Androgen deprivation therapy may constitute a more effective COVID-19 prophylactic than therapeutic strategy.

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.

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Relationship Between Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer and Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of Korean medical science · 2022
   Pooled it
2. Genetic susceptibility of COVID-19: a systematic review of current evidence.European journal of medical research · 2021
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3. Identification of human genetic variants modulating the course of COVID-19 infection with importance in other viral infections.Frontiers in genetics · 2023
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4. Testosterone suppression combined with high dose estrogen as potential treatment of SARS-CoV-2. A mini review.Heliyon · 2022
   Review
5. Androgens and COVID-19.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2022
   Review
6. Topical TMPRSS2 inhibition prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection in differentiated human airway cultures.Life science alliance · 2022
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7. Androgenetic alopecia and COVID-19: A review of the hypothetical role of androgens.Dermatologic therapy · 2021
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8. Reply to the Letter to the Editor "Androgen deprivation therapy may constitute a more effective prophylactic than therapeutic strategy in COVID-19 patients" by N. Bennani and I. M. Bennani-Baiti.Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology · 2020
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Corrections and comments

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  Reply to the Letter to the Editor "Androgen deprivation therapy may constitute a more effective prophylactic than therapeutic strategy in COVID-19 patients" by N. Bennani and I. M. Bennani-Baiti.2020
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  Androgen-deprivation therapies for prostate cancer and risk of infection by SARS-CoV-2: a population-based study (N = 4532).2020

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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