Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27888416›Full record

Trial reportJournal of neurology2017

Lesion remyelinating activity of GSK239512 versus placebo in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a randomised, single-blind, phase II study.

Caryl J Schwartzbach, Richard A Grove, Robert Brown, Debra Tompson, Florian Then Bergh, Douglas L Arnold

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of neurology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Remyelination therapies are achievable in clinical practice-Yes.Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) · 2026
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  11. Progressive multiple sclerosis: Evaluating current therapies and exploring future treatment strategies.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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  12. Histamine HInflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  15. Remyelination in the Central Nervous System.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2024
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  19. Updates and advances in multiple sclerosis neurotherapeutics.Neurodegenerative disease management · 2023
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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

6 authors.

Caryl J SchwartzbachGSK, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh-Durham, NC, USA. Schwartzbach@mindspring.com.
Richard A GroveGSK, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, UK.
Robert BrownMcGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Debra TompsonGSK, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK.
Florian Then BerghUniversity of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Douglas L ArnoldMcGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAdultBenzazepinesBrainDouble-Blind MethodDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleGlatiramer AcetateGray MatterHistamine AntagonistsHumansInjections, IntramuscularInterferon beta-1aMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedAdjuvants, ImmunologicBenzazepinesGlatiramer AcetateGSK239512Histamine AntagonistsInterferon beta-1aNeuroprotective AgentsGSK239512Magnetic resonance imagingMagnetisation transfer ratioRelapsing-remitting multiple sclerosisRemyelination

Identifiers

PMID27888416
PMCPMC5306088

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