# Back to Basics - Effects, Narratives and Routes of Administration of Open-label Placebo

> **NCT02578420** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland** · enrollment: 160 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Placebo Effect
- Pain
- Expectancy

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** open-label placebo
- **OTHER:** deceptive placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02578420
- **Lead sponsor:** University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-01
- **Primary completion:** 2016-07
- **Final completion:** 2017-06
- **Target enrollment:** 160 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-07-26


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02578420

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02578420, "Back to Basics - Effects, Narratives and Routes of Administration of Open-label Placebo". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02578420. Licensed CC0.

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