placebo

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Around 40 percent of patients taking baxdrostat reached healthy blood pressure levels, compared with fewer than 20 percent in the placebo group.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Participants were randomly assigned to take either solriamfetol or a placebo on workdays over a four-week period.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

A drug also needs to be proven to work better than a placebo.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

The company said patients who were on the highest dose lost 15.3% of their weight while those in the placebo group lost 2.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Modern trials of the efficacy of therapies depend on the idea that an effective therapy must perform better than a placebo.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton