Better to be in The Placebo Arm for Trials of Neurological Therapies?

Patients with progressive neurodegenerative diseases often pursue trial entry seeking to access cutting edge therapies. However, cutting edge therapies for neurodegenerative diseases tend to have higher adverse event rates and underperform placebo. This essay argues that patients seeking trial entry...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jonathan Kimmelman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-04-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0963689718755708