harm: The Problem of the Nocebo Effect for Informed Consent

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Can I help you? Physicians' expectations as predictor for treatment outcome

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Do Outcomes of Acupuncture for Back Pain Differ According to Varying Sociocultural Contexts? The View from China

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Efficacy of Acupuncture for Acute Migraine Attack: A Multicenter Single Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial

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Informed Consent and Placebo Effects: A Content Analysis of Information Leaflets to Identify What Clinical Trial Participants Are Told about Placebos

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A framework for the evaluation of patient information leaflets

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TCM: Made in China

(2011) Felix Cheung   NATURE

Efficacy of acupuncture for migraine prophylaxis: A single-blinded, double-dummy, randomized controlled trial

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Non-penetrating sham needle, is it an adequate sham control in acupuncture research?

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Getting the pain you expect: mechanisms of placebo, nocebo and reappraisal effects in humans

(2010) Irene Tracey   NATURE MEDICINE

The Readability of Information and Consent Forms in Clinical Research in France

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A Treatment Trial of Acupuncture in IBS Patients

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Blinding in clinical trials, time to do it better

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

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Empirical evidence of bias in treatment effect estimates in controlled trials with different interventions and outcomes: meta-epidemiological study

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