Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27757016›Full record

ReviewDrug design, development and therapy2016

A fixed-dose combination of memantine extended-release and donepezil in the treatment of moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease.

William James Deardorff, George T Grossberg

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In one paragraph

Review in Drug design, development and therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed
14.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Advances in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026
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  4. Alzheimer Combination Therapies: Overview and Scenarios.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2025
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  20. Marine-derived Compounds: A Powerful Platform for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.Central nervous system agents in medicinal chemistry · 2024
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

William James DeardorffDepartment of Psychiatry, St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
George T GrossbergDepartment of Psychiatry, St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Saint Louis University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently available therapies for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) consist of cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs), such as donepezil, and the

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAlzheimer DiseaseBiological AvailabilityCholinesterase InhibitorsCognitionDelayed-Action PreparationsDonepezilDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansIndansMaleMemantineMiddle AgedNootropic AgentsCholinesterase InhibitorsDelayed-Action PreparationsDonepezilIndansMemantineNootropic AgentsPiperidinesAlzheimer’s diseasecholinesterase inhibitordonepezilfixed-dose combinationmemantine

Identifiers

PMID27757016
PMCPMC5055113
OpenAlexW2528168704

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