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Trial reportPsychopharmacology2018

GR3027 reversal of neurosteroid-induced, GABA-A receptor-mediated inhibition of human brain function: an allopregnanolone challenge study.

Maja Johansson, Maria Månsson, Lars-Eric Lins, Bruce Scharschmidt, Magnus Doverskog, Torbjörn Bäckström

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Psychopharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Positive modulators ofRSC advances · 2026
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  3. New directions in neurosteroid therapeutics in neuropsychiatry.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2025
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  5. Golexanolone, a GABACNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2022
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  9. The Current Hepatic Encephalopathy Pipeline.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Maja JohanssonUmecrine Cognition AB, Karolinska Institutet Science Park, Fogdevreten 2, SE-171 65, Solna, Sweden. Maja.Johansson@Umecrine.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5697-4299
Maria MånssonUmecrine Cognition AB, Karolinska Institutet Science Park, Fogdevreten 2, SE-171 65, Solna, Sweden.
Lars-Eric LinsUmecrine Cognition AB, Karolinska Institutet Science Park, Fogdevreten 2, SE-171 65, Solna, Sweden.
Bruce ScharschmidtUmecrine Cognition AB, Karolinska Institutet Science Park, Fogdevreten 2, SE-171 65, Solna, Sweden.
Magnus DoverskogUmecrine Cognition AB, Karolinska Institutet Science Park, Fogdevreten 2, SE-171 65, Solna, Sweden.
Torbjörn BäckströmUmecrine Cognition AB, Karolinska Institutet Science Park, Fogdevreten 2, SE-171 65, Solna, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleGR3027 is a novel small molecule GABA-A receptor-modulating steroid antagonist, which in non-clinical studies has shown promise for treatment of human disorders due to allosteric over-activation of GABA-A receptors by neurosteroids, such as allopregnanolone. We here studied its safety, pharmacokinetics, and ability to inhibit allopregnanolone effects in humans.

methodsSafety and pharmacokinetics were studied in healthy adult males receiving ascending single or multiple oral GR3027 vs. placebo. GR3027-mediated reversal of allopregnanolone effect on maximal saccadic eye velocity (SEV), and self-rated somnolence was studied in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, three-part cross-over study in which 3 or 30 mg oral GR3027 preceded 0.05 mg/kg of i.v. allopregnanolone.

resultsGR3027 was well tolerated, adverse events were generally mild and transient, and no dose-limiting toxicity or grade 3 adverse events were observed up to the highest single (200 mg) or multiple (100 mg every 12 h for 5 days) doses. The maximum concentration (C

conclusionOral GR3027 mitigates inhibition of brain function induced by allopregnanolone at doses which are clinically well tolerated and associated with linear pharmacokinetics.

Indexed as

AdultAnestheticsBrainCross-Over StudiesDose-Response Relationship, DrugDouble-Blind MethodGABA-A Receptor AntagonistsHumansMaleNeurotransmitter AgentsPregnanoloneReceptors, GABA-ASaccadesWakefulnessYoung AdultAnestheticsGABA-A Receptor AntagonistsNeurotransmitter AgentsPregnanoloneReceptors, GABA-AAllopregnanoloneClinical trialGR3027Saccadic eye movementSedation

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PMID29492615
PMCPMC5919995
OpenAlexW2793905733

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