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Trial reportNutrients2020

Efficacy of

Erin D Lewis, Joseph M Antony, David C Crowley, Amanda Piano, Renu Bhardwaj, Thomas A Tompkins, Malkanthi Evans

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erin D LewisKGK Science Inc., London, ON N6A 5R8, Canada.
Joseph M AntonyKGK Science Inc., London, ON N6A 5R8, Canada.
David C CrowleyKGK Science Inc., London, ON N6A 5R8, Canada.
Amanda PianoLallemand Health Solutions, Montreal, QC H4P 2R2, Canada.
Renu BhardwajLallemand Health Solutions, Montreal, QC H4P 2R2, Canada.
Thomas A TompkinsLallemand Health Solutions, Montreal, QC H4P 2R2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2990-2265
Malkanthi EvansKGK Science Inc., London, ON N6A 5R8, Canada.
Lallemand (Canada) · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Specific probiotic strains can alleviate the gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and psychiatric comorbidities of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, the efficacy of

Indexed as

Bifidobacterium longumDietary SupplementsLacticaseibacillus paracaseiQuality of LifeAdultDouble-Blind MethodEmotionsFemaleHumansIrritable Bowel SyndromeMaleMiddle AgedProbioticsSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesSymptom AssessmentBifidobacterium longumIBSIrritable Bowel SyndromeLactobacillus paracaseiprobiotics

Identifiers

PMID32326347
PMCPMC7230591
OpenAlexW3019790669

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.