Overcoming the Placebo Effect in Fragile X Clinical Trials

October 28, 2020

In a placebo-controlled clinical trial, some participants are given an experimental medication, while others are given a placebo. Participants do not know whether they are taking medicine or placebo. In theory, this can allow researchers to rule out the placebo effect by comparing outcomes among the two groups. But, per Wexler (2020) “having a strong placebo effect can obscure any real effect of the therapy being investigated”.

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fNIRS to Measure Treatment Response in Young Children with Fragile X

February 13, 2020

The team tested functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). fNIRS uses light sources and sensors on the scalp to build a heat map of the brain in action.

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