National Placebo Initiative (NPI)

Co-sponsored by Health Canada and Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Final Report of the National Placebo Working Committee on the Appropriate Use of Placebos in Clinical Trials in Canada (July 2004)

Limited numbers of copies of the Final Report are available for distribution. Please send your requests to Ethics@cihr.gc.ca.

Both Health Canada and CIHR are currently considering recommendations of the National Placebo Working Committee for the common placebo policy and preparing to respond to the Final Report.

For further inquiries please contact   

At CIHR:
Ethics Office
tel: (613) 946-4773
fax: (613) 946-0885
ethics@cihr-irsc.gc.ca 

At Health Canada:
Heather Van Dusen
Policy Bureau
Therapeutic Products Directorate
Tel: (613) 941-5515
Fax: (613) 941-6458
heather_van_dusen@hc-sc.gc.ca