TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 -- For women with chronic pelvic pain, gabapentin treatment does not result in significantly lower pain scores and is associated with more side effects than placebo, according to a study published online Sept. 26 in The...
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Using a treatment without having any understanding of how it works is often thought of as unscientific, and suggesting that a placebo can help a sick patient has until now been viewed as unethical. The New England Journal of Medicine just published...
(MedPage Today) -- A novel insulin formulation given once weekly was as safe and effective as a conventional daily insulin product for type 2 diabetes, a randomized, placebo-controlled phase II trial showed.
Compared with once-daily insulin...
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pla·ce·bo/pləˈsēbō/Learn to pronouncenounnoun: placebo; plural noun: placebos
a harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect."his Aunt Beatrice had been...
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THURSDAY, Sept. 17, 2020 -- The addition of belimumab versus placebo to standard therapy increases the likelihood of a primary efficacy renal response in patients with active lupus nephritis, according to a study published in the Sept. 17 issue of...
Related topics: Lupus, Medical Research
TUESDAY, Sept. 15, 2020 -- For men with nonmetastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer, the risk for death is significantly lower for those receiving darolutamide versus placebo, according to a study published in the Sept. 10 issue of the New...
Related topics: Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Oncology, Medical Research
(MedPage Today) -- Higher doses of the investigational oral drug gefapixant significantly decreased cough frequency compared to placebo in two highly anticipated phase III studies, but well over half of patients in both trials reported...
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THURSDAY, Sept. 3, 2020 -- For patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), function declines more slowly through 24 weeks in those receiving sodium phenylbutyrate-taurursodiol versus placebo, according to a study published in the Sept. 3...
Related topics: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Medical Research
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 2, 2020 -- Among patients with heart failure, risk for cardiovascular death or hospitalization with heart failure is lower for those receiving empagliflozin compared with placebo, according to a study published online Aug. 29 in...
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(MedPage Today) -- Daridorexant, an investigational dual orexin receptor antagonist (DORA), met its primary endpoints in treating insomnia, data from the first of two phase III randomized placebo-controlled trials showed.
Compared with placebo...
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The PCSK9 inhibitor lowered LDL cholesterol by 38% vs placebo in HAUSER-RCT, the first randomized controlled trial of one of these agents in the pediatric population. Medscape Medical News
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(MedPage Today) -- Fecal microbial transplant (FMT) appeared to be safe in patients with alcohol-related liver disease, and may also reduce alcohol cravings, researchers reported.
In a phase I, placebo-controlled study of 20 men with a history...
Related topics: Cirrhosis, Alcohol, Liver Disease, Medical Research
Contrary to earlier observational results, vitamin D supplements do not prevent severe asthma attacks in at-risk children, according to the first placebo-controlled clinical trial to test this relationship.
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'There's a lot less risk to getting the vaccine than contracting the virus,' said Coe, 74, a retired cardiologist. 'The worst thing that can happen is if I get the placebo.' Kaiser Health News
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The potential for placebos — ‘medications’ that don’t have an active ingredient, that is — is well-known, though the exact reasons for their effectiveness remains a mystery. Generally speaking, a placebo is kept a...
(MedPage Today) -- Low-dose prophylactic aspirin increased overall baseline gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding risk by approximately 60% in elderly users -- 87% for upper- and 36% for lower-GI bleeds -- according to a large randomized...
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White House infectious disease honcho Dr. Anthony Fauci firmly rejected Yale epidemiologist Dr. Harvey Risch’s criticisms of randomized placebo-controlled studies of hydroxychloroquine, siding with CNN’s John Berman on his throwdown with...
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TUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2020 -- Treatment with vitamin D3 versus placebo does not result in a significant difference in the incidence and recurrence of depression or clinically relevant depressive symptoms or in a change in mood scores among adults aged...
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MONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 -- Abstinence from cannabis is increased with daily oral doses of cannabidiol 400 mg and 800 mg versus placebo, according to a dose-finding study published online July 28 in The Lancet Psychiatry.
Tom P. Freeman, Ph.D., from...
Related topics: Medical Research, The Lancet
MONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 -- Inhibition of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) with canakinumab seems to reduce the incidence of total hip replacement/total knee replacement (THR/TKR) compared with placebo, according to an exploratory analysis published online...
Related topics: Arthritis, Osteoarthritis