Placebo Control

On this date 349 years ago, Samuel Pepys relates in his famous diary a remarkable story about an upcoming medical experiment. As far as I ca...

Placebo Control is going purple today in support of Alzheimer’s Action Day . A couple of clinical trial related thoughts on the ongoing st...

My recommended reading list -- highlights from the past week: Absolute required reading for anyone who designs protocols or is engaged in...

An open letter to Mad Men producer/writer Dahvi Waller Dear Dahvi, I just wanted to drop you a quick note of congratulations when I hea...

I have a lot of respect for Eric Topol, and am a huge fan of his ongoing work  to bring new mobile technology to benefit patients. The ...

I know it’s not even August yet, but I think we can close the nominations for "Worst Trial Metric of the Year".  The hands-down wi...

If you’re a human being, in possession of one working, standard-issue human brain (and, for the remainder of this post, I’m going to assume ...

4 out of 5 non-doctors recommend starting with "regular strength", and titrating up from there... (Photo from inventedbyamother....

Two intriguing articles on participation in clinical trials were published this week. Both happen to be about breast cancer, but both touch...

The concept of “unrealistic optimism” among clinical trial participants has gotten a fair bit of press lately, mostly due to a small study ...