• Recommendations for the development, implementation, and reporting of control interventions in efficacy and mechanistic trials of physical, psychological, and self-management therapies: the CoPPS Statement 

      Hohenschurz-Schmidt, David; Vase, Lene; Scott, Whitney; Annoni, Marco; Ajayi, Oluwafemi K; Barth, Jürgen; Bennell, Kim; Berna, Chantal; Bialosky, Joel; Braithwaite, Felicity; Finnerup, Nanna B.; de C Williams, Amanda C; carlino, elisa; Ceritelli, Francesco; Chaibi, Aleksander; Cherkin, Dan; Colloca, Luana; Cote, Pierre; Darnall, Beth D; Evans, Roni; Fabre, Laurent; Faria, Vanda; French, Simon D; Gerger, Heike; Häuser, Winfried; Hinman, Rana S.; Ho, Dien; Janssens, Thomas; Jensen, Karin; Johnston, Chris; Juhl Lunde, Sigrid; Keefe, Francis; Kerns, Robert D; Koechlin, Helen; Kongsted, Alice; Michener, Lori A; Moerman, Daniel E; Musial, Frauke; Newell, David; Nicholas, Michael; Palermo, Tonya M; Palermo, Sara; Peerdeman, Kaya J.; Pogatzky-Zahn, Esther M; Puhl, Aaron A; Roberts, Lisa; Rossettini, Giacomo; Tomczak Matthiesen, Susan; Underwood, Martin; Vaucher, Paul; Vollert, Jan; Wartolowska, Karolina; Weimer, Katja; Werner, Christoph Patrick; Rice, Andrew S C; Draper-Rodi, Jerry (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-25)
      Control interventions (often called “sham,” “placebo,” or “attention controls”) are essential for studying the efficacy or mechanism of physical, psychological, and self-management interventions in clinical trials. This article presents core recommendations for designing, conducting, and reporting control interventions to establish a quality standard in non-pharmacological intervention research. A ...