Placebo by Proxy in Neonatal Randomized Controlled Trials: Does It Matter?

• Main Authors: Tiziana L. Burkart (Author), Andrea Kraus (Author), Brigitte Koller (Author), Giancarlo Natalucci (Author), Beatrice Latal (Author), Jean-Claude Fauchère (Author), Hans Ulrich Bucher (Author), Christoph M. Rüegger (Author), for the Swiss EPO Neuroprotection Trial Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Placebo effects emerging from the expectations of relatives, also known as placebo by proxy, have seldom been explored. The aim of this study was to investigate whether in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) there is a clinically relevant difference in long-term outcome between very preterm infants...