After one six -
week placebo treatment, one six - week period of taking 700 mg Green Coffee Bean Extract, one six - week period of taking 1050 mg Green Coffee Bean Extract and two two - week wash - out periods the subjects lost 8.1 kg in bodyweight.
Not exact matches
Treatment with zoledronic acid was associated with an eight percent increase in lumbar spine bone marrow density at 12
weeks relative to the
placebo arm, with an 11 percent increase at 24 and 48
weeks.
Treatment with zoledronic acid was associated with a 73 percent and a 65 percent reduction in bone loss relative to
placebo at 12
weeks and 24
weeks respectively, an effect that lasted throughout the 48
weeks of the study.
Hep C patients being treated for opioid addiction achieved high rates of sustained virologic response after 12
weeks of therapy with elbasvir - grazoprevir compared to those taking
placebo for 12
weeks before beginning the drug
treatment.
In the four
weeks after the first
treatments, people had about 15 percent fewer days of headache compared with a
placebo or dummy injection.
Researchers here recruited thirty patients with primary insomnia, who underwent neurofeedback
treatment and
placebo - feedback
treatment over several
weeks.
The order of trainings, that is, real or
placebo neurofeedback
treatment was counterbalanced across subjects and the twelve sessions were completed within 4
weeks.
After four
weeks of hospital
treatment, the subjects taking the drug reported fewer spontaneous and stress - induced alcohol cravings than patients given a
placebo did.
For 24
weeks, 1,583 participants in the aptly named GAIT (Glucosamine / chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial) were given one of the following
treatments: glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, both in combination, a
placebo, or the COX - 2 inhibitor Celebrex (celecoxib) as a control.
For those in the
treatment group, the number of seizures per month was cut roughly in half, on average, compared to a negligible decline in the
placebo group, researchers reported this
week in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Six
weeks of
treatment by the highest dose of dronabinol (10 milligrams) was associated with a lower frequency of apneas or hypopneas (overly shallow breathing) during sleep, decreased subjective sleepiness and greater overall
treatment satisfaction compared to the
placebo group.
The patients used each
treatment (candesartan, propranolol or
placebo) for 12
weeks, and also underwent four
weeks before start and between the
treatment periods without any medication at all.
Furthermore, in mothers who gave birth in winter, vitamin D concentrations fell from 14 to 34
weeks gestation in the
placebo group, but rose in the
treatment group.
According to the trial's crossover design, patients with refractory chronic cough of at least eight
weeks» duration were randomly assigned initially to either AF - 219 or
placebo treatment twice daily for two
weeks, followed by a washout period, and further followed by crossover to the alternative
treatment arm (AF - 219 or
placebo) for an additional two
weeks.
Among cigarette smokers not willing or able to quit smoking in the next month but willing to reduce with the goal of quitting in the next 3 months, use of the nicotine addiction medication varenicline for 24
weeks compared with
placebo produced greater reductions in smoking prior to quitting and increased smoking cessation rates at the end of
treatment and at 1 year, according to a study in the February 17 issue of JAMA.
A few
weeks later the rats that received the drug showed improvements in walking and urinating while the
placebo treatments had no effect.
The researchers found that the addition of vitamin D3 to ciclesonide did not significantly reduce the rate of first
treatment failure (a composite outcome of decline in lung function and increases in use of beta - agonists, systemic steroids, and health care utilization) compared with
placebo; 28 percent and 29 percent of participants in each group, respectively, experienced at least 1
treatment failure during 28
weeks.
After 24
weeks of
treatment, 43 to 60 percent of patients saw an improvement of about nine to 14 percent over
placebo, which translated to an additional 0.5 to one satisfying sexual experience per month.
Study participants (n = 146; 101 males, 45 females) were enrolled in a 16 -
week randomized clinical trial comparing naltrexone with
placebo treatment.
Mario Castro, M.D., M.P.H., of the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, and colleagues randomly assigned adults with asthma and low vitamin D levels to vitamin D3 (100,000 IU once, then 4,000 IU / daily for 28
weeks; n = 201) or
placebo (n = 207), which was added to
treatment with the inhaled corticosteroid ciclesonide.
