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ArticleToxins2020

Varespladib (LY315920) and Methyl Varespladib (LY333013) Abrogate or Delay Lethality Induced by Presynaptically Acting Neurotoxic Snake Venoms.

José María Gutiérrez, Matthew R Lewin, David J Williams, Bruno Lomonte

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract read
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Article in Toxins, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04996264 (Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of a Multi-Dose Regimen of Oral Varespladib-Methyl in Subjects Bitten by Venomous Snakes), which is not on this map. Cited by 43 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed
11.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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.

NCT04996264 phase2completednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of a Multi-Dose Regimen of Oral Varespladib-Methyl in Subjects Bitten by Venomous Snakes

TypeinterventionalSponsorOphirex, Inc.Ran2021 to 2023Enrolled95ConditionsSnakebites, Envenoming, Envenoming, Snake, Envenomation, SnakeArmsVarespladib Methyl, Placebo, Standard of care (SOC)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 86 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

José María GutiérrezInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0001-8385-3081
Matthew R LewinCalifornia Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4480-9891
David J WilliamsGlobal Snakebite Initiative, Ashgrove, Qld 4060, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6838-4632
Bruno LomonteInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0003-2419-6469
Universidad de Costa Rica · CRCalifornia Academy of Sciences · US

Funding

Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Universidad de Costa Rica No grant number
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The phospholipase A

Indexed as

AcetatesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugIndolesKeto AcidsLethal Dose 50MiceNeurotoxicity SyndromesPhospholipase A2 InhibitorsPhospholipases A2Snake BitesSnake VenomsSurvival AnalysisTime FactorsAcetatesIndolesKeto AcidsPhospholipase A2 InhibitorsPhospholipases A2Snake Venomsvarespladibvarespladib methyllethalityLY315920LY333013neurotoxicityphospholipase A2Varespladib

Identifiers

PMID32093386
PMCPMC7076770
OpenAlexW3009813414

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Registered trials

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