Preferred Name

Placebos
Synonyms

Sham Treatment

sham therapy

placebo therapy

fake drug

PLCB

placebo

Placebo (Medicine)

Definitions

Any dummy medication or treatment. Although placebos originally were medicinal preparations having no specific pharmacological activity against a targeted condition, the concept has been extended to include treatments or procedures, especially those administered to control groups in clinical trials in order to provide baseline measurements for the experimental protocol. (source : MSH)

ID

http://doe-generated-ontology.com/OntoAD#C0032042

altLabel

Sham Treatment

sham therapy

placebo therapy

fake drug

PLCB

placebo

Placebo (Medicine)

definition

Any dummy medication or treatment. Although placebos originally were medicinal preparations having no specific pharmacological activity against a targeted condition, the concept has been extended to include treatments or procedures, especially those administered to control groups in clinical trials in order to provide baseline measurements for the experimental protocol. (source : MSH)

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Placebos

prefixIRI

OntoAD:C0032042

prefLabel

Placebos

subClassOf

http://doe-generated-ontology.com/OntoAD#TherapeuticOrPreventiveProcedure

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