Sham Medical Devices

Sham Controls in Medical Device Trials | NEJM

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1406388

Sham Controls in Medical Device Trials. Rita F. Redberg, M.D. In light of mounting evidence that medical procedures can produce a strong placebo effect that can be mistaken for actual ...

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-permits-marketing-new-device-designed-reduce-sleep-disturbance-related-nightmares-certain-adults

This device was studied in a 30-day randomized, sham-controlled trial of 70 patients. A sham therapy is an inactive treatment or procedure that is intended to mimic …

Richard’s Reviews: sham devices and …

https://s4be.cochrane.org/blog/2014/10/13/richards-reviews-sham-devices-placebos/

The issue with this being that the alternative for a placebo drug being a tablet, in medical drug trials, is …

Sham Procedure versus Usual Care as the Control in …

https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1513/pats.200707-090JK

Sham controls are only one of many potential control options in studies of procedures or devices, and alternative control strategies include best medical therapy, …