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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

Clinical Benefit of Tamsulosin and the Hexanic Extract of Serenoa Repens, in Combination or as Monotherapy, in Patients with Moderate/Severe LUTS-BPH: A Subset Analysis of the QUALIPROST Study.

Antonio Alcaraz, Alfredo Rodríguez-Antolín, Joaquín Carballido-Rodríguez, David Castro-Díaz, Manuel Esteban-Fuertes, José M Cózar-Olmo, Vincenzo Ficarra, Rafael Medina-López, Jesús M Fernández-Gómez, Javier C Angulo and 6 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Assessing the Safety of Combined Therapy,Journal of toxicology · 2025
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  6. Efficacy and Safety of the Hexanic Extract ofJournal of clinical medicine · 2022
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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

16 authors at 11 institutions in 2 countries.

Antonio AlcarazUrology Department, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Alfredo Rodríguez-AntolínUrology Department, Research Group in Men's Integral Health, Instituto de Investigación i+12, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, 28041 Madrid, Spain.
Joaquín Carballido-RodríguezUrology Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, 28222 Majadahonda, Spain.
David Castro-DíazUrology Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, 38320 Tenerife, Spain.
Manuel Esteban-FuertesUrology Department, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, 45004 Toledo, Spain.
José M Cózar-OlmoUrology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain.
Vincenzo FicarraUrology Department, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Rafael Medina-LópezUrology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4514-4329
Jesús M Fernández-GómezUrology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain.
Javier C AnguloUrology Department, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, 28905 Getafe, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1735-8792
José Medina-PoloUrology Department, Research Group in Men's Integral Health, Instituto de Investigación i+12, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, 28041 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3626-8669
Francisco J Brenes-BermúdezABS Llefià, 08913 Badalona, Spain.
José M Molero-GarcíaSan Andrés Primary Care Center, 28021 Madrid, Spain.
Antonio Fernández-Pro-LedesmaMenasalbas Primary Care Center, 45128 Toledo, Spain.
José ManasanchPierre Fabre Ibérica S.A., 08005 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3633-8778
On Behalf Of The Qualiprost Study Group
Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre · ESConsorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer · ESFundación Andrés Marcio · ESHospital Nacional de Parapléjicos · ESHospital Universitario Central de Asturias · ESHospital Universitario de Canarias · ESHospital Universitario de Getafe · ESHospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda · ESHospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves · ESHospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío · ESUniversity of Messina · IT

Funding

Pierre Fabre Ibérica, S.A. not applicable
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To investigate whether tamsulosin (TAM) and the hexanic extract of

Indexed as

BIIBPHcombination treatmenthexanic extract of Serenoa repensmoderate-severe LUTSquality of lifestorage symptomstamsulosintolerability

Identifiers

PMID32917008
PMCPMC7564885
OpenAlexW3084365116

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