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ArticlePharmaceutics2022

TIMolol Nasal Spray as a Treatment for Epistaxis in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (TIM-HHT)-A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled, Cross-Over Trial.

Kornelia E C Andorfer, Florian Zeman, Michael Koller, Judith Zeller, René Fischer, Caroline T Seebauer, Veronika Vielsmeier, Christopher Bohr, Thomas S Kühnel

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
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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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kornelia E C AndorferDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5195-0634
Florian ZemanCenter for Clinical Studies, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Michael KollerCenter for Clinical Studies, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Judith ZellerDepartment of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2862-888X
René FischerDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Caroline T SeebauerDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Veronika VielsmeierDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Christopher BohrDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Thomas S KühnelDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6660-1130
University Hospital Regensburg · DE

Funding

The study was funded by the Center of Orphan Diseases (FSER e.V./Förderverein für seltene Erkrankungen, Regensburg) of the University Hospital Regensburg and the German HHT foundation (Morbus Osler Selbsthilfe e.V., Berlin). (Morbus Osler Selbsthilfe e.V., Berlin)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To date, there is no approved local therapeutic agent for the treatment of epistaxis due to hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Several case reports suggest the topical use of timolol. This monocentric, prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, cross-over study investigated whether the effectiveness of the standard treatment with a pulsed diode laser can be increased by also using timolol nasal spray. The primary outcome was severity of epistaxis after three months, while the main secondary outcome was severity of epistaxis and subjective satisfaction after one month. Twenty patients were allocated and treated, of which 18 patients completed both 3-month treatment sequences. Timolol was well tolerated by all patients. Epistaxis Severity Score after three months, the primary outcome measure, showed a beneficial, but statistically nonsignificant (

Indexed as

hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiaHHTMorbus Oslernasal sprayorphan diseasetimolol

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PMID36365152
PMCPMC9692661
OpenAlexW4307765032

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