Influence on study outcomes of an inpatient study by the behavior of the study staff (PINgPOng): study protocol for a randomized clinical trial

Abstract Background The placebo effect as the symptom improvement following inert treatments is a fixed component of RCTs to differentiate between specific effects of the tested pharmacological substance from other unspecific effects. The PINgPOng study was set up to analyze the influence of a study...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Martin Coenen, Ulrike Bingel, Matthias Zunhammer, Maria Soledad Berdaguer, Christine Fuhrmann, Rolf Fimmers, Jens Rengelshausen, Gunther Hartmann, Manfred Schedlowski, Christoph Coch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06436-0