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ArticleSchizophrenia research2020

Could the antipsychotic chlorpromazine be a potential treatment for SARS-CoV-2?

B Nobile, M Durand, P Courtet, P Van de Perre, N Nagot, J P Molès, E Olié

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Article in Schizophrenia research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 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.

B NobileDepartment of Emergency Psychiatry and Acute Care, CHU Montpellier, France; PSNREC, Univ Montpellier, INSERM, CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France. Electronic address: benedicte.nobile@gmail.com.
M DurandPathogenesis and Control of Chronic Infection, INSERM, EFS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
P CourtetDepartment of Emergency Psychiatry and Acute Care, CHU Montpellier, France; PSNREC, Univ Montpellier, INSERM, CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France; FondaMental Foundation, France.
P Van de PerrePathogenesis and Control of Chronic Infection, INSERM, EFS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
N NagotPathogenesis and Control of Chronic Infection, INSERM, EFS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Department of Medical Information, CHU Montpellier, France.
J P MolèsPathogenesis and Control of Chronic Infection, INSERM, EFS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
E OliéDepartment of Emergency Psychiatry and Acute Care, CHU Montpellier, France; PSNREC, Univ Montpellier, INSERM, CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France; FondaMental Foundation, France.
Inserm · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

COVID-19 Drug TreatmentAntipsychotic AgentsChlorpromazineClathrin-Coated VesiclesDrug RepositioningEndocytosisHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationIn Vitro TechniquesSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusVirus InternalizationVirus ReplicationAntipsychotic AgentsChlorpromazineSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2ChlorpromazineClathrin-mediated endocytosisSARS-CoV-2Sedative medicationViral replication

Identifiers

PMID32773341
PMCPMC7381925
OpenAlexW3044739625

What OpenQuestion holds

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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.