title: Control theory: placebo-controlled drug trials have problems. Active-controlled drug trials are not always the solution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0995, USA. bgolomb@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Beatrice Alexandra
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Golomb
mesh_terms: D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010919:Placebos; D012107:Research Design; D018401:Sample Size
chemical_list: D010919:Placebos