Managing Benefit Expectations: How Participant Education Mitigates Placebo Response in Chronic Pain Trials
4:00 pm - Wednesday 27th January 2027
- Explain how expectations of benefit can influence placebo responses and outcomes in chronic pain trials
- Describe participant-education strategies designed to establish realistic expectations without compromising informed consent or engagement
- Evaluate how expectation-management interventions may improve trial validity, signal detection, and interpretation of treatment effects