The ethical case for placebo control in HIV-cure-related studies with ART interruption
Many studies that seek to cure HIV must ask participants to interrupt their antiretroviral treatment. In such circumstances, is it permissible to include a placebo group in the study? We explain why doing so is a scientific and an ethical necessity, and more benign than imagined.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Virus Eradication |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205566402200022X |