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Statement in The Lancet That Homeopathy is Just a Placebo, Seriously Flawed
The new studies suggest that the review was not based on a comparative analysis and is unjustified because of the heterogeneity of trials and lack of sensitivity analysis.
"The review gave no indication of which trials were analysed nor of the various vital assumptions made about the data. This is not usual scientific practice. If we presume that homeopathy works for some conditions but not others, or change the definition of a 'larger trial', the conclusions change. This indicates a fundamental weakness in the conclusions: they are not reliable", said George Lewith, Professor of Health Research at Southampton University
In August 2005, The Lancet published an editorial entitled 'The End of Homeopathy', prompted by a review comparing clinical trials of homeopathy with trials of conventional medicine.
The claim that homeopathic medicines are just placebo was based on 6 clinical trials of conventional medicine and 8 studies of homeopathy but did not reveal the identity of these trials.
The review was criticised for its opacity as it gave no indication of which trials were analysed or the various assumptions made about the data.
Sufficient detail to enable a reconstruction was eventually provided and the two new studies are based on such a reconstruction and challenge the Lancet review.
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