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A much larger (n = 294) randomized, prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (EMPOWER) is currently being conducted in the United States and Australia is expected to report in the second half of this year.

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Snitker et al. conducted a 12-wk, placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized study of oral capsinoids (6 mg/d) in 40 men and 40 women.

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The randomized, placebo-controlled trial, called FEM-PrEP, was carried out among 1,951 women in South Africa, Kenya, and Tanzania by FHI, a non-profit health and development organization, with about $23 million in funding from the United States Agency for International Development and about $3 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Trial Halted on HIV Pill for Women Mark Schoofs 2011

The authors and several of the medical experts they interviewed seem to imply that the vaccines have not undergone rigorous efficacy tests of any kind, yet a cursory look at the relevant medical literature reveals a number of peer-reviewed papers that certainly appear to be evaluations of vaccine efficacy using a randomized, placebo-controlled design.

Letters to the Editor 2010

The authors and several of the medical experts they interviewed seem to imply that the vaccines have not undergone rigorous efficacy tests of any kind, yet a cursory look at the relevant medical literature reveals a number of peer-reviewed papers that certainly appear to be evaluations of vaccine efficacy using a randomized, placebo-controlled design.

Letters to the Editor 2010

Dr. Hartwell, who wasn't involved in the study, said social-network trials aren't likely to replace conventional randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trials, the gold-standard for generating medical evidence.

ALS Study Shows Social Media's Value as Research Tool Amy Dockser Marcus 2011

Much of the clinical data supporting CES devices is outdated; a few small placebo-controlled trials of the Fisher Wallace device are planned at Harvard, Columbia and the University of Toledo.

Using Electricity, Magnets for Mental Illness Melinda Beck 2011

"But I am looking forward to the double-blind placebo-controlled trials," he says.

Using Electricity, Magnets for Mental Illness Melinda Beck 2011

The treatment was being studied in a randomized, placebo-controlled phase III trial called Study 14, evaluating Zibotentan at a dosage of 10 milligrams that was added to standard of care treatment in 594 patients having metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer, or CRPC.

Astra's Prostate-Cancer Drug Fails Trial Sten Stovall 2010

The authors and several of the medical experts they interviewed seem to imply that the vaccines have not undergone rigorous efficacy tests of any kind, yet a cursory look at the relevant medical literature reveals a number of peer-reviewed papers that certainly appear to be evaluations of vaccine efficacy using a randomized, placebo-controlled design.

Letters to the Editor 2010