Is placebo response in antidepressant trials rising or not? A reanalysis of datasets to conclude this long-lasting controversy.

It had long been believed that placebo response rates in antidepressant trials have been increasing and that they were responsible for rising numbers of so-called failed antidepressant trials. Two recent systematic reviews examined this issue and reached completely opposite findings. Furukawa and co...

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Main Authors: Furukawa, T, Cipriani, A, Leucht, S, Atkinson, L, Ogawa, Y, Takeshima, N, Hayasaka, Y, Chaimani, A, Salanti, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2018