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ReviewCureus2023

Investigating Edaravone Use for Management of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): A Narrative Review.

Purushottam Neupane, Pawan Kumar Thada, Pramod Singh, Abdul Rafae Faisal, Niraj Rai, Prabhat Poudel, Madeeha Subhan Waleed, Jonathan Quinonez, Samir Ruxmohan, Esha Jain

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Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Purushottam NeupaneMedicine and Surgery, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, PAK.
Pawan Kumar ThadaResearch and Academic Affairs, Larkin Community Hospital, Miami, USA.
Pramod SinghNeurology, Faisalabad Medical University, Faisalabad, PAK.
Abdul Rafae FaisalNephrology, Faisalabad Medical University, Faisalabad, PAK.
Niraj RaiPsychiatry, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad Medical University, Faisalabad, PAK.
Prabhat PoudelSurgery, Nepal Medical College, Kathmandu, NPL.
Madeeha Subhan WaleedInternal Medicine, Lower Bucks Hospital, Bristol, USA.
Jonathan QuinonezNeurology/Osteopathic Neuromuscular Medicine, Larkin Community Hospital, Miami, USA.
Samir RuxmohanNeurocritical Care, Unviersity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
Esha JainFamily Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, USA.
Larkin Community Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of Edaravone, given orally, for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was officially approved by the Federal Drug Association (FDA) in 2017. ALS is a rare and progressive degenerative disease that worsens over time. It attacks and destroys the nerve cells that control voluntary muscles, thus leading to weakness, eventual paralysis, and, ultimately death. Edaravone was given initially intravenously, but recent evidence shows better results with oral suspension. This narrative review is aimed to investigate the benefit of Edaravone for the management of ALS, compare it to Riluzole, discuss its mechanism of action, route of use, and side effects, and ultimately discuss future implications of this pharmacotherapy.

Indexed as

adult neurologyamylotrophic lateral sclerosisneurology and critical carepathophysiology of alstreatment choices

Identifiers

PMID36788871
PMCPMC9922523
OpenAlexW4315874299

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