They then received two
weeks of
placebo pill
treatment — but during one of those
weeks, each was told they were taking a substance that is believed to activate internal mechanisms and may have antidepressant properties.
By the end of
treatment, the odds of experiencing a heavy drinking day in the
placebo group was five times more than that of the topiramate group; and the number of patients who experienced no heavy drinking days on the last four
weeks of
treatment in the topirmate group was more than double that of the
placebo group.
The randomized double - blind trial included a total of 138 heavy drinkers, approximately half of whom received 12
weeks of
treatment with topiramate at a maximal dosage of 200 mg / day and half of whom received a
placebo.
As early as 4
weeks into
treatment, 21 % in the guselkumab group had a significant
treatment effect on ACR20 response, compared to zero in the
placebo group (p < 0.001).
The median time of
treatment was 7
weeks for napabucasin and 6.6
weeks for
placebo.
The children received omalizumab or a
placebo for eight
weeks before starting immunotherapy and for eight
weeks during combination
treatment with immunotherapy for two to five trigger foods.
In a
placebo controlled double - blind study of frail elderly patients,
treatment with NAC doubled the increase in knee extensor strength during a 6 -
week program of physical exercise and slowed the subsequent decline during a 6 -
week follow - up period.
The men were treated with a Maca extract of 2400 mg or a
placebo, and the effect of the Maca
treatment was tested using the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF - 5) before and after 12
weeks of
treatment.
A preliminary clinical study showed that infertile men who took coenzyme CoQ10 at 300 mg daily had significantly improved sperm density and motility after 26
weeks of
treatment compared with
placebo.
Women with PCOS were randomly selected to take berberine, metformin, or
placebo for 12
weeks prior to IVF
treatment.
This was a 12
week double blind
placebo controlled, randomized, parallel trial to study the effect of Maca
treatment on subjective report of sexual desire.
The study involved 62 adults with a high body mass index, each of whom was assigned to 12
weeks of
treatment with Lactobacillus gasseri BNR17 or a
placebo.
They fed 100 mg of berberine or a
placebo to rats for several
weeks and noted that «berberine
treatment not only augments GLP2 secretion and improves diabetes, but is also effective in repairing the damaged intestinal mucosa, restoring intestinal permeability and improving endotoxemia».
In a small study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition in 2001, for instance, 46 people with high cholesterol were placed on a low - fat diet and assigned to 12
weeks of
treatment with either a
placebo or enteric - coated garlic powder tablets designed to deliver 9.6 mg of allicin.
, Efficacy of artichoke leaf extract in the
treatment of patients with functional dyspepsia: A six -
week placebo - controlled, double - blind, multicentre trial, 2003
The effects of a 4 -
week oral
treatment with alpha - lipoic acid were evaluated in a
placebo - controlled, multicenter pilot study to determine see whether oral
treatment also improves insulin sensitivity.
After 2 to 6
weeks of
treatment with 20 g / d of fructo - oligosaccharides or
placebo, symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome improved more in the
placebo group than in the fructooligosaccharide group; however, there was no difference between the groups after con - tinuous
treatment for 12
weeks.
The study, held in Ontario, Canada, divided 202 patients in
treatment and
placebo groups and treated the over a period of twelve
weeks.
In a trial of dogs with allergic dermatitis,
treatment success, as defined by owner - assessed decrease in pruritus, occurred in 67 percent of dogs treated with APOQUEL vs. 29 percent of dogs treated with
placebo after one
week of
treatment.
Outpatients (N = 421) in primary care or psychiatry settings meeting DSM - IV criteria for GAD were randomly assigned to 6
weeks of double - blind
treatment with pregabalin 400 or 600 mg / day, venlafaxine 75 mg / day, or
placebo.
Hollander et al used a double blind,
placebo controlled design to examine the efficacy of a 10
week treatment of lithium on the clinical and cognitive features of gambling in pathological gamblers with bipolar spectrum disorder.