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ArticleClinical pharmacokinetics2020

Why Were More Than 200 Subjects Required to Demonstrate the Bioequivalence of a New Formulation of Levothyroxine with an Old One?

Didier Concordet, Peggy Gandia, Jean-Louis Montastruc, Alain Bousquet-Mélou, Peter Lees, Aude A Ferran, Pierre-Louis Toutain

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Article in Clinical pharmacokinetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 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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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Didier ConcordetINTHERES, Université de Toulouse, INRA, ENVT, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, 23 Chemin des capelles, 31076, Toulouse, France.
Peggy GandiaINTHERES, Université de Toulouse, INRA, ENVT, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, 23 Chemin des capelles, 31076, Toulouse, France.
Jean-Louis MontastrucService de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Faculté de Médecine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
Alain Bousquet-MélouINTHERES, Université de Toulouse, INRA, ENVT, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, 23 Chemin des capelles, 31076, Toulouse, France.
Peter LeesThe Royal Veterinary College, University of London, London, UK.
Aude A FerranINTHERES, Université de Toulouse, INRA, ENVT, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, 23 Chemin des capelles, 31076, Toulouse, France.
Pierre-Louis ToutainINTHERES, Université de Toulouse, INRA, ENVT, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, 23 Chemin des capelles, 31076, Toulouse, France. pltoutain@wanadoo.fr.ORCID 0000-0002-8846-8892

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At the request of French Regulatory Authorities, a new formulation of Levothyrox

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AnimalsChemistry, PharmaceuticalChick EmbryoDrug CompoundingDrug SubstitutionFranceGuidelines as TopicHumansTherapeutic EquivalencyThyroxineUnited StatesUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationThyroxine

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PMID31432471
PMCPMC6994420

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