Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22537736›Full record

Trial reportBMC research notes2012

Effects of vitamin D supplementation on the bone specific biomarkers in HIV infected individuals under treatment with efavirenz.

Maryam Etminani-Esfahani, Hossein Khalili, Sirous Jafari, Alireza Abdollahi, Simin Dashti-Khavidaki

Open access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in BMC research notes, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Observational
  4. Review
  5. Article
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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maryam Etminani-EsfahaniDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hossein Khalili
Sirous Jafari
Alireza Abdollahi
Simin Dashti-Khavidaki
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRIranian Center for Quantum Technologies · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIt was reported that antiretroviral drugs such as efavirenz can increase the catabolism of vitamin D in HIV infected individuals. We have not found any study that evaluated effects of vitamin D supplementation on the bone specific biomarkers in HIV positive patients under treatment with antiretroviral regimen containing efavirenz.

findingsVitamin D deficiency was detected in 88.4 % of included patients. Baseline osteocalcin, but not collagen telopeptidase, serum levels were lower than normal range in all of these individuals. Both bone biomarkers' concentrations increased significantly (p < 0.001 for both of them) after supplementation of vitamin D and it was more predominant for osteocalcin.

conclusionIn the HIV-infected patients under treatment with efavirenz, vitamin D deficiency is prevalent. After supplementation with single dose of 300,000 IU vitamin D in this population, the activation of osteoblasts and osteoclasts stimulates bone formation and resorption respectively with favorable bone formation without any adverse event. Significant percent of HIV infected individuals are vitamin d deficient that could benefit from vitamin D supplementation.

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsAdultAlkynesAnti-HIV AgentsBenzoxazinesBiomarkersBone and BonesBone RemodelingCyclopropanesFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansIranMaleMetalloendopeptidasesMiddle AgedAlkynesAnti-HIV AgentsBenzoxazinesBiomarkerscollagen telopeptidaseCyclopropanesefavirenzMetalloendopeptidasesOsteocalcinReverse Transcriptase InhibitorsVitamin DVitamins

Identifiers

PMID22537736
PMCPMC3527201
OpenAlexW2135687601

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.