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ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2020

Clinical Trials and Tribulations in the COVID-19 Era.

Marc Scott Weinberg, Regan E Patrick, Nadine A Schwab, Praise Owoyemi, Rose May, Alison J McManus, Jessica Gerber, David G Harper, Steven E Arnold, Brent Forester

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Article in The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marc Scott WeinbergAlzheimer's Clinical and Translational Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Geriatric Psychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital Adult Psychiatry Residency Program, Boston, MA. Electronic address: marc.weinberg@mgh.harvard.edu.
Regan E PatrickGeriatric Psychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Neuropsychology, McLean Hospital, MA.
Nadine A SchwabAlzheimer's Clinical and Translational Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Praise OwoyemiGeriatric Psychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA.
Rose MayGeriatric Psychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA.
Alison J McManusAlzheimer's Clinical and Translational Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Jessica GerberAlzheimer's Clinical and Translational Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
David G HarperGeriatric Psychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Steven E ArnoldAlzheimer's Clinical and Translational Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Brent ForesterGeriatric Psychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USMcLean Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG062421 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Christine S Ritchie · 2019 to 2026
$36.5M
Fostering Research Mentorship & Training during Psychiatry Residency SupplementR25MH094612 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FAVA, MAURIZIO, GREENFIELD, SHELLY F. · 2011 to 2022
$2.3M
Biomarkers to enable ASO prevention trials in genetic prion disease carriersR21TR003040 · NCATS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ARNOLD, STEVEN E · 2019 to 2020
$485k
CLINICAL RESEARCH EDUCATION IN MENTAL HEALTHR25MH058818 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SELZER, MICHAEL EDGAR · 1998 to 2002
$438k
NCATS NIH HHS R21 TR003040NIA NIH HHS P30 AG062421NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH058818NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH094612
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in treating and preventing Alzheimer disease and other neurocognitive disorders of aging arise from rigorous preclinical and clinical research, with randomized controlled treatment trials as the last and definitive test. The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly disrupted ongoing interventional studies and researchers are scrambling to find ways to safely continue this critical work amidst rapidly shifting guidelines from sponsors, institutions, and state and federal guidelines. Here the authors describe novel approaches and work-flow adaptations to study visits, drug delivery and interim and endpoint safety and outcomes assessments to avoid sacrificing years of preparation and substantial financial investments, to work in the best interest of participants and their caregivers, and to continue on the path toward discovering disease-modifying treatments for the millions of individuals impacted by major neurocognitive disorders.

Indexed as

AgedAlzheimer DiseaseBetacoronavirusClinical Trials as TopicCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Guidelines as TopicHumansNeurocognitive DisordersPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Alzheimer diseaseclinical trialsgeriatricstelemedicine

Identifiers

PMID32507686
PMCPMC7236727
OpenAlexW3025753926

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