Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19166656›Full record

ReviewCurrent gastroenterology reports2009

Role of combination therapy in chronic hepatitis B.

John D Scott, Brian McMahon

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Review in Current gastroenterology reports, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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 1 country.

John D ScottHarborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359938, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. jdscott@u.washington.edu
Brian McMahon
Harborview Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Combination therapy includes the use of two or more antivirals for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. No study has shown that combination therapy is superior to monotherapy in naive patients for achieving treatment end points, but combination appears to result in a lower incidence of resistance. Moreover, the higher-potency compounds have not yet been studied. Consideration should be given to treating lamivudine-resistant patients with combination therapy, preferably with a nucleotide analogue in conjunction with a nucleoside analogue. Combination therapy should be considered in patients with decompensated cirrhosis who are unable to achieve an undetectable viral level on monotherapy and in naive patients who still have a detectable viral level 6 to 12 months after starting therapy.

Indexed as

AdenineAntiviral AgentsDeoxycytidineDNA, ViralDrug Resistance, ViralDrug Therapy, CombinationEmtricitabineGuanineHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B Surface AntigensHepatitis B virusHumansInterferonsLamivudineOrganophosphonatesSalvage TherapyadefovirAdenineAntiviral AgentsDeoxycytidineDNA, ViralEmtricitabineentecavirGuanineHepatitis B Surface AntigensInterferonsLamivudineOrganophosphonates

Identifiers

PMID19166656
OpenAlexW2071728967

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Registered trials

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