Exhibit 009 ยท Ethics code
Declaration of Helsinki, use of placebo
The benefits, risks, burdens, and effectiveness of a new intervention must be tested against those of the best proven intervention(s), except in the following circumstances:
The Declaration of Helsinki (October 2024 version) states that the benefits, risks, burdens and effectiveness of a new intervention must be tested against those of the best proven intervention, except where no proven intervention exists or, for compelling and scientifically sound methodological reasons, where participants receiving placebo or no intervention face no additional risk of serious or irreversible harm.
- Source
- World Medical Association
- Date
- 1964, as amended
- Quoted from
- Declaration of Helsinki, October 2024 version, section "Use of Placebo" (paragraph number not shown in the saved copy)
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki/
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit