The placebo response rate and nocebo events in obesity pharmacological trials. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Summary: Background: There is a growing number of trials examining the effectiveness of pharmacotherapies for obesity, however, little is known about placebo and nocebo effect in these trials. Hence, we sought to examine the effect of placebo in obesity trials, to better understand the potential fa...

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Main Authors: Yip Han Chin, Cheng Han Ng, Nicholas WS Chew, Gwyneth Kong, Wen Hui Lim, Darren Jun Hao Tan, Kai En Chan, Ansel Tang, Daniel Q Huang, Mark Y Chan, Gemma Figtree, Jiong-Wei Wang, Asim Shabbir, Chin Meng Khoo, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Dan Yock Young, Mohammad Shadab Siddiqui, Mazen Noureddin, Arun Sanyal, David E. Cummings, Nicholas Syn, Mark Dhinesh Muthiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537022004151