Sentences with phrase «included placebo controlled»

The review included placebo controlled, double blind randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of drug therapy for the neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia, and meta - analyses of such RCTs.

Not exact matches

After Health Canada demanded a recall of Apotex's mispackaged birth control pills (they contained too many placebos and not enough medication), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration threatened to block Apotex products for «repeated deficiencies,» including bacterial contamination.

The double - blind, placebo - controlled study, conducted by Glyn Howatson and Phillip G. Bell at Northumbria University in the UK, involved 16 well - trained male cyclists who were divided into two groups: one consuming Montmorency tart cherry juice and the other a placebo beverage including an equal amount of carbohydrates.

He contributes to other large - scale clinical trials including SAVE (evaluating whether treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea with continuous positive airways pressure can reduce the incidence of serious CV events in patients with established CVD), and CREDENCE, a randomised, double - blind, placebo - controlled trial assessing whether canagliflozin can slow the progression of diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Pre-specified subgroup analyses were performed.Six randomised controlled trials were included in this IPDMA, encompassing data from 787 patients (n = 390 for nifedipine; n = 397 for placebo / no treatment).

We searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases for randomised controlled trials of maintenance tocolysis therapy with nifedipine in preterm labour.We selected trials including pregnant women between 24 and 36 (6/7) weeks of gestation (gestational age, GA) with imminent preterm labour who had not delivered after 48hours of initial tocolysis, and compared maintenance nifedipine tocolysis with placebo / no treatment.The primary outcome was perinatal mortality.

«Our work included samples from a placebo - controlled trial of drugs against these parasitic worms.

Yale enrolled the largest number of participants at any one site (84 of 790) for these double - blind, placebo - controlled trials that investigated the efficacy of testosterone gel for multiple outcomes, including sexual function, physical function, and vitality.

For this placebo - controlled and age - matched functional magnetic resonance imaging study a total of 28 subjects were included (only males, mean age = 27.09, SD ± 7.06).

This Phase 2a, randomised, double - blind, placebo - controlled multicentre study included 149 active PsA patients.

METHODS: This randomized, multicenter, placebo - controlled, double - blind trial of IM AN1792 225 microg plus the adjuvant QS - 21 50 microg (300 patients) and saline (72 patients) included patients aged 50 to 85 years with probable AD, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) 15 to 26.

A double - blind, placebo - controlled phase III study has been designed to include 660 patients with treatment - naive, stage III / IV melanoma with injectable lesions.

Although it included just 326 patients, the study is the largest placebo - controlled trial to date on antidepressants in people with dementia.

[Zhang et al., 2016] Meta analysis of 21 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared many probiotics including different types of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus rhamnosus including VSL # 3 with placebo.

Reviews to date report a small to moderate effect of mindfulness and mantra meditation techniques in reducing emotional symptoms (eg, anxiety, depression, and stress) and improving physical symptoms (eg, pain).7 - 26 These reviews have largely included uncontrolled and controlled studies, and many of the controlled studies did not adequately control for placebo effects (eg, waiting list — or usual care — controlled studies).

There are various reasons for this, including technical difficulties in performing a double - blind placebo - controlled trial on a distinctive substance like honey, ethical considerations, lack of interest by clinical practitioners and cost - versus - benefit to honey companies».

Methods: A double - blind, placebo - controlled study was initiated to determine the effects of FertilityBlend for Women, a proprietary nutritional supplement containing chasteberry, green tea, L - arginine, vitamins (including folate) and minerals, on progesterone level, basal body temperature, menstrual cycle length, pregnancy rate and side - effects.

A meta - analysis of 34 double blind, placebo - controlled, randomized studies that included 4,138 people, concluded that the probiotic strain, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, when given at the same time as antibiotics, had a greater than 60 % reduced risk of antibiotic - associated diarrhea.

The study, however, did not include a placebo or control group.

All but 1 (126) used a randomized, double - blind, placebo - controlled design (Table 5) and all included only initially overweight or obese participants.

Thus, we undertook to critically evaluate relative efficacy among the various treatments for depression along with control procedures, including placebo pills.

The randomized, double - blind, placebo - controlled study included 100 participants who took 240 mg of vitamin B6 immediately before bed for five consecutive nights.

Studies in English language were selected if they were controlled trials (crossover or parallel groups) comparing stimulants with placebo, were published in peer reviewed scientific journals, reported quantitative data on independent effects for aggression related behaviours, used a rating scale or method of observation to assess aggression related behaviours, and included children or youth (mean age < 18 y) with ADHD.

Two treatment conditions and two control groups were used in a variant of the Solomon four - group study design that included an attention - placebo manipulation instead of a posttest - only control group.

Limitations include nonrandomization and lack of placebo control group.