{Reference Type}: Journal Article {Title}: The ethical case for placebo control in HIV-cure-related studies with ART interruption. {Author}: Magalhaes M;Kuritzkes DR;Eyal N;Magalhaes M;Kuritzkes DR;Eyal N; {Journal}: J Virus Erad {Volume}: 8 {Issue}: 3 {Year}: Sep 2022 {Factor}: 5.148 {DOI}: 10.1016/j.jve.2022.100084 {Abstract}: 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.