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Trial reportBMJ open2018

Electroacupuncture plus standard of care for managing refractory functional dyspepsia: protocol of a pragmatic trial with economic evaluation.

Vincent C H Chung, Charlene H L Wong, Jessica Y L Ching, Wai Zhu Sun, Yan Li Ju, Sheung Sheung Hung, Wai Ling Lin, Ka Chun Leung, Samuel Y S Wong, Justin C Y Wu

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled TrialPragmatic Clinical TrialEquivalence Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in BMJ open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-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.

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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. 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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vincent C H ChungJockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Charlene H L WongHong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Jessica Y L ChingHong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Wai Zhu Sun *Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Yan Li Ju *Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Sheung Sheung Hung *Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Wai Ling Lin *Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Ka Chun Leung *Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Samuel Y S WongJockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Justin C Y WuHong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Chinese University of Hong Kong · CNHong Kong Jockey Club · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis trial proposes to compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of electroacupuncture (EA) plus on-demand gastrocaine with waiting list for EA plus on-demand gastrocaine in providing symptom relief and quality-of-life improvement among patients with functional dyspepsia (FD). METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This is a single-centre, pragmatic, randomised parallel-group, superiority trial comparing the outcomes of (1) EA plus on-demand gastrocaine group and (2) waiting list to EA plus on-demand gastrocaine group. 132 (66/arm) endoscopically confirmed, ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study is supported by the Health and Medical Research Fund, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. It has been approved by the Joint Chinese University of Hong Kong - New Territories East Cluster Clinical Research Ethics Committee. Results will be published in peer-reviewed journals and be disseminated in international conference. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ChiCTR-IPC-15007109; Pre-result.

Indexed as

Research DesignAdolescentAdultAgedAluminum HydroxideAminobenzoatesAtropineCost-Benefit AnalysisDrug CombinationsDyspepsiaElectroacupunctureFemaleHong KongHumansMagnesium CompoundsMaleAluminum HydroxideAminobenzoatesAtropineDrug CombinationsGastro-caineMagnesium Compoundsacupunctureeconomic evaluationfunctional dyspepsiagastrocainerandomized controlled trial

Identifiers

PMID29593017
PMCPMC5875645
OpenAlexW2795061657

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