Comparison of psychotherapies for adult depression to
pill placebo control groups: a meta - analysis
Not exact matches
Researchers leading a large, ongoing study in women called VOICE that compares PrEP with
pills to a vaginal microbicide plan to revaluate the ethics of continuing to use a
placebo control group given the new evidence of oral Truvada's powerful impact.
The children received either an antibiotic
pill plus a «dummy»
placebo cream; a
placebo pill and an antibiotic cream; or
placebo pill plus
placebo cream (the «
control»
group).
While roughly half of the 16,000 - plus women in the study took a combination estrogen - progestin
pill, the other half (the
control group) took a
placebo.
In a 9 - month
controlled study of 240 adults with prediabetes, one
group took 750 mg of curcumin daily, and the other
group received a
placebo («dummy
pill»).
In an RCT participants in the study (sometimes also called subjects) are randomly assigned to the treatment (getting the drug) or the
placebo control group (get a sugar
pill which isn't the drug).
The use of credible
placebo control groups for CBGT and phenelzine (educational supportive therapy and
pill placebo, respectively) enhances the validity of the conclusion that the 2 primary therapies being tested were genuinely effective in alleviating social phobia.