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Trial reportThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2017

A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, crossover trial of pioglitazone for severe asthma.

Maryann Kaler, Amisha V Barochia, Nargues A Weir, Rosemarie A Cuento, Mario Stylianou, Mark J Roth, Armando C Filie, Ellen C Vaughey, Steven D Nathan, Stewart J Levine

Registry-linked trialOpen access · greenAbstract readLetterRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00994175 (A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Pilot Study of Pioglitazone Hydrochloride in Severe, Refractory Asthma), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT00994175 phase2completednot on this map

A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Pilot Study of Pioglitazone Hydrochloride in Severe, Refractory Asthma

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)Ran2009 to 2016Enrolled15ConditionsSevere, Refractory Asthma, Airway Inflammation, Airflow ObstructionArmsPioglitazone, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Mechanisms and therapeutic strategies of asthma: from bench to bedside.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
    Review
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  4. Lipid metabolism in homeostasis and disease.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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  6. The role of type 2 diabetes in the severity of adult asthma.Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology · 2025
    Review
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  13. Nonrespiratory Comorbidities in Asthma.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2021
    Review
  14. The Role of PPAR-γ in Allergic Disease.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2021
    Review
  15. Pioglitazone prevents obesity-related airway hyperreactivity and neuronal MAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2021
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Maryann KalerLaboratory of Asthma and Lung Inflammation, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
Amisha V BarochiaLaboratory of Asthma and Lung Inflammation, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
Nargues A WeirLaboratory of Asthma and Lung Inflammation, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md; Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Clinic, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Va.
Rosemarie A CuentoLaboratory of Asthma and Lung Inflammation, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
Mario StylianouOffice of Biostatistics Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
Mark J RothLaboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
Armando C FilieLaboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
Ellen C VaugheyNorthern Virginia Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates, Annandale, Va.
Steven D NathanAdvanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Clinic, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Va.
Stewart J LevineLaboratory of Asthma and Lung Inflammation, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. Electronic address: levines@nhlbi.nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · USCenter for Cancer Research · USNational Heart Lung and Blood Institute · USInova Fairfax Hospital · USPulmonary and Critical Care Associates · US

Funding

Cytopathology CoreZICBC011052 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI FILIE, ARMANDO · 2009 to 2025
$30.8M
Study of Pioglitazone Hydrochloride in Severe, Refractory AsthmaZIAHL002547 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI LEVINE, STEWART · 2009 to 2020
$3.2M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA HL002547
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdultAsthmaCross-Over StudiesDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansHypoglycemic AgentsMaleMiddle AgedPioglitazoneHypoglycemic AgentsPioglitazone

Identifiers

PMID28625806
PMCPMC5723231
OpenAlexW2626083612

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Registered trials

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