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SynthesisBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2017

Corticosteroids for treatment of sore throat: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials.

Behnam Sadeghirad, Reed A C Siemieniuk, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Davide Papola, Lyubov Lytvyn, Per Olav Vandvik, Arnaud Merglen, Gordon H Guyatt, Thomas Agoritsas

Registry-linked trialOpen access · hybridAbstract readMeta-AnalysisSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04027322 (Inhaled Glucocorticoids for Acute Pharyngitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

NCT04027322 phase2 / phase3completednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Inhaled Glucocorticoids for Acute Pharyngitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorOman Medical Speciality BoardRan2019 to 2022Enrolled200ConditionsAcute PharyngitisArmsBudesonide 0.25 MG/ML Inhalant Solution, Dexamethasone, Normal saline
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Corticosteroids as standalone or add-on treatment for sore throat.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
    Pooled it
  3. Comparative Effects of Flurbiprofen and Benzydamine on COX-2/PGEInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Article
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  5. Observational
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  7. Review
  8. A pharynx-to-brain axis controls pharyngeal inflammation-induced anxiety.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
    Article
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  12. Peaks in online inquiries into pharyngitis-related symptoms correspond with annual incidence rates.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2021
    Article
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  18. Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2020
    Review
  19. Pharyngitis: Approach to diagnosis and treatment.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2020
    Review
  20. Article
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

9 authors at 9 institutions in 6 countries.

Behnam SadeghiradDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada sadeghb@mcmaster.ca.
Reed A C SiemieniukDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Romina Brignardello-PetersenDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Davide PapolaDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italy.
Lyubov LytvynOslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Per Olav VandvikDepartment of Medicine, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Division Gjøvik, Oslo, Norway.
Arnaud MerglenDivision of General Paediatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Gordon H GuyattDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Thomas AgoritsasDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Impact · CAKerman University of Medical Sciences · IRMcMaster University · CAOslo University Hospital · NOUniversity Hospital of Geneva · CHUniversity of Chile · CLUniversity of Geneva · CHUniversity of Oslo · NOUniversity of Verona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Adrenal Cortex HormonesDexamethasoneDrug Administration ScheduleHumansPharyngitisTonsillitisAdrenal Cortex HormonesDexamethasone

Identifiers

PMID28931508
PMCPMC5605780
OpenAlexW2754782788

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Registered trials

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