The study was designed to accumulate 1,612 MACE at which level the study was robustly designed to have 90 % power to detect a 15 % relative risk reduction in MACE between the Vascepa and
placebo arms of the study.
Not exact matches
In the
study, 20 participants were randomized to receive a
placebo pill or 50,000, 100,000, or 200,000 IU
of vitamin D one hour after a small UV lamp «sunburn» on their inner
arm.
Among subjects who had prediabetes at the beginning
of the
study (
arm 2), blood sugar levels reverted to normal in nearly 70 percent
of those receiving liraglutide versus 32 percent
of people in the
placebo group, according to the abstract.
Widely hailed as a «breakthrough» in HIV prevention by public health officials, the
studies — one
of which dropped its
placebo arm today because
of the convincing effects
of the intervention — add powerful new tools to derail transmission
of the virus in the population that accounts for most
of the 34 million infections in the world.
Yesterday, away from the conference, it was reported that the
placebo arm of a European trial
studying the antiretroviral Truvada used as PrEP will be stopped early and volunteers will be offered the antiretroviral because
of its observed effectiveness at preventing HIV infection.
No group [veggie, meat eater
placebo or creatine
arm] did better in word recall at the end
of study than at baseline!