placebo
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The results, in The Lancet journal, come from trials involving more than 120,000 people comparing statins with a dummy drug or placebo.
From BBC
These results were compared with outcomes from non-drug approaches such as behavioral weight management programs or placebo treatments.
From Science Daily
The Swiss pharmaceutical company said Tuesday that a once-weekly injection of the drug, CT-388, resulted in a weight loss when adjusting for placebo of 22.5% at 48 weeks for people with obesity.
In drug trials, participants are randomly assigned to receive either an active treatment or a placebo.
From Science Daily
There is also a body of findings from randomized-controlled trials, where some people are given artificial sweeteners and others are given a placebo.
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