# Are Newborns Conscious of the Placebo Effect? Result From an RCT in Osteopathy

> **NCT01852500** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **European Institute for Evidence Based Osteopathic Medicine** · enrollment: 250 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Prematurity

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Sham Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
- **OTHER:** Standard care

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01852500
- **Lead sponsor:** European Institute for Evidence Based Osteopathic Medicine
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2010-11
- **Primary completion:** 2011-04
- **Final completion:** 2011-04
- **Target enrollment:** 250 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2013-05-13


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01852500

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01852500, "Are Newborns Conscious of the Placebo Effect? Result From an RCT in Osteopathy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01852500. Licensed CC0.

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