A new Review of Homeopathy Trials is underway, as outlined in the journal Homeopathy.

The authors, Robert T. Mathie, Daniela Hacke, Jürgen Clausen, Ton Nicolai, David S. Riley and Peter Fisher explained that they have classified all randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in homeopathy to date (up to December 2011) into a number of categories including: placebo controlled versus other-than-placebo (OTP) controlled; individualised versus non-individualised homeopathy; peer-reviewed (PR) versus non peer-reviewed (NPR) sources.

For this new review they are focussing on the 263 studies – placebo-controlled, RCT’s (out of a possible 489) studies (63% if which have been Peer Reviewed; and 70% of these PR studies were on non-individualised homeopathy).

The reviewers will undertake a meta-analysis of these studies, focussing on the PR (63%) papers

It is interesting to note that over the years studies of homeopathic treatment (from the whole 263 articles) that the most studied ‘conditions’ have involved Surgery and Anaesthesiology, Allergy and Asthma, Ear Nose and Throat, Musculoskeletal, Mental Disorders and Respiratory Infections.