Placebo used in original MMR studies - NO!

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From another facebook member................from Georgia........

(and vaccines don't prove immunity anyway - but no placebo safety study

of any kind.............not that they ever do a true placebo

anyway....sheri)

So I emailed the manufactures of the MMr vaccine to ask a question, this

is the response I got. 31/07/2012

Our Ref: 6798

Dear Ms M..............

Thank you for your enquiry regarding M-M-RvaxPro® (Measles, mumps and

rubella vaccine (live)).

You have asked for information about the clinical studies that were

conducted on the MMR vaccine. You have specifically asked what was in the

placebo used in these studies although you have not specified why you

require this information.

While many clinical studies do include a placebo arm, this is not always

the case for vaccine studies. Immunogenicity studies were conducted on

the MMR vaccine prior to its initial licensure in the US and elsewhere

approximately 40 years ago. These involved giving the vaccine to the

study participants and then measuring their antibody responses to the

three components of the vaccine. Vaccine safety was measured at the same

time. In these studies a placebo was not used.

More detailed information regarding M-M-RvaxPro® is available using the

following link:

http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages%2Fmedicines%2Fhuman%2Fmedicines%2F000604%2Fhuman_med_000907.jsp & murl=menus%2Fmedicines%2Fmedicines.jsp & jsenabled=true

I hope this information is helpful.

Yours sincerely

Boyd BSc(Hons) Dip Pharm Inf Man