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ReviewCNS drugs2021

Pharmacotherapy for Frontotemporal Dementia.

Rita Khoury, Yu Liu, Quratulanne Sheheryar, George T Grossberg

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Review in CNS drugs, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Observational
  3. Identifying and Diagnosing TDP-43 Neurodegenerative Diseases in Psychiatry.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2024
    Review
  4. Drug Discovery and Development Targeting Dementia.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
    Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Review
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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rita KhouryDepartment of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Saint Georges Hospital University Medical Center, Youssef Sursock Street, PO Box 166378, Beirut, Lebanon. rita.khoury@idraac.org.ORCID 0000-0003-2481-6816
Yu LiuDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
Quratulanne SheheryarDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
George T GrossbergDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1493-3931
Saint Louis University · USUniversity of Balamand · LB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Frontotemporal dementia is a heterogeneous spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders. The neuropathological inclusions are tau proteins, TAR DNA binding protein 43 kDa-TDP-43, or fused in sarcoma-ubiquitinated inclusions. Genetically, several autosomal mutations account for the heritability of the disorder. Phenotypically, frontotemporal dementia can present with a behavioral variant or a language variant called primary progressive aphasia. To date, there are no approved symptomatic or disease-modifying treatments for frontotemporal dementia. Currently used therapies are supported by low-level of evidence (mostly uncontrolled) studies. The off-label use of drugs is also limited by their side-effect profile including an increased risk of confusion, parkinsonian symptoms, and risk of mortality. Emerging disease-modifying treatments currently target the progranulin and the expansion on chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 genes as well as tau deposits. Advancing our understanding of the pathophysiology of the disease and improving the design of future clinical trials are much needed to optimize the chances to obtain positive outcomes.

Indexed as

Frontotemporal DementiaHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyNootropic AgentsPsychotropic DrugsNootropic AgentsPsychotropic Drugs

Identifiers

PMID33840052
OpenAlexW3155308962

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Registered trials

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