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ReviewMolecular genetics and metabolism

Clinical trials in mitochondrial disorders, an update.

Mohammed Almannai, Ayman W El-Hattab, May Ali, Claudia Soler-Alfonso, Fernando Scaglia

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Review in Molecular genetics and metabolism. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
49citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Mitochondrial Transplantation as a Therapeutic Strategy for Inherited Mitochondrial Diseases.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  14. Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome and its cardiac complication.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025
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  19. Challenges and opportunities to bridge translational to clinical research for personalized mitochondrial medicine.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2024
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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

5 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Mohammed AlmannaiSection of Medical Genetics, Children's Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ayman W El-HattabDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
May AliDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Claudia Soler-AlfonsoDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Fernando ScagliaDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA; Joint BCM-CUHK Center of Medical Genetics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong. Electronic address: fscaglia@bcm.edu.
Baylor College of Medicine · USKing Fahd Medical City · SATexas Children's Hospital · USUniversity of Hong Kong · HKUniversity of Sharjah · AE

Funding

ZOLENDRONIC ACID IN CHILDREN W/ SEVERE OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTAM01RR000188 · NCRR · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI SHEARER, WILLIAM THOMAS · 1985 to 2011
$30.6M
The North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium (NAMDC)U54NS078059 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HIRANO, MICHIO · 2011 to 2023
$17.5M
NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000188NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS078059
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial disorders comprise a molecular and clinically diverse group of diseases that are associated with mitochondrial dysfunction leading to multi-organ disease. With recent advances in molecular technologies, the understanding of the pathomechanisms of a growing list of mitochondrial disorders has been greatly expanded. However, the therapeutic approaches for mitochondrial disorders have lagged behind with treatment options limited mainly to symptom specific therapies and supportive measures. There is an increasing number of clinical trials in mitochondrial disorders aiming for more specific and effective therapies. This review will cover different treatment modalities currently used in mitochondrial disorders, focusing on recent and ongoing clinical trials.

Indexed as

Clinical Trials as TopicGenetic TherapyAntioxidantsDNA, MitochondrialHumansMitochondriaMitochondrial DiseasesAntioxidantsDNA, MitochondrialAntioxidantsMitochondriaMitochondrial augmentationMitochondrial biogenesisRandomized clinical trials

Identifiers

PMID33129691
PMCPMC7537630
OpenAlexW3092550926

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