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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2020

A Review of Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Therapeutic Repurposing and Unmet Clinical Needs.

Po-Lin Chen, Nan-Yao Lee, Cong-Tat Cia, Wen-Chien Ko, Po-Ren Hsueh

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Clinical efficacy of antiviral agents against coronavirus disease 2019: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi · 2021
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  17. Therapeutics for COVID-19 and post COVID-19 complications: An update.Current research in pharmacology and drug discovery · 2022
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  19. Repurposing of Chemotherapeutics to Combat COVID-19.Current topics in medicinal chemistry · 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Po-Lin ChenDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Nan-Yao LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Cong-Tat CiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Wen-Chien KoDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Po-Ren HsuehDepartments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Cheng Kung University Hospital · TWNational Taiwan University Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For the initial phase of pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), repurposing drugs that

Indexed as

anti-viral agentsconvalescent plasmaCOVID-19interleukin-6 inhibitorsSARS-CoV-2treatment

Identifiers

PMID33364959
PMCPMC7751753
OpenAlexW3103592382

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