Health News from Medical News Today: Is It Ethical To Use Placebo In Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials?

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Is It Ethical To Use Placebo In Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials? 30 May 2011, 8:00 am The results of this study, conducted in Germany, re-open the debate on whether it is ethical to conduct placebo-controlled studies where patients in the placebo-group are at a serious disadvantage compared to patients taking the new treatments. The study analysed current study designs, for new therapies such as abatacept (Orencia®), golimumab (Simponi®) or tocilizumab (Actemra®), and showed that patients in the placebo group experienced no change in medication, having to continue with their former, ineffective treatment plus placebo... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.