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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
    11. Evaluation of the Efficiency of Low-Level Laser Therapy in Female Patients with Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Study Surgery and Clinical Practice · 2024
    12. Treatment of chronic telogen effluvium with oral minoxidil: A retrospective study F1000Research · 2017 · 40 citations
    13. Comparison between dutasteride and finasteride in hair regrowth and reversal of miniaturization in male and female androgenetic alopecia: a systematic review Dermatology reports · 2024
    14. Alopecia areata update Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2010 · 244 citations
    15. Placebo-controlled oral pulse prednisolone therapy in alopecia areata Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2005 · 141 citations
    16. LB1139 AMP-303 injectable treatment for androgenetic alopecia: A multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled feasibility study of a novel polysaccharide Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2025
    17. Blinding in Placebo-Controlled Trials Annals of Internal Medicine · 2001
    18. The Effect of Platelet-Rich Plasma in Hair Regrowth: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial Stem Cells Translational Medicine · 2015 · 214 citations
    19. Proxalutamide Reduces the Rate of Hospitalization for COVID-19 Male Outpatients: A Randomized Double-Blinded Placebo-Controlled Trial Frontiers in Medicine · 2021 · 42 citations
    20. Platelet‐rich plasma injections in the treatment of male androgenetic alopecia: A randomized placebo‐controlled crossover study Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology · 2019 · 9 citations
    21. Titagen® for total wellness: results from a randomised, placebo controlled clinical study on adults for osteoarthritis, improvement in skin, nail and health International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences · 2025
    22. Effects of finasteride in patients with inflammatory chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, pilot study Urology · 1999 · 65 citations
    23. Sublingual minoxidil for the treatment of male and female pattern hair loss: a randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, phase 1B clinical trial Journal of The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology · 2021 · 5 citations
    24. Randomisierte, doppelblind Placebo-kontrollierte Studie zur Wirksamkeit eines spezifischen, CYP (Cystin, Medizinalhefe, Pantothensäure)-Komplex-haltigen Arzneimittels zur Nahrungsergänzung (Pantogar) bei Frauen 60+ mit Haarausfall Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) · 2015
    25. Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study on the Use of Platelet-Rich Plasma in Women With Female Androgenetic Alopecia Dermatologic Surgery · 2016 · 87 citations
    26. A phase 2a randomized, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the oral Janus kinase inhibitors ritlecitinib and brepocitinib in alopecia areata: 24-week results Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2021 · 138 citations
    27. Comparison of the impact of intermittent fasting diet alone or in conjunction with probiotic supplementation versus calorie-restricted diet on inflammatory, oxidative stress, and antioxidant capacity biomarkers in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A randomized placebo-controlled trial Journal of Research in Medical Sciences · 2025 · 3 citations
    28. Progression of hair loss in men with androgenetic alopecia (male pattern hair loss): long-term (5-year) controlled observational data in placebo-treated patients. 2008 · 9 citations
    29. Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of a cream containing the<i>Stryphnodendron adstringens</i>(Martius) Coville bark extract for suppressing terminal hair growth Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology · 2009 · 9 citations
    30. The effects of spinach-derived thylakoid supplementation in combination with calorie restriction on anthropometric parameters and metabolic profiles in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial Nutrition Journal · 2020 · 3 citations