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ArticleJournal of pain research2021

Interventional Clinical Trials on Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Retrospective Analysis.

Mengmeng Wang, Zepeng Zhang, Jia Mi, Guoqiang Wang, Lulu Tian, Yunyun Zhao, Xiaomin Li, Xiangyan Li, Xiuge Wang

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Article in Journal of pain research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mengmeng Wang *College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
Zepeng Zhang *Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-7057-1341
Jia MiDepartment of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
Guoqiang WangDepartment of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-5736-9568
Lulu TianCollege of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
Yunyun ZhaoCollege of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-2510-4626
Xiaomin LiResearch Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
Xiangyan LiJilin Ginseng Academy, Key Laboratory of Active Substances and Biological Mechanisms of Ginseng Efficacy, Ministry of Education, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Bio-Macromolecules of Chinese Medicine, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-6780-6314
Xiuge WangDepartment of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
Changchun University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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introductionDiabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is the most common complication of diabetes. At present, there is no comprehensive summary of the clinical trials related to DPN. In this article, we summarized the basic characteristics of the interventional clinical trials pertaining to DPN to determine the current status of research in this field and the existing issues. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe searched the World Health Organization International Clinical Trial Registration Platform (ICTRP), PubMed and Web of Science for clinical trials from 2005 to April 2021 and extracted 149 registered and 459 published clinical trials on DPN. We summarized the characteristics of the clinical trials, including the source registration, recruitment status, stage, age group, allocation method, intervention, end point classification, funding source, and treatment.

resultsAfter excluding noninterventional and nontreatment trials, 149 registered clinical trials out of 292 records from 12 registration centers and 459 published articles were included in this study. Among the registered trials, 43% had been completed, and 34.4% had been published in peer-reviewed journals. Among these trials, more than half used random allocation and blinded placebo-controlled methodologies. A total of 40.3% of the trials were multicenter studies, 63.8% of the treatments were drug therapies, and the endpoint classifications of 49% were efficacy and safety. Of the 459 published interventional clinical trials on DPN, 69.7% of the trials used drug treatments; more than half were randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials; 94.1% had positive outcomes; 46.4% had a target size of 50; and 22.9% were multicenter.

conclusionThis paper systematically summarizes the current status of interventional trials on DPN registered in the ICTRP and published clinical trials and provides a reference for the development of high-quality intervention strategies for DPN in the future.

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clinical characteristicsclinical interventional trialsdiabetic peripheral neuropathyICTRP

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