"Placebo Effect" 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.
An effect usually, but not necessarily, beneficial that is attributable to an expectation that the regimen will have an effect, i.e., the effect is due to the power of suggestion.
| Descriptor ID |
D015990
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.350.625 N06.850.490.734.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Placebo Effect- Placebo Effect
- Effect, Placebo
- Effects, Placebo
- Placebo Effects
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Placebo Effect" by people in Profiles.
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A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Simvastatin to Prevent Recurrent Pancreatitis. Pancreas. 2022 01 01; 51(1):e10-e12.
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Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events among patients receiving omalizumab: Pooled analysis of patient-level data from 25 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 05; 139(5):1678-1680.
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The role of patient expectancy in placebo and nocebo effects in antidepressant trials. J Clin Psychiatry. 2014 Oct; 75(10):1040-6.
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Placebo adherence and mortality in the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study. Am J Med. 2012 Aug; 125(8):804-10.
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Should we reconsider the routine use of placebo controls in clinical research? Trials. 2012 Apr 27; 13:44.
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Adherence to placebo and mortality in the Beta Blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial (BEST). Contemp Clin Trials. 2012 May; 33(3):492-8.
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Placebo adherence and its association with morbidity and mortality in the studies of left ventricular dysfunction. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Dec; 25(12):1275-81.