• DOI:10.7326/0003-4819-153-8-201010190-00010
Corpus ID: 30068755

What's in Placebos: Who Knows? Analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials

@article{Golomb2010WhatsIP,
  title={What's in Placebos: Who Knows? Analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials},
  author={B. Golomb and Laura C. Erickson and Sabrina Koperski and D. Sack and M. Enkin and J. Howick},
  journal={Annals of Internal Medicine},
  year={2010},
  volume={153},
  pages={532 - 535}
}

• B. Golomb, Laura C. Erickson, +3 authors J. Howick
• Published 2010
• Medicine
• Annals of Internal Medicine

BACKGROUND No regulations govern placebo composition. The composition of placebos can influence trial outcomes and merits reporting. PURPOSE To assess how often investigators specify the composition of placebos in randomized, placebo-controlled trials. DATA SOURCES 4 English-language general and internal medicine journals with high impact factors. STUDY SELECTION 3 reviewers screened titles and abstracts of the journals to identify randomized, placebo-controlled trials published from… Expand