SynthesisFrontiers in medicine2021
Metformin, the Rise of a New Medical Therapy for Endometriosis? A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Synthesis in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06611501 (Glycemic Regulation as Endometriosis Adjunct Treatment), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.
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.
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.
Glycemic Regulation as Endometriosis Adjunct Treatment
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Non-Hormonal Strategies in Endometriosis: Targets with Future Clinical Potential.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Cellular Senescence in Endometrium: A Pivotal Regulator in Physiological Remodeling and Pathological Disorders.International journal of biological sciences · 2025Review
- The role of AMPK-dependent pathways in cellular and molecular mechanisms of metformin: a new perspective for treatment and prevention of diseases.Inflammopharmacology · 2022Review
- Metformin: Sex/Gender Differences in Its Uses and Effects-Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Review
- Review
- Changing prostaglandin E2 (PGEReproductive medicine and biology · 2022Article
- Metformin Alleviates Endometriosis and Potentiates Endometrial ReceptivityFrontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Medical treatments for endometriosis aim to control pain symptoms and stop progression of endometriotic lesions. However, their adverse effects and their contraceptive effect in women who desire pregnancy, limit their long terms use. Although there is only one study investigating the effects of metformin on women with endometriosis, metformin seems to have a unique therapeutic potential. It may be a helpful anti-inflammatory and antiproliferative agent in the treatment of endometriosis. As such metformin may be more beneficial thanks to the lack of serious side effects.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.