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ReviewBiomedical journal2020

Current updates on the European and WHO registered clinical trials of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Henu Kumar Verma, Neha Merchant, Manish Kumar Verma, Cansu İlke Kuru, Anand Narayan Singh, Fulden Ulucan, Poonam Verma, Antaripa Bhattacharya, L V K S Bhaskar

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In one paragraph

Review in Biomedical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Henu Kumar VermaInstitute of Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology CNR, Naples, Italy.
Neha MerchantDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Manish Kumar VermaDepartment of Biochemistry, G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur, India.
Cansu İlke KuruEge University Faculty of Science and Buca Municipality Kızılçullu Science and Art Center, Izmir, Turkey.
Anand Narayan SinghDepartment of Biochemistry, G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur, India.
Fulden UlucanDepartment of Bioengineering, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
Poonam VermaDepartment of Biotechnology, IFTM University, Moradabad, India.
Antaripa BhattacharyaDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
L V K S BhaskarDepartment of Zoology, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, India. Electronic address: lvksbhaskar@gmail.com.
Ege University · TRGanesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College · INEmory University · USGuru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya · INIFTM University · INInstitute for Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a major public health concern currently. To date, there are no approved antiviral drugs or vaccines against this transmissible disease. This report sheds light on available information for a better understanding of clinical trials and pharmacotherapy related to COVID-19. MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus databases, Web of Science, WHO, and EU clinical trial sites were used to perform comparative analysis. Information was collected on the use of therapeutic agents for human therapy in patients with COVID-19 up to May 2020. We have extracted data from 60 clinical trials. Amongst these trials, 34 were from the European Union database of clinical trials and 26 from the National Institute of Health. The data selection procedure includes active, completed, and recruitment in progress status. Most of the clinical trials are ongoing and hence, there is a lack of precise results for the treatment.There is a lack of high-quality clinical evidence. The protocol to be developed requires large randomized clinical trials with a combination of available drugs and prospective therapies. We propose the usage of a large number of cases and different statistical analyses to conduct systematic clinical trials. This could provide comprehensive information about the clinical trial and potential therapeutic progress.

Indexed as

Clinical Trials as TopicCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentCOVID-19EuropeHumansSARS-CoV-2World Health OrganizationClinical trialsCorona pandemicCOVID-19TherapeuticVaccination

Identifiers

PMID32792167
PMCPMC7380255
OpenAlexW3045142678

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Registered trials

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