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ReviewBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2006

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Polly Brown, Klara Brunnhuber, Kalipso Chalkidou, Iain Chalmers, Mike Clarke, Mark Fenton, Carol Forbes, Julie Glanville, Nicholas J Hicks, Janet Moody and 3 more

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 169 papers, 108 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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169citing papers in PubMed, 108 pooled it
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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.

NCT02863536 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

A Multicenter, Open Label, Non-comparative, 3 Months Study to Assess the Performance and Safety of the New Medical Device Polybactum® in Reducing the Frequency of Recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis

TypeinterventionalSponsorEffik Italia S.p.A.Ran2016 to 2018Enrolled56ConditionsBacterial VaginosisArmsPolybactum®
NCT02912325 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

A Pilot, Non-Comparative Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of the New Food Supplement FaseMETS in Metabolic Syndrome

TypeinterventionalSponsorMDM S.p.A.Ran2017 to 2018Enrolled34ConditionsMetabolic SyndromeArmsDaily administration: 2 tablets FaseMETS a day
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

169 citing papers in PubMed, 108 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Gait analysis methods in people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026
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  4. Short-term and long-term effects of vitamin D supplementation for preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026
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  6. Sport supplementation in competitive swimmers: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025
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  18. Clinical effectiveness of reduction and fusion versus in situ fusion in the management of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024
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109 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Polly BrownBMJ Publishing Group, London WC1H 9JR. pbrown@bmjgroup.com
Klara Brunnhuber
Kalipso Chalkidou
Iain Chalmers
Mike Clarke
Mark Fenton
Carol Forbes
Julie Glanville
Nicholas J Hicks
Janet Moody
Sara Twaddle
Hazim Timimi
Pamela Young

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Diffusion of InnovationBiomedical ResearchEvidence-Based Medicine

Identifiers

PMID17038740
PMCPMC1602035

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.