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ReviewCNS drugs2009

Ropinirole prolonged release: in advanced Parkinson's disease.

Juliane Weber, Gillian M Keating

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Review in CNS drugs, 2009. 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
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Juliane WeberWolters Kluwer Health Adis, Auckland, New Zealand.
Gillian M Keating
Wolters Kluwer Health · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ropinirole prolonged release is a non-ergoline dopamine receptor agonist that is indicated for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. * Once-daily ropinirole prolonged release and three-times-daily ropinirole immediate release have similar exposure over 24 hours. The prolonged-release formulation is associated with fewer fluctuations in plasma ropinirole concentrations. * Two well designed, placebo- or active comparator-controlled trials examined the efficacy of ropinirole prolonged release in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease suboptimally controlled by levodopa. In the placebo-controlled trial, 24 weeks' therapy with ropinirole prolonged release 6-24 mg once daily reduced hours of 'off' time (primary endpoint) to a significantly greater extent than placebo. In the active comparator-controlled trial, significantly more ropinirole prolonged-release recipients than ropinirole immediate-release recipients maintained a >or=20% reduction from baseline in 'off' time at week 24 (primary endpoint). *Ropinirole prolonged release 6-24 mg once daily was generally well tolerated in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease; adverse events were generally typical of non-ergoline dopamine receptor agonists.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsAnimalsAntiparkinson AgentsDose-Response Relationship, DrugHumansIndolesParkinson DiseaseAntiparkinson AgentsIndolesropinirole

Identifiers

PMID19062777
OpenAlexW2108024088

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