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Trial reportDiabetes care2005

Effect of a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonist on myocardial blood flow in type 2 diabetes.

Graham T McMahon, Jorge Plutzky, Edouard Daher, Tammy Bhattacharyya, George Grunberger, Marcelo F DiCarli

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Diabetes care, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A meta-analysis of the effect of thiazolidinediones on blood pressure.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2006
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Graham T McMahonBrigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Nuclear Medicine, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jorge Plutzky
Edouard Daher
Tammy Bhattacharyya
George Grunberger
Marcelo F DiCarli
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USWayne State University · US

Funding

Tissue AnalysesP01HL048743 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LIBBY, PETER · 1992 to 2014
$26.3M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN HYPERTENSIONT32HL007609 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI ADLER, GAIL KURR · 1985 to 2022
$10.2M
SCHOLARS IN CLINICAL SCIENCE PROGRAMK30HL004095 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WILLIAMS, GORDON H · 1999 to 2004
$1.0M
Endogenous Mechanisms of PPAR ModulationR01HL079117 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI PLUTZKY, JORGE · 2005 to 2005
$425k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL 04095NHLBI NIH HHS K30 HL004095NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL048743NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL079117NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007609
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe relationship between coronary endothelial function and insulin resistance remains speculative. We sought to determine whether pioglitazone, an insulin-sensitizing peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma agonist, improves cardiac endothelial function in individuals with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND

methodsSixteen subjects with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes and without overt cardiovascular disease were randomly assigned to receive either 45 mg of pioglitazone or matching placebo for 3 months. Rest and adenosine-stimulated myocardial blood flow (MBF) were quantified with [(13)N]ammonia and positron emission tomography at baseline and study conclusion.

resultsAfter 3 months, HbA(1c) levels dropped by 0.68% in the pioglitazone group and increased by 0.17% in the placebo group (P = 0.009 for difference between groups). Triglyceride (-93 vs. -39 mg/dl, P = 0.026) and HDL concentrations (+4.8 vs. -6.0 mg/dl, P = 0.014) improved significantly in the pioglitazone group compared with placebo. Despite these favorable changes, there was no demonstrable change in baseline MBF (-0.05 +/- 0.24 vs. -0.09 +/- 0.24 ml . min(-1) . g(-1), P = 0.45), adenosine-stimulated MBF (0.10 +/- 0.75 vs. 0.14 +/- 0.31 ml . min(-1) . g(-1), P = 0.25), or coronary flow reserve (0.45 +/- 1.22 vs. 0.35 +/- 0.72 ml . min(-1) . g(-1), P = 0.64) after 12 weeks of exposure to pioglitazone or placebo, respectively. Regression analysis revealed that lower glucose concentration at the time of the study was associated with higher coronary flow reserve (P = 0.012).

conclusionsPioglitazone treatment for 12 weeks in subjects with insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes had no demonstrable effect on coronary flow reserve despite metabolic improvements. Higher ambient glucose levels contribute to impaired vascular reactivity in individuals with diabetes.

Indexed as

AdenosineAgedCoronary CirculationDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Endothelium, VascularFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansHypoglycemic AgentsMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsPioglitazonePositron-Emission TomographyPPAR gammaPredictive Value of TestsAdenosineGlycated HemoglobinHypoglycemic AgentsPioglitazonePPAR gammaThiazolidinediones

Identifiers

PMID15855580
PMCPMC4231709
OpenAlexW2143379558

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