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Trial reportInternational journal of clinical pharmacy2018

Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761

Klára Procházková, Ivan Šejna, Jan Skutil, Aleš Hahn

Erratum issuedOpen access · hybridAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in International journal of clinical pharmacy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pentoxifylline uses in inner ear diseases.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2025
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  3. Efficacy and Safety of Pentoxifylline for Venous Leg Ulcers: An Updated Meta-Analysis.The international journal of lower extremity wounds · 2024
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  8. Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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  11. A Comparative Analysis of the Efficacy of Ginkgo Biloba and Caroverine in the Management of Idiopathic Tinnitus.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024
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  13. Frontiers in neurology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Klára ProcházkováDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Šrobárova 50, 10034, Prague, Czech Republic. klara.prochazkova@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2111-0861
Ivan ŠejnaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Šrobárova 50, 10034, Prague, Czech Republic.
Jan SkutilDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Šrobárova 50, 10034, Prague, Czech Republic.
Aleš HahnDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Šrobárova 50, 10034, Prague, Czech Republic.
Charles University · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761

Indexed as

AdultAgedChronic DiseaseCzech RepublicDouble-Blind MethodFemaleGinkgo bilobaGinkgo ExtractHumansMaleMiddle AgedPentoxifyllinePlant ExtractsPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesTinnitusTreatment OutcomeGinkgo biloba extractGinkgo ExtractPentoxifyllinePlant ExtractsVasodilator AgentsEffectivenessGinkgo bilobaPentoxifyllineTinnitus

Identifiers

PMID29855986
PMCPMC6208604
OpenAlexW2805666681

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Registered trials

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