{"id":33657,"date":"2024-09-30T12:52:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T12:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hri-research.org\/?p=33657"},"modified":"2024-10-01T09:12:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T09:12:07","slug":"hri-statement-on-conclusion-of-frass-et-al-2020-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hri-research.org\/nl\/2024\/09\/hri-statement-on-conclusion-of-frass-et-al-2020-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"HRI Statement on conclusion of Frass et al. 2020 investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2022, serious allegations were made against a research team led by Prof Michael Frass, calling into question the veracity of their study, which found that homeopathic treatment improved quality of life in lung cancer patients when provided in addition to conventional care (Frass et al. 2020)1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n

In response, the editors of the journal \u2013 The Oncologist \u2013 undertook a thorough two-year investigation. This investigation has concluded that\u00a0the study\u00a0remains valid, and a formal Correction notice has been published to provide clarification<\/strong>\u00a0on a series of points raised2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n

It is gratifying to see that the academic process has been followed fairly and objectively, adhering to official guidelines, giving the authors a formal right of reply to the charges made against them.<\/p>\n

As the journal Editors state2<\/a><\/sup>, “… the\u00a0editors issued an Expression of Concern in 2022 after new concerns were raised about the\u00a0data contained in the article. Additional details not included in the original publication have since been provided by the authors\u00a0and reviewed by the editors to clarify these concerns.\u00a0These omissions do not affect the results of this study.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Given the heightened attention\u00a0around this study, The Oncologist published an Editorial to accompany publication of the Correction notice, providing further insights into their position3<\/a><\/sup>. In this article, the Editors fully acknowledged the difficulties researchers face in completing and publishing oncology clinical trials and stressed the importance of publishing all data \u2013 regardless of how unexpected the results might appear \u2013 to honour the contributions of the patients.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Frass M, Lechleitner P, Grundling C, Pirker C, Grasmuk-Siegl E, Domayer J, et al. Homeopathic treatment as an add-on therapy may improve quality of life and prolong survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a prospective, randomized, placebocontrolled, double-blind, three-arm, multicenter study. The Oncologist,<\/em> 2020; 25(12)<\/strong>:e1930-e1955 | PubMed<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Correction to: Homeopathic Treatment as an Add-On Therapy May Improve Quality of Life and Prolong Survival in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Three-Arm, Multicenter Study.\u00a0The Oncologist<\/em>, 2024; oyae253 | Link<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Figg WD, Bates SE. Clinical trial results: each patient\u2019s participation should count.\u00a0The Oncologist<\/em>, 2024; oyae252 | Link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In 2022, serious allegations were made against a research team led by Prof Michael Frass, calling into question the veracity of their study, which found that homeopathic treatment improved quality of life in lung cancer patients when provided in addition to conventional care (Frass et al. 2020)1. In response, the editors of the journal \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":835,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hri-research.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hri-research.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hri-research.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hri-research.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/835"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hri-research.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hri-research.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hri-research.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hri-research.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hri-research.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}