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This study seeks to estimate the magnitude of the placebo effect by calculating changes in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Overall Summary (KCCQ-OS) scores, which quantify the impact of heart failure on patients\u2019 symptoms, function, and quality of life, after participants were unblinded to treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>REDUCE LAP-HF II (Reduce Elevated Left Atrial Pressure in Patients With Heart Failure II) randomized participants to atrial shunt or sham procedure, with unblinding after 2 years. The KCCQ was collected at baseline, 2, and 3 years after randomization. KCCQ-OS change from baseline to 2 years (placebo effect plus other benefits from trial participation) and the change from 2 to 3 years (placebo effect loss after unblinding) were calculated in sham-treated patients using mean\u00b1SD, as were changes from 2 to 3 years in shunt-treated patients (placebo effect benefit).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The analytic cohort included 421 participants (median age, 72 years; 65.6% female). Among sham-treated participants (N=182), the mean\u00b1SD KCCQ-OS 2-year improvement from baseline was +9.3\u00b122.4 points, with a decrement after unblinding of \u22121.7\u00b118.2 points from 2 to 3 years. Among shunt-treated patients (N=239), mean\u00b1SD KCCQ-OS 2-year improvement was +12.7\u00b122.8 points, with an improvement after unblinding of +1.9\u00b118.2 points. In a hypothetical unblinded trial where placebo effect benefit would be expected in the active intervention arm, and none in the untreated arm, the combined effects would be 3.6 points.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In a sham-controlled device trial that collected patient-reported outcome data during blinded allocation to treatment or sham and after unblinding, the estimated mean placebo effect benefit and loss on the KCCQ-OS were small (\u22642 points). 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