Thomas Sommers

No ORCID on file · 1 paper in corpus

rct 2018

Factors Associated With Response to Placebo in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Constipation

Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association ·doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2018.04.009

BACKGROUND & AIMS: A high proportion of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) respond to placebo in clinical trials (estimated at about 40%). We aimed to identify factors that contribute to the high placebo response rate using data f…