 Placebos
"Placebos" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Any dummy medication or treatment. Although placebos originally were medicinal preparations having no specific pharmacological activity against a targeted condition, the concept has been extended to include treatments or procedures, especially those administered to control groups in clinical trials in order to provide baseline measurements for the experimental protocol.
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D010919
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D26.660 E02.785
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Placebos" by people in this website by year, and whether "Placebos" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1980 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1990 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1991 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 1999 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2001 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2005 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2006 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2016 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Placebos" by people in Profiles.
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Ryan CW, Merimsky O, Agulnik M, Blay JY, Schuetze SM, Van Tine BA, Jones RL, Elias AD, Choy E, Alcindor T, Keedy VL, Reed DR, Taub RN, Italiano A, Garcia Del Muro X, Judson IR, Buck JY, Lebel F, Lewis JJ, Maki RG, Schöffski P. PICASSO III: A Phase III, Placebo-Controlled Study of Doxorubicin With or Without Palifosfamide in Patients With Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma. J Clin Oncol. 2016 11 10; 34(32):3898-3905.
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Gottlieb M. Comparison of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole versus placebo for uncomplicated skin abscesses. CJEM. 2017 Jul; 19(4):308-311.
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Chan ES, Landay AL, Brown TT, Ribaudo HJ, Mirmonsef P, Ofotokun I, Weitzmann MN, Martinson J, Klingman KL, Eron JJ, Fichtenbaum CJ, Plants J, Taiwo BO. Differential CD4+ cell count increase and CD4+?: ?CD8+ ratio normalization with maraviroc compared with tenofovir. AIDS. 2016 08 24; 30(13):2091-7.
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Jacobson JM, Bosinger SE, Kang M, Belaunzaran-Zamudio P, Matining RM, Wilson CC, Flexner C, Clagett B, Plants J, Read S, Purdue L, Myers L, Boone L, Tebas P, Kumar P, Clifford D, Douek D, Silvestri G, Landay AL, Lederman MM. The Effect of Chloroquine on Immune Activation and Interferon Signatures Associated with HIV-1. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2016 07; 32(7):636-47.
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Shulman RJ, Hollister EB, Cain K, Czyzewski DI, Self MM, Weidler EM, Devaraj S, Luna RA, Versalovic J, Heitkemper M. Psyllium Fiber Reduces Abdominal Pain in Children With Irritable Bowel Syndrome in a Randomized, Double-Blind Trial. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 May; 15(5):712-719.e4.
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Berry-Kravis E, Des Portes V, Hagerman R, Jacquemont S, Charles P, Visootsak J, Brinkman M, Rerat K, Koumaras B, Zhu L, Barth GM, Jaecklin T, Apostol G, von Raison F. Mavoglurant in fragile X syndrome: Results of two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. Sci Transl Med. 2016 Jan 13; 8(321):321ra5.
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Gottlieb M, Nakitende D. Comparison of Tamsulosin, Nifedipine, and Placebo for Ureteric Colic. CJEM. 2017 Mar; 19(2):156-158.
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Djavadkhani Y, Marshall NS, D'Rozario AL, Crawford MR, Yee BJ, Grunstein RR, Phillips CL. Ethics, consent and blinding: lessons from a placebo/sham controlled CPAP crossover trial. Thorax. 2015 Mar; 70(3):265-9.
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Elattrache N, Lattermann C, Hannon M, Cole B. New England journal of medicine article evaluating the usefulness of meniscectomy is flawed. Arthroscopy. 2014 May; 30(5):542-3.
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Zalta AK, Dowd S, Rosenfield D, Smits JA, Otto MW, Simon NM, Meuret AE, Marques L, Hofmann SG, Pollack MH. Sleep quality predicts treatment outcome in CBT for social anxiety disorder. Depress Anxiety. 2013 Nov; 30(11):1114-20.
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