Sentences with phrase «placebo shots»

They received either a combination of two potential vaccines or placebo shots.

But in a pilot study conducted on heavy smokers, 24 percent of those who received the NicVAX vaccine were smoke free for the last two months of the six - month study — double the quit rate of those who received placebo shots.

In the study of 512 prostate cancer patients that led to Provenge's approval, one - third of the vaccinated patients remained alive after three years, compared with one - quarter of those who received a placebo shot, for an average life extension of four months.

In his trial, Kosten found that 50 percent of cocaine users had cocaine - free urine when tested 8 to 16 weeks after vaccination, compared with 35 percent of those who received a placebo shot.

Not exact matches

That shot would be followed by a second one, which subjects were led to believe would either be a painkiller or a placebo.

Then the drugged mice's endurance shot through the roof: They ran about 70 % farther than trained mice given a placebo, and their running times were similarly increased, Evans's group reports online today in Cell.

Regarding the G - Shot, Whipple says: «It could be the placebo effect.

Each participant received either a single shot of an experimental vaccine or a placebo and were then infected with a mild form of the virus six months later.

The placebo group shot up to 25.33 micromoles per milliliter after an hour, while levels in the maqui - berry extract group rose more slowly, to only 11.22 uU / ml — a remarkable 56 percent lower.