Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22661897›Full record

ReviewVascular health and risk management2012

Critical evaluation of the efficacy and tolerability of azilsartan.

Alberto R De Caterina, Andrew R Harper, Florim Cuculi

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Review in Vascular health and risk management, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. A Pharmacological Update of Oxadiazole Derivatives: A Review.Current topics in medicinal chemistry · 2025
    Review
  4. Room Temperature Synthesis of Bioactive 1,2,4-Oxadiazoles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alberto R De CaterinaIstituto Scienze della Vita, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy. adecatro@yahoo.it
Andrew R Harper
Florim Cuculi

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Appropriate control of blood pressure (BP) in hypertensive patients still represents the major therapeutic goal in the treatment of hypertension. Despite the growing attention and wide range of antihypertensive agents available in the clinical scenario, the target of BP below the advised thresholds of 140/90 mmHg is, unfortunately, often unreached. For this reason, the search for new antihypertensive agents is still ongoing. Azilsartan medoxomil, a new angiotensin receptor blocker that has been recently introduced in the clinical arena, represents the eighth angiotensin receptor blocker currently available for BP control. The aim of this paper is to describe the efficacy and safety profile of this new compound, reviewing available data obtained from both pre-clinical and clinical studies.

Indexed as

Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersAnimalsAntihypertensive AgentsBenzimidazolesBlood PressureDrug InteractionsEvidence-Based MedicineHumansHypertensionOxadiazolesRenin-Angiotensin SystemRisk AssessmentTreatment OutcomeAngiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersAntihypertensive Agentsazilsartanazilsartan medoxomilBenzimidazolesOxadiazolesangiotensin receptor blockerazilsartan medoxomilhypertension

Identifiers

PMID22661897
PMCPMC3363145

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