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SynthesisBioscience reports2019

Efficacy of traditional Chinese medication Tangminling pill in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes.

Jing Cheng, Jia Zheng, Yanping Liu, Panpan Hao

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Synthesis in Bioscience reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Advances in Research on the Protective Mechanisms of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in IsletEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jing ChengKey Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, and Shenzhen Research Institute of Shandong University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2468-5636
Jia ZhengDepartment of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6480-3422
Yanping LiuKey Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, and Shenzhen Research Institute of Shandong University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Panpan HaoKey Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, and Shenzhen Research Institute of Shandong University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China panda.how@126.com.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The morbidity of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been increasing rapidly worldwide. Tangminling pill, consisting of ten Chinese herbal medications, is usually prescribed for T2DM in mainland China. Whether treatment with Tangminling can improve clinical outcomes of T2DM patients was still debated. Four studies comparing Tangminling vs. placebo treatment in T2DM patients were included and 767 T2DM patients were enrolled in our analyses. Tangminling treatment exhibited better efficacy than placebo in reducing hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) (1.11 vs. 0.32%; pooled weighted mean difference [WMD]: 0.80; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.65-0.96;

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Drugs, Chinese HerbalHumansHypoglycemic AgentsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSensitivity and SpecificityDrugs, Chinese HerbalHypoglycemic Agentstang-min-ling-wanChinese herbal medicationDiabetesTangminling

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PMID30948503
PMCPMC6488948

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