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SynthesisDrugs2018

A Critical Review of Nebivolol and its Fixed-Dose Combinations in the Treatment of Hypertension.

Arrigo F G Cicero, Masanari Kuwabara, Claudio Borghi

Abstract readSystematic Review
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Drugs, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Beta-Blockers for the Treatment of Arrhythmias: Which Drug for Which Arrhythmia? A State-of-the-Art Narrative Review.American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions · 2026
    Review
  3. Efficacy and Safety of the Extemporaneous Combination Nebivolol/Amlodipine in Patients with Hypertension Uncontrolled on Monotherapy: The BOTTICELLI Study.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2026
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Appraisal of β-Blocker Use in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions · 2025
    Review
  6. Review
  7. 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Arrigo F G CiceroMedical and Surgical Sciences Department, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, University of Bologna, Via Albertoni, 15, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
Masanari KuwabaraDepartment of Cardiology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Claudio BorghiMedical and Surgical Sciences Department, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, University of Bologna, Via Albertoni, 15, 40138, Bologna, Italy. claudio.borghi@unibo.it.
University of Bologna · ITToranomon Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-Adrenergic receptor blockers (β-blockers) are well-known useful and cost-effective drugs for managing hypertensive patients with coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart failure. However, it is often difficult to use β-blockers for patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Moreover, most β-blockers negatively influence glucose or lipid metabolism. Nebivolol is a third-generation lipophilic β-1 receptor-selective blocker with nitric oxide-mediated vasodilatory effects, metabolically neutral and usually well tolerated by patients with asthma or COPD. Nebivolol has significant effects of reduction in central blood pressure and improvements in endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness. To summarize the merits and demerits of nebivolol in different clinical situations, we conducted a review using the word 'nebivolol' on Pubmed and Embase, limiting the search to hypertension, clinical trials, and meta-analyses. This review summarizes the clinical studies on nebivolol itself and on the combination of nebivolol with other antihypertensive drugs, such as hydrochlorothiazide, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers, and amlodipine. Most studies showed the safety and well-tolerated profile of nebivolol and the combination of nebivolol with other antihypertensive drugs, which suggests that new fixed combinations of nebivolol with other antihypertensive drugs would be useful for patients who are unable to tolerate traditional β-blockers.

Indexed as

Antihypertensive AgentsNebivololAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsBlood PressureClinical Trials as TopicDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansHypertensionMeta-Analysis as TopicNitric OxideVasodilator AgentsAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAntihypertensive AgentsNebivololNitric OxideVasodilator Agents

Identifiers

PMID30426333
OpenAlexW2900975530

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