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Trial reportJournal of translational medicine2017

Inorganic nitrate as a treatment for acute heart failure: a protocol for a single center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot and feasibility study.

Roman Falls, Michael Seman, Sabine Braat, Joshua Sortino, Jason D Allen, Christopher J Neil

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of translational medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Roman FallsWestern Centre for Health Research and Education, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Michael SemanWestern Centre for Health Research and Education, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Sabine BraatDepartment of Medicine-Western Health, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Joshua SortinoWestern Centre for Health Research and Education, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Jason D AllenWestern Centre for Health Research and Education, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Christopher J NeilWestern Centre for Health Research and Education, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia. Christopher.neil@wh.org.au.
Western Health · AUMelbourne Health · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAcute heart failure (AHF) is a frequent reason for hospitalization worldwide and effective treatment options are limited. It is known that AHF is a condition characterized by impaired vasorelaxation, together with reduced nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability, an endogenous vasodilatory compound. Supplementation of inorganic sodium nitrate (NaNO METHODS AND OUTCOMES: We propose a single center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial, evaluating the feasibility of sodium nitrate as a treatment for AHF. The primary hypothesis that sodium nitrate treatment will result in increased systemic levels of nitric oxide pre-cursors (nitrate and nitrite) in plasma, in parallel with improved vasorelaxation, as assessed by non-invasively derived systemic vascular resistance index. Additional surrogate measures relevant to the known pathophysiology of AHF will be obtained in order to assess clinical effect on dyspnea and renal function. DISCUSSION: The results of this study will provide evidence of the feasibility of this novel approach and will be of interest to the heart failure community. This trial may inform a larger study.

Indexed as

Acute DiseaseDouble-Blind MethodFeasibility StudiesHeart FailureHumansNitratesNitric OxideNitritesPlacebosTreatment OutcomeNitratesNitric OxideNitritesPlacebossodium nitrateAcute decompensated heart failureAcute heart failureHeart failureNitric oxideNon-invasive cardiovascular monitoringSodium nitrate

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PMID28789663
PMCPMC5549289
OpenAlexW2744156664

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