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Trial reportNutrients2017

Exploring the Effect of Lactium™ and Zizyphus Complex on Sleep Quality: A Double-Blind, Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Andrew Scholey, Sarah Benson, Amy Gibbs, Naomi Perry, Jerome Sarris, Greg Murray

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Nutrients, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15citing 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

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

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  2. The Herbal MedicineIntegrative cancer therapies
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  12. Effects of poly-gamma-glutamic acid and vitamin BNutrition research and practice · 2021
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  15. Plant Extracts for Sleep Disturbances: A Systematic Review.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020
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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.

Andrew ScholeyCentre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia. andrew@scholeylab.com.
Sarah BensonCentre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia. sarahbenson@swin.edu.au.
Amy GibbsCentre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia. Amygibbs57@gmail.com.
Naomi PerryCentre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia. naomiperry21@gmail.com.
Jerome SarrisCentre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia. jsarris@unimelb.edu.au.
Greg MurrayPsychological Sciences and Statistics, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia. gwm@swin.edu.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute, non-clinical insomnia is not uncommon. Sufferers commonly turn to short-term use of herbal supplements to alleviate the symptoms. This placebo-controlled, double-blind study investigated the efficacy of LZComplex3 (lactium™,

Indexed as

Acute DiseaseAdultDose-Response Relationship, DrugDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansHumulusMagnesiumMalePlant PreparationsSingle-Blind MethodSleepSleep Aids, PharmaceuticalSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersTreatment OutcomeVitamin B 6MagnesiumPlant PreparationsSleep Aids, PharmaceuticalVitamin B 6clinical trialcomplementary medicinesHumulus lupulusinsomnialactiumLZComplex3nutritional supplementssleep disturbanceZizyphus

Identifiers

PMID28218661
PMCPMC5331585

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