Sentences with phrase «using placebo control»

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.

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This study used a randomized controlled double - blinded design to determine the functional recovery effects of wearing below - knee compression socks compared with placebo noncompressive below - knee socks.

«We have now found a potential mechanism, and at this point in our research, we need to test human participants in a blinded, placebo controlled clinical study — the same technique we used to study the behavioral effects of acupuncture in rats,» says Eshkevari, a nurse anesthetist and licensed acupuncturist.

The use of placebos in randomized controlled trials, the gold standard in drug testing, raises questions as well.

Maharaj said he didn't use a placebo group in his study because it was too expensive and because he believes that the baseline assessment will allow participants to serve as their own control.

The study, «Intravenous augmentation treatment and lung density in severe α1 antitrypsin deficiency (RAPID): a randomised, double - blind, placebo - controlled trail,» published online will change how clinicians understand this treatment and encourage them to consider its early use before the condition causes severe emphysema.

Motivated by their previous finding of the presence of P - glycoprotein overexpression in the nasal lining of patients with CRS with nasal polyps, the study authors conducted a randomized, double - blind, placebo - controlled clinical trial studying the use of low - dose Verapamil in 18 patients with CRS with nasal polyps.

Using a sample of 10 resistance - trained men in their early 20s, protein supplementation consisted of 3 treatment groups: whey protein isolate, soy protein isolate, or a maltrodextrin placebo control.

Budimirovic says the current study updated the 2013 recommendations by using a more systematic approach that classified existing outcome measures as either being able to detect shorter - term changes (measures in FXS placebo - controlled trials lasting less than 12 months) or longer - term changes (lasting longer than 12 months) changes and by grading the measures» quantitative properties using the COnsensus - based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) system, an initiative that aims to improve how health measurement tools are selected.

The Maternal Vitamin D Osteoporosis Study (MAVIDOS) is the first randomised, placebo - controlled trial designed to measure the impact of pregnancy vitamin D supplementation on the bone health of babies using bone density scanning.

Half the men (the experimental group) applied a gel with testosterone to their shoulders, abdomen or upper arms each day for a year, and the other half (the control group) used a gel containing a placebo.

In a placebo - controlled within subject study, researchers from the Netherlands and Germany took 24 students (aged 19 to 27) with light to moderate cocaine use, and gave them either 300 mg of oral cocaine, or a placebo.

This is the first study in human trials to identify genes driving acute peanut allergic reactions using a double - blind placebo - controlled approach with comprehensive sequencing of genes expressed before, during, and after they ingested peanut.

Using a randomized, placebo - controlled clinical trial (RCT) design, they randomized 48 participants into four equal groups of 12 people: low - to - moderate intensity, high - volume aerobic exercise (LO: HI); high - intensity, low - volume aerobic exercise (HI: LO); low - to - moderate intensity, low - volume aerobic exercise (LO: LO); and placebo (PLA) for an eight - week period.

Acetazolamide has been used for decades as a respiratory stimulant for patients with COPD and metabolic alkalosis (an increase in the alkalinity of body fluids due to an increase in alkali intake or a decrease in acid concentration), but no large randomized placebo - controlled trial has been available to confirm this approach.

Instead, the team chose only studies that were placebo - controlled, used tDCS as a daily medical treatment, and involved at least 10 participants.

«Both physical functioning and quality of life are severely affected, and while many treatments are used to relieve symptoms and try to get the disease under control, this largest set of placebo - controlled information to date clearly shows that improvement can result for patients.»

Phase III Randomized, Placebo - Controlled Clinical Trial Evaluating the Use of Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy + / - One Year of Everolimus in Patients with High - Risk, Hormone Receptor - Positive and HER2 / neu Negative Breast Cancer.

Using 19 leading medical centers in the United States, the double - blind, randomized, placebo - controlled STAR trial enrolled and evaluated 88 participants, 51 of whom had diffuse scleroderma.

In many trials, some participants are randomly assigned to the «control» group and receive an inactive «placebo» treatment or a standard intervention currently in use; sometimes the control subjects are later given a chance to try the experimental treatment.

«Wyss - Coray formed a start - up company, Alkahest in Menlo Park, California, and in September 2014 it began a randomized, placebo - controlled, double - blind trial at Stanford, testing the safety and efficacy of using young plasma to treat Alzheimer's disease.

In a double - blind, placebo - controlled study, they tested subjects» cognitive abilities using three methods, asking them to do simple math, a timed - response task, and the classic Stroop test (in which color words like red are written in other colors, like blue, and subjects are asked about the color or the word).

A trial using tea with fenugreek against a placebo group and a control group led to double the pumped milk from the fenugreek tea group compared to the other two.

Most controlled studies have made use of a modest dose of just 1 g / day of vitamin C. From all published research, the combined effect has revealed a difference between the groups taking vitamin C and the groups taking a placebo which is highly significant, suggesting a real biological effect.

