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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2019

Drug Holiday of Interferon Beta 1b in Multiple Sclerosis: A Pilot, Randomized, Single Blind Study of Non-inferiority.

Silvia Romano, Michela Ferraldeschi, Francesca Bagnato, Rosella Mechelli, Emanuele Morena, Marzia Caldano, Maria Chiara Buscarinu, Arianna Fornasiero, Marco Frontoni, Viviana Nociti and 7 more

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

17 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Silvia RomanoNeurosciences, Mental Health, and Sensory Organs (NESMOS) Department, Center for Experimental Neurological Therapies, S. Andrea Hospital-site, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Michela FerraldeschiDepartment of Neurology and Psychiatry, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Francesca BagnatoNeuroimmunology Division, Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging Unit, Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Nashville, TN, United States.
Rosella MechelliNeurosciences, Mental Health, and Sensory Organs (NESMOS) Department, Center for Experimental Neurological Therapies, S. Andrea Hospital-site, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Emanuele MorenaNeurosciences, Mental Health, and Sensory Organs (NESMOS) Department, Center for Experimental Neurological Therapies, S. Andrea Hospital-site, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Marzia CaldanoNeurologia - Centro Riferimento Regionale Sclerosi Multipla and Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, San Luigi Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Maria Chiara BuscarinuNeurosciences, Mental Health, and Sensory Organs (NESMOS) Department, Center for Experimental Neurological Therapies, S. Andrea Hospital-site, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Arianna FornasieroNeurosciences, Mental Health, and Sensory Organs (NESMOS) Department, Center for Experimental Neurological Therapies, S. Andrea Hospital-site, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Marco FrontoniD.A.I. Neurosciences and Mental Health, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Viviana NocitiUniversità Cattolica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli, " Rome, Italy.
Massimiliano MirabellaUniversità Cattolica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli, " Rome, Italy.
Flavia MayerNational Centre of Epidemiology, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
Antonio BertolottoNeurologia - Centro Riferimento Regionale Sclerosi Multipla and Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, San Luigi Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Carlo PozzilliDepartment of Neurology and Psychiatry, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Nicola VanacoreNational Centre of Epidemiology, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
Marco SalvettiNeurosciences, Mental Health, and Sensory Organs (NESMOS) Department, Center for Experimental Neurological Therapies, S. Andrea Hospital-site, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Giovanni RistoriNeurosciences, Mental Health, and Sensory Organs (NESMOS) Department, Center for Experimental Neurological Therapies, S. Andrea Hospital-site, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
CTO Andrea Alesini · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITNational Centre for Disease Prevention and Control · ITNeuroscience Institute · ITAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITDon Carlo Gnocchi Foundation · ITVanderbilt University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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black holescontrast-enhanced lesionscyclic withdrawalinterferon beta 1bnon-inferiorityrelapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

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PMID31379701
PMCPMC6646514
OpenAlexW2951811736

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