Treatment guesses in the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study: Accuracy, unblinding and influence on outcomes.
Jon JureidiniJoanna MoncrieffJulie KlauNatalie AboustateMelissa RavenPublished in: The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry (2023)
For Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study, treatment guesses strongly predicted outcomes and may have led to the exaggeration of drug effectiveness in the absence of actual effects. The integrity of double-blinding in trials should be routinely assessed and reported.