Mechanisms Involved in Placebo and Nocebo Responses and Implications for Drug Trials

Novel study designs to investigate the placebo response

(2011) Paul Enck et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

Active Albuterol or Placebo, Sham Acupuncture, or No Intervention in Asthma

(2011) Michael E. Wechsler et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The Effect of Treatment Expectation on Drug Efficacy: Imaging the Analgesic Benefit of the Opioid Remifentanil

(2011) U. Bingel et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Effects of Expectation on Placebo-Induced Dopamine Release in Parkinson Disease

(2010) Sarah C. Lidstone et al.   ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

Assessment of adverse effects in clinical studies of antipsychotic medication: survey of methods used

(2010) Alison Pope et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Conditioned Placebo Dose Reduction: A New Treatment in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?

(2010) Adrian D. Sandler et al.   JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS

Biological, clinical, and ethical advances of placebo effects

(2010) Damien G Finniss et al.   LANCET

How the number of learning trials affects placebo and nocebo responses

(2010) Luana Colloca et al.   PAIN

Assessing general side effects in clinical trials: reference data from the general population

(2010) Winfried Rief et al.   PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY

Prediction of nonspecific side effects in rheumatoid arthritis patients by beliefs about medicines

(2010) Yvonne Nestoriuc et al.   ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH

Differences in Adverse Effect Reporting in Placebo Groups in SSRI and Tricyclic Antidepressant Trials

(2009) Winfried Rief et al.   DRUG SAFETY

Meta-analysis of the placebo response in antidepressant trials

(2009) Winfried Rief et al.   JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

A systematic review of adverse events in placebo groups of anti-migraine clinical trials

(2009) Martina Amanzio et al.   PAIN

Prefrontal cortex modulates placebo analgesia

(2009) Peter Krummenacher et al.   PAIN

Conditioned Pharmacotherapeutic Effects: A Preliminary Study

(2009) Robert Ader et al.   PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

Direct Evidence for Spinal Cord Involvement in Placebo Analgesia

(2009) F. Eippert et al.   SCIENCE

New Insights into the Placebo and Nocebo Responses

(2008) Paul Enck et al.   NEURON

Behavioral Conditioning of Antihistamine Effects in Patients with Allergic Rhinitis

(2008) Marion U. Goebel et al.   PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS

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

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