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ArticleJournal of drugs in dermatology : JDD2020

Optimizing the Trial Design for a Comparative Effectiveness Study of Spironolactone versus Oral Antibiotics for Women With Acne: A Delphi Consensus Panel.

John S Barbieri, David J Margolis

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Article in Journal of drugs in dermatology : JDD, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

John S Barbieri
David J Margolis

Funding

Penn Dermatology Research Training ProgramT32AR007465 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Elizabeth Anne Grice, David Joel Margolis · 1986 to 2026
$9.0M
Comparative effectiveness of spironolactone versus oral tetracycline-class antibiotics for the treatment of moderate to severe acne in womenR34AR074733 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MARGOLIS, DAVID · 2019 to 2020
$392k
NIAMS NIH HHS R34 AR074733NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR007465
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For women with acne, their acne often persists into adulthood, with over 50% of women reporting acne between 20–29 years of age and over 35% of women reporting acne between 30–39 years of age.1 While mild acne can usually be managed with topical medications, moderate to severe acne often requires treatment with systemic medications such as oral antibiotics, spironolactone, and isotretinoin.2 Although oral antibiotics are the most common systemic medication prescribed for women with moderate to severe acne, spironolactone may represent a safe and effective therapeutic alternative that can decrease our reliance on oral antibiotics for the treatment of acne.3–5 However, while spironolactone use is increasing, oral antibiotics are still prescribed 3 to 5 times more often than spironolactone.3.

Indexed as

Acne VulgarisAdministration, OralAdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsDelphi TechniqueFemaleHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicResearch DesignSpironolactoneTreatment OutcomeAnti-Bacterial AgentsSpironolactone

Identifiers

PMID33346508
PMCPMC7818578
OpenAlexW3116662295

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Registered trials

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