Placebo effects in osteoarthritis: implications for treatment and drug development

Nature Reviews Rheumatology, Published online: 11 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41584-023-01021-4Placebo responses are prevalent in clinical trials for osteoarthritis, and they hinder the identification of effective new treatments. In this Review, Colloca and Neogi describe various aspects of the placebo phenomenon, and demonstrate how this knowledge can help to improve the design of clinical trials.
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