Placebo Effect

Latest research

1. The effect of Edaravone on acute ischemic stroke, large vessel occlusion, not treated with intravenous thrombolytic, and endovascular thrombectomy: a double-blind placebo-controlled trial

   • Saeed Razmeh
   • Amir Mohammad Dashti
   • Amir Hassan Habibi

   in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

   Article 24 October 2025

   

2. Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of ginger supplementation in adults: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

   • Shrin Rjabi
   • Hassan Barbarz
   • Moein Askarpour

   in Inflammopharmacology

   Article 22 October 2025

   

3. When more is less: follow-up on the hook effect in Borrelia serology

   • Marc Westerholt
   • Lukas Frans Ocias

   in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

   Article Open access 22 October 2025

4. The effect of Tibolone treatment on depression, anxiety and mood in women: a meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials

   • Li Dong
   • Yi Gang Wang
   • Guanghai Wang

   in Archives of Women's Mental Health

   Article 22 October 2025

   

5. Placebo setting in trials of traditional Chinese medicine nursing techniques: a systematic critical review¹

   • Lixia Chen
   • Ying Zeng
   • Hui Shi

   in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

   Article Open access 21 October 2025

   

6. 225 Jahre Placebo

   • Christoph Gerst
   • Raees Ahmed

   in Medizinrecht

   Article Open access 21 October 2025

7. Estimating Treatment Effect for Target Population in Psychiatric Clinical Trials Using Placebo Lead-in Design

   • Zhao Yang

   in Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science

   Article 19 October 2025

   

8. Effect of Curcumin Supplementation on Schizophrenia Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

   • Mariano Gallo Ruelas
   • Fernanda Ribeiro de Lima
   • Daniele Fernandes Holanda

   in Psychiatric Quarterly

   Article 18 October 2025

   

9. Lactobacillus Paracasei CNCM I 1572 is Better than Placebo in Preventing Acute Diverticulitis Occurrence (Revised Manuscript 661a120f-b910-4133-ab7e-4bd3e1713c96)

   • Antonio Tursi
   • Marcello Picchio
   • Alfredo Papa

   in Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

   Article Open access 17 October 2025

   

10. Immediate effects of reciprocal sensation in virtual reality games on patients with shoulder periarthritis

    • Takeshi Inui
    • Hiroki Shimizu
    • Tomoki Aoyama

    in Virtual Reality

    Article Open access 16 October 2025

    

11. Virtual-reality induced nostalgia: Duration and psychological benefits

    • İrem Yılmaz-Özdemir
    • Tim Wildschut
    • Erich W. Graf

    in Behavior Research Methods

    Article Open access 16 October 2025

    

12. Photobiomodulation with IR and RED light acutely applied to lipedema patients: preliminary study with 3 cases

    • Nivaldo Antonio Parizotto
    • Curro Millan
    • Patrícia Froes Meyer

    in Lasers in Medical Science

    Article 15 October 2025

    

13. The Effects of a Bacopa monnieri Extract (Bacumen^®) on Cognition, Stress, and Fatigue in Healthy Adults: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

    • A. L. Lopresti
    • S. J. Smith

    in Clinical Drug Investigation

    Article 15 October 2025

    

14. The impact of smart wearable product influence elements on health promotion behaviors

    • Yiweng Fu
    • Chunmao Wu
    • Pei Li

    in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

    Article Open access 15 October 2025

    

15. Transitioning from deceptive to nondeceptive placebo treatment to reduce pathological skin-picking

    • Anne Schienle
    • Johannes Wilhelm
    • Sandra Tanzmeister

    in Discover Mental Health

    Article Open access 14 October 2025

    

16. Effects of Biofeedback on the Rehabilitation of People with Post-stroke Dysphagia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    • Lilian Toledo-Rodríguez
    • Michelle Casanova-Román
    • Patricio Soto-Fernández

    in Dysphagia

    Article 14 October 2025

    

17. spirulina improves serum lipids and lean mass in healthy adults: Evidence from a double-blind randomized trial

    • Rattapoom Prommana
    • Kamonwan Jongsomchai
    • Wittawas Sajjapong

    in Nutrire

    Article 14 October 2025

    

18. Effect of specific and sensitive interventions for the social protection of people affected by tuberculosis: a meta-analysis

    • Melisane Regina Lima Ferreira
    • Jesús David Cortés Gil
    • Inês Fronteira

    in Archives of Public Health

    Article Open access 13 October 2025

    

19. Learning from COVID-19: clinical trials, health information technology, and patient mortality

    • Christos Nicolaides
    • Avinash Collis
    • Indranil Bardhan

    in npj Health Systems

    Article Open access 13 October 2025

    

20. Effectiveness of message framing on pulmonary rehabilitation behavior for lung cancer surgery patients: Randomized controlled trial

    • Yanyan Liu
    • Lin Yu
    • Jiao Xie

    in Supportive Care in Cancer

    Article 13 October 2025

    

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