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    Glossary Placebo-Controlled

    comparison involves an inactive substance to test treatment efficacy

    A placebo-controlled study is a type of clinical trial where one group of participants receives the experimental treatment, while another group receives a placebo—a substance with no therapeutic effect, often a sugar pill. This design helps researchers determine the actual effectiveness of the treatment by comparing outcomes between the treated group and the placebo group, thereby accounting for the placebo effect, where participants may experience perceived or actual improvements in their condition simply because they believe they are receiving treatment.

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    1. Is Spontaneous Regrowth in Alopecia Areata Possible: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Placebo-controlled Studies Acta Dermato Venereologica · 2025
    2. Placebo‐controlled dose‐effect studies with topical minoxidil 2% or 5% in male‐patterned hair loss treated with oral finasteride employing an analytical and exhaustive study protocol Skin Research and Technology · 2020 · 5 citations
    3. Novel Vegan Exosome-like Biomimetic Vesicles for Skin and Hair Follicle Protection and Rejuvenation: Structural and Functional Characterization and Placebo-Controlled Clinical Efficacy Studies Cosmetics · 2026
    4. Pooled safety and tolerability data from four placebo-controlled teriflunomide studies and extensions Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders · 2015 · 72 citations
    5. Integrated Safety Analysis of Ritlecitinib in Adolescent Patients with Alopecia Areata from the Randomized, Placebo-Controlled ALLEGRO Phase 2b/3 and Ongoing Open-Label Phase 3 ALLEGRO-LT Studies SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine · 2023 · 1 citations
    6. Study of olive leaf extract on skin aging: Ex vivo, animal, and randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical studies Functional Foods in Health and Disease · 2026
    7. Blinding in Placebo-Controlled Trials Annals of Internal Medicine · 2001 · 1 citations
    8. The effects of ginger (Zingiber officinale) supplementation on the hormonal profile, hirsutism, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, and hair loss in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial Journal of Functional Foods · 2026
    9. Fixed-dose combination PRO 160/120 of sabal and urtica extracts improves nocturia in men with LUTS suggestive of BPH: re-evaluation of four controlled clinical studies World Journal of Urology · 2014 · 14 citations
    10. Efficacy and safety of topical GT20029 in male patients with androgenetic alopecia: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 study 2025
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    1. Why don’t people just just DUT instead of FIN? Reddit · 22 Feb 2024
    2. Korean Laser Helmet has a 44% increase in hair growth vs 0% growth in placebo in a double-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial. Reddit · 5 Oct 2025
    3. Pumkin Seed Oil 400mg/day oral, 6 month Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (N=76) Reddit · 21 Sept 2022
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