A recent paper, Capsaicinoids Enhance Metabolic Rate in Normal Healthy Individuals using a Novel Metabolic Tracker Breezing Device - An Open Label Placebo Controlled Acute Study, published in the journal Obesity Open Access discussed the findings of...

According to a double - blind, placebo - controlled, randomized 2009 study out of Brazil, women with clinical abdominal obesity (waist circumference of more than 88 cm) who used coconut oil daily for 12 weeks — in conjunction with a balanced, low - calorie diet and moderate exercise program — enjoyed a statistically greater reduction in waist circumference than those women taking soybean oil.

In a study published in 1999, A placebo - controlled clinical trial of L - tryptophan in premenstrual dysphoria, tryptophan was found to reduce symptoms of PMS when used in the luteal phase or second half of the cycle (i.e. after ovulation)

In a double - blind, placebo - controlled study using the supplement Evelle, women increased skin elasticity by 9 % after 6 weeks [3].

In just one 60 - day double - blind placebo controlled study involving 98 subjects using the same amount of Sensoril ® Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) found in True Grit Test Booster, researchers discovered that subjects experienced a reduction in serum cortisol.

Most of these studies were in obese, hyperlipidemic, or diabetic individuals, and some used «placebo» smoothies or sugar loading as the relevant control.

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This ingredient has been shown to reduce serum cortisol in a 60 - day double - blind, placebo - controlled study that used the same amount of Sensoril ® Ashwagandha used in True Grit Test Booster.

In just one 60 - day double - blind placebo controlled study involving 98 subjects using the same amount of Withania Somnifera found in True Grit Post, researchers discovered that subjects experienced a significant reduction in serum cortisol.

Similarly, a randomized, double - blind, placebo - controlled study using a tea made from the traditional antispasmodic herbs chamomile, vervain, licorice, fennel and lemon balm was found to be more effective at reducing crying time in colicky infants than a placebo.8 In this study, approximately half a cup of tea was given during each colic episode up to a maximum of three times per day.

The double - blind placebo - controlled food challenge test is also used to test a person's reaction to a particular food.

Next up was Don't Use Antiseptic Mouthwash, which describes the role the natural good bacteria flora on our tongue plays in the performance - boosting effect of high nitrate vegetables, and Out of the Lab onto the Track, which documented the randomized, double - blind, placebo - controlled crossover studies that convinced the scientific establishment of the real - world effect.

«The use of a Cissus quadrangularis / Irvingia gabonensis combination in the management of weight loss: a double - blind placebo - controlled study.»

Furthermore, Asensia ®'s formula has been used safely for more than 12 years with over a million bottles sold and studied in a double - blind placebo controlled clinical trial.

In a double - blind, placebo - controlled clinical trial, DHEA reduced disease flare - ups in women with SLE and reduced the need for steroid drug use (Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63 (12): 1623 - 1626).

Extensive placebo - controlled clinical trials will be needed before metformin can be used as a standard cancer treatment.

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

There's a few studies like a few small studies that have found that compression garments increase performance when you wear them during exercise but they're typically with not a lot of subjects and they're really not the best studies on the face of the planet when it comes to for example the fact that none of the studies used the placebo group or a control group so it was hard to tell if the increases were really from sale like compression gear or from the athletes say like perception of the compression gear like the fact the athlete knew that they were wearing the gear vs. a control group that wasn't wearing the gear at all.

All of the data were from pivotal, placebo controlled trials that the FDA used to approve eleven antidepressants between 1987 and 2004.

In a double blinded (owners and veterinarians were blinded), placebo - controlled clinical trial, which followed the recovery of dogs after cruciate ligament surgery for 6 months, fed Purina Proplan Veterinary Diets JM Joint Mobility had reduced lameness, reduced inflammation on the operated joint, and reduced progression of arthritis comparted to dogs fed a commercial adult dog food (pedigree used).

A study by Gómez - Gallego C., Junnila J., Männikko S., et al. (2016) found that a canine - specific probiotic product helped dogs with acute diarrhea in a double - blind study with placebos used as a control.

The double - blind, placebo - controlled studies used the state - of - the - art force - plate analysis, a statistically significant number of dogs participated in the trial and showed significant improvement at a 95 % confidence level.

The team at University of Georgia, led by Budsberg, studied the problem by comparing the commonly used medication tramadol against both placebo and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in client - owned dogs in a randomized, blinded, placebo and positive - controlled crossover study.

Trapped cats were given a single dose of liquid gabapentin orally via syringe; the control cats were given a placebo liquid, and two different dosages of gabapentin, 50 mg and 100 mg, were used in different groups of cats.

Summit raised the additional capital through an issue of 8,333,333 new ordinary shares (before expenses) whereby the proceeds will be used to: accelerate preparatory activities for a placebo controlled clinical trial of the utrophin modulator ezutromid in patients with -LSB-...]

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.