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ReviewCurrent hypertension reports2021

Firibastat: a Novel Treatment for Hypertension.

Shawna D Nesbitt

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Review in Current hypertension reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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0citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 44% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shawna D NesbittUniversity of Texas Southwestern, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd S2.210, Dallas, TX, 75390-9006, USA. Shawna.Nesbitt@utsouthwestern.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6043-6541
Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe purpose of this review is to discuss the unique mechanism of firibastat, a new antihypertension medication. Hypertension continues to be a highly prevalent public health issue. RECENT

findingsFiribastat is a novel agent developed to treat hypertension. As the first member in the class of centrally acting agents to target the brain renin angiotensin system, firibastat offers new pathways to consider and enhances the regimen of agents currently available to treat hypertension. Recent clinical trials have demonstrated effectiveness and safety in mild hypertension as well as resistant hypertension. This review introduces firibastat as a new therapeutic class of treatment for hypertension focused on the renin angiotensin system in the brain. Early studies have shown a significant reduction in blood pressure with minimal side effects particularly in patients who are difficult to treat.

Indexed as

HypertensionAntihypertensive AgentsBlood PressureDisulfidesGlutamyl AminopeptidaseHumansRenin-Angiotensin SystemSulfonic AcidsAntihypertensive AgentsDisulfidesfiribastatGlutamyl AminopeptidaseSulfonic AcidsAminopeptidase AAngiotensin IIIBlood pressureBrain renin angiotensin systemFiribastatHypertension

Identifiers

PMID34950965
OpenAlexW4200335368

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Registered trials

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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.