%0 Journal Article %T The ethical case for placebo control in HIV-cure-related studies with ART interruption. %A Magalhaes M %A Kuritzkes DR %A Eyal N %A Magalhaes M %A Kuritzkes DR %A Eyal N %J J Virus Erad %V 8 %N 3 %D Sep 2022 %M 36106155 %F 5.148 %R 10.1016/j.jve.2022.100084 %X Many studies that seek to cure HIV must ask participants to interrupt their antiretroviral treatment. In such circumstances, is it permissible to include a placebo group in the study? We explain why doing so is a scientific and an ethical necessity, and more benign than imagined.