"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Placebos" by people in Profiles.
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Population-adjusted indirect treatment comparison of the SOLO1 and PAOLA-1/ENGOT-ov25 trials evaluating maintenance olaparib or bevacizumab or the combination of both in newly diagnosed, advanced BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer. Eur J Cancer. 2021 11; 157:415-423.
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Attainment of treat-to-target endpoints in SLE patients with high disease activity in the atacicept phase 2b ADDRESS II study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 10 01; 59(10):2930-2938.
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NRG/RTOG 1122: A phase 2, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study of bevacizumab with and without trebananib in patients with recurrent glioblastoma or gliosarcoma. Cancer. 2020 06 15; 126(12):2821-2828.
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Standardized classification and framework for reporting, interpreting, and analysing medication non-adherence in cardiovascular clinical trials: a consensus report from the Non-adherence Academic Research Consortium (NARC). Eur Heart J. 2019 07 01; 40(25):2070-2085.
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Randomized controlled trial of belladonna and opiate suppository during intravesical onabotulinum toxin A injection. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 11; 219(5):488.e1-488.e7.
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Paclitaxel With and Without Pazopanib for Persistent or Recurrent Ovarian Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2018 Feb 01; 4(2):196-202.
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The effects of family-centered affective stimulation on brain-injured comatose patients' level of consciousness: A randomized controlled trial. Int J Nurs Stud. 2017 Sep; 74:44-52.
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Local anesthesia and pain perception during amniocentesis: a randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial. Prenat Diagn. 2013 Dec; 33(12):1158-61.
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Associations among dietary zinc intakes and biomarkers of zinc status before and after a zinc supplementation program in Guatemalan schoolchildren. Food Nutr Bull. 2013 Jun; 34(2):143-50.
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Coronary heart disease events in the Women's Health Initiative hormone trials: effect modification by metabolic syndrome: a nested case-control study within the Women's Health Initiative randomized clinical trials. Menopause. 2013 Mar; 20(3):254-60.