ArticleISRN pharmaceutics2011
Randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled trial of clenbuterol in denervated muscle atrophy.
Article in ISRN pharmaceutics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Strategies to mitigate muscle mass loss in individuals with spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2026Review
- Assessing clenbuterol's modulation of metabolic and inflammatory pathways in Nile tilapia (Oreochromas niloticous) fed high fat diet.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Pharmacologic approaches to prevent skeletal muscle atrophy after spinal cord injury.Current opinion in pharmacology · 2021Review
- β2-adrenergic receptor agonist counteracts skeletal muscle atrophy and oxidative stress in uremic mice.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Beta-agonist stimulation ameliorates the phenotype of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy mice and patient-derived myotubes.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Using AAV vectors expressing the β2-adrenoceptor or associated Gα proteins to modulate skeletal muscle mass and muscle fibre size.Scientific reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
Objectives. β(2)-adrenergic agonists, such as clenbuterol, have been shown to promote the hypertrophy of healthy skeletal muscles and to ameliorate muscle wasting in a few pathological conditions in both animals and humans. We intended to investigate the clinical efficacy of clenbuterol on attenuating denervation-induced muscle atrophy. Methods. A double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel, and randomized trial was employed. 71 patients, suffering from brachial plexus injuries, were given either clenbuterol (60 μg, bid) or placebo for 3 months. Before and at the end of the study, patients were given physical examinations, biopsies of biceps brachii, electromyograms (EMGs), and other laboratory tests. Results. Compared with placebo treatment, clenbuterol significantly mitigated the decreases in cross-sectional areas of type I and II muscle fibers and alleviated the reduction in fibrillation potential amplitudes, without any adverse effects. Conclusions. Clenbuterol safely ameliorated denervated muscle atrophy in this cohort; thus larger clinical studies are encouraged for this or other β(2) agonists on denervation-induced muscle atrophy.
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