ABC Radio National's Health Report this week looked at the controversy surrounding a paper published in the Lancet last month. The paper, by White PD et al. 'Comparison of adaptive pacing therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, graded exercise therapy, and specialist medical care for chronic fatigue syndrome (PACE): a randomised trial,' assessed the effectiveness and safety of four treatments for people suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome.
The trial seemed to report some good news for CFS sufferers, but there has been much criticism from patient groups and retractions have been sought. Norman Swan talks to one of the researchers, Michael Sharpe, as well as the Editor-in-Chief of the Lancet, Richard Horton.
Read the transcript of the interviews, or download the podcast here. The many comments made by listeners at the end of the transcript are interesting as well, and show divided views about what Chronic Fatigue Syndrome really is.
The fulltext of the Lancet article can be obtained via CIAP, or contact your Library.
The Lancet March 5, 2011;377:823–36
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