The phrase
"than those taking a placebo" means that the group of people receiving the actual medication or treatment being tested showed better results than those who received the fake or inactive treatment (placebo).
Full definition
In clinical trials, patients taking the new medication combined with diet and exercise lost more
weight than those taking a placebo and following the same diet and exercise regimen.
One 2006 double - blind placebo - controlled study showed that ulcerative colitis patients who took curcumin for six months had a significantly lower relapse
rate than those taking the placebo.
children taking echinacea were more likely to develop rashes and no less likely to develop colds than those taking a placebo
The children who received the double treatment were desensitized to their food allergies
faster than those taking the placebo and had fewer digestive and breathing issues, according to the researchers.
IBS sufferers who took the antihistamine ebastine for 12 weeks reported more relief from their
symptoms than those taking a placebo, according to a small Belgian study published in 2016 in the journal Gastroenterology.
In 2002, the federally sponsored Women's Health Initiative (WHI) stopped its hormone replacement therapy (HRT) trial (estrogen plus progestin), which included more than 16,000 women, three years early because those taking the pills had an increased risk of developing breast cancer and blood clots, and an increased risk of suffering a stroke or heart
attack than those taking a placebo.
The study found that those taking curcumin alongside their medication had a significant reduction in reported depression (using the 17 - item Hamilton depression rating scale and Montgomery - Asberg depression rating scale)
than those taking a placebo with their medication.
In 2004, WHI researchers also stopped giving HT to women who had undergone hysterectomy, because those taking estrogen alone had a higher rate of
stroke than those taking the placebo.
In one study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, CBD decreased frequency of seizures by 23 percentage points more
than those taking a placebo.