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Trial reportWiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)2010

[Pelargonium sidoides in acute bronchitis - Health-related quality of life and patient-reported outcome in adults receiving EPs 7630 treatment].

Heinrich Matthys, Victor G Lizogub, Petra Funk, Fathi A Malek

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Trial report in Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Treatment with EPs 7630, aIntegrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.) · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Heinrich MatthysMedizinischer Direktor emeritus, Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. hmatthys@t-online.de
Victor G Lizogub
Petra Funk
Fathi A Malek
Dr Willmar Schwabe (Germany) · DEUniversity Medical Center Freiburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Health-related quality of life (HRQL) and patient-reported outcome (PRO) have become important outcome parameters for the evaluation of medical treatment within clinical trials and, furthermore, to evaluate efficiency in clinical practice. We therefore report further exploratory results of an already reported dose-finding study with EPs 7630 tablets, now focussing on HRQL and PRO. A total of 406 adults with acute bronchitis were randomly assigned to one of four parallel treatment groups (placebo, 30 mg, 60 mg or 90 mg EPs 7630 daily). HRQL and PRO were assessed by questionnaires as secondary outcome measures at each study visit or daily in the patient's diary. At day 7, the patient-reported outcome measures were significantly more improved in all the three EPs 7630 groups compared to placebo (EQ-5D and EQ VAS, SF-12: physical score, impact of patient's sickness, duration of activity limitation, patient-reported treatment outcome, satisfaction with treatment). In conclusion, a statistically significant and clinically relevant improvement of HRQL/PRO compared to placebo was shown in all the three EPs 7630 groups.

Indexed as

Patient SatisfactionPelargoniumActivities of Daily LivingAcute DiseaseAdultBronchitisDose-Response Relationship, DrugDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPlant ExtractsQuality of LifeUkraineEPs 7630Plant Extracts

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PMID21170697
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