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ArticleF1000Research2015

FDA approved drugs as potential Ebola treatments.

Sean Ekins, Megan Coffee

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Article in F1000Research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Efficacy of Tilorone Dihydrochloride against Ebola Virus Infection.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2018
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sean EkinsCollaborations in Chemistry, 5616 Hilltop Needmore Road, Fuquay-Varina, NC, 27526, USA.
Megan CoffeeCenter for Infectious Diseases and Emergency Readiness, University of California at Berkeley, 1918 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA.
Collaborations Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the search for treatments for the Ebola Virus, multiple screens of FDA drugs have led to the identification of several with promising in vitro activity. These compounds were not originally developed as antivirals and some have been further tested in mouse in vivo models. We put forward the opinion that some of these drugs could be evaluated further and move into the clinic as they are already FDA approved and in many cases readily available. This may be important if there is a further outbreak in future and no other therapeutic is available.

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antiviralsFDA approvalrepurposed drugs

Identifiers

PMID25789163
PMCPMC4358410
OpenAlexW2149743270

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Registered trials

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