It might be worth considering that the physician directing one clinical trial of the device -- Dr. Toby Campbell at the U. of Wisconsin -- withdrew his name from the study and didn't even bother to start it.

His original plan was to design a "sham" machine that looked like the "MC-5A" -- aka "calmare" -- but which didn't deliver the alleged "scrambled" signals.

Closer study, however, revealed that the device was nothing more than an ordinary TENS device -- and not even a very good one at that.

As it turned out that all the "MC-5A" actually did was generate shocks at random -- that is what constituted the "scrambled" signal.

Taking the time to design a "sham" device as a control no longer seemed worth the effort -- if, indeed, it was even possible to control for random shocks.

Also consider that the device has been promoted in the US for over 4 years with participation at ASCO and other medical meetings, yet has probably not sold not sold even a half-dozen of the devices to private physicians.

Part of that, of course, is due to the fact Medicare and insurance companies won't reimburse its cost since they consider it "experimental." However, if it was truly effective, one might reasonably expect it would attract more interest from clinicians.