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Trial reportNutrients2020

Anti-Heartburn Effects of Sugar Cane Flour: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study.

Jeffrey M Beckett, Neeraj K Singh, Jehan Phillips, Krishnakumar Kalpurath, Kent Taylor, Roger A Stanley, Rajaraman D Eri

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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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 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jeffrey M BeckettSchool of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS 7250, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2911-0313
Neeraj K SinghSchool of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS 7250, Australia.
Jehan PhillipsFirst Point Healthcare, Launceston, TAS 7250, Australia.
Krishnakumar KalpurathMersey Community Hospital, Latrobe, TAS 7307, Australia.
Kent TaylorKFSU Pty Ltd., Ayr, QLD 4807, Australia.
Roger A StanleyCentre for Food Innovation, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Launceston 7250, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2279-5022
Rajaraman D EriSchool of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS 7250, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1688-8043
University of Tasmania · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) affects approximately 20% of Australians. Patients suffer a burning sensation known as heartburn due to the movement of acidic stomach content into the esophagus. There is anecdotal evidence of the effectiveness of prebiotic sugarcane flour in controlling symptoms of GERD. This pilot study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a prebiotic sugarcane flour in alleviating symptoms in medically-diagnosed GERD patients. This pilot study was a single center, double-blinded, placebo-controlled randomized trial conducted on 43 eligible participants. The intervention group (

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PrebioticsSaccharumAdultAustraliaDietary FiberDouble-Blind MethodFemaleFlourHeartburnHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeDietary FiberPrebioticsdietary fibergastroesophageal reflux diseaseheartburnregurgitationsugarcane flour

Identifiers

PMID32570710
PMCPMC7353237
OpenAlexW3036499110

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