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The Ethics of Placebo in Studies with Fracture End Points in Osteoporosis
- Source :
- New England Journal of Medicine. 363:1367-1370
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Massachusetts Medical Society, 2010.
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Abstract
- The authors suggest that placebo-controlled trials in osteoporosis are nearly always unethical, since several drugs that materially decrease the risk of fractures in such patients are currently available.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Bone Density Conservation Agents
business.industry
Osteoporosis
Alternative medicine
General Medicine
Placebo
medicine.disease
Surgery
Placebos
Fractures, Bone
Fracture (geology)
medicine
Physical therapy
Humans
Female
business
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15334406 and 00284793
- Volume :
- 363
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0955eb05380c952196e68b52f5248902
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsb1006120