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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Evaluating the Efficacy of Pervistop

Cesare Aragona, Maria Salomè Bezerra Espinola, Gabriele Bilotta, Giuseppina Porcaro, Marco Calcagno

3 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract read
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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07320183 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Effect of a Dietary Supplement Containing EGCG, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12 and Hyaluronic Acid in Supporting Male Genital Balance in Subjects Exposed to HPV Risk

TypeinterventionalSponsorFondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCSRan2026 to 2028Enrolled96ConditionsHPV - Anogenital Human Papilloma Virus Infection, InfertilitiesArmspervistop
NCT07344337 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of the Effect of a Dietary Supplement Based on EGCG, Vitamin B12, Hyaluronic Acid, and Folic Acid on the Maintenance of Physiological Balance and the Natural Defenses of the Male Genital System in Subjects Exposed to HPV Infection.

TypeinterventionalSponsorFondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCSRan2026 to 2028Enrolled96ConditionsHPV Infection, InfertilitiesArmsPervistop
NCT07697196 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

An Interventional Study Evaluating the Effect of Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG), Folic Acid (FA), Vitamin B12 (B12) and Hyaluronic Acid (HA) in Affecting the DNA Integration of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in Women With Persistent Infection

TypeinterventionalSponsorIRCCS San RaffaeleRan2026 to 2028Enrolled42ConditionsHPV Infection, HPV Integration, HPV Disease, HPV Genital InfectionArmsEpigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), Folic Acid (FA), Vitamin B12 (B12), and Hyaluronic Acid (HA)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cesare AragonaSystems Biology Group Lab, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Maria Salomè Bezerra EspinolaSystems Biology Group Lab, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Gabriele BilottaAlma Res Fertility Center, 00198 Rome, Italy.
Giuseppina PorcaroWomen's Health Centre, USL UMBRIA 2, 05100 Terni, Italy.
Marco CalcagnoDepartment of Woman Health and Reproductive Medicine, Santo Spirito Hospital, 00193 Rome, Italy.
Ospedale di Santo Spirito · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe persistence of the HPV infection is a risk factor in the integration of viral DNA in the host genome, leading to transforming events. The lack of therapies for HPV-persistent infections determine an unmet medical need.

methodsWe enrolled forty patients with persistent HPV infections and cervical lesions and divided them into two groups. The women in the treated group received 200 mg epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), 400 µg folic acid (FA), 1 mg vitamin B12, and 50 mg hyaluronic acid (HA) for 12 weeks. The control group received no treatment.

results40 patients completed the study. Fifteen out of 20 women in the control group still had an LSIL at the end of the study. One woman had a decrease in the DNA load, while six had no change and eight had an increase in DNA content. In the treatment group, 17 out of 20 women achieved a full viral clearance. These women showed no cytological or histological evidence of lesions following the treatment.

conclusionsOur data highlight the possible effect of such combination on LSIL. Therefore, the evidence reported here supports the potential to carry out further randomized placebo-controlled studies with an adequate number of patients to verify our results.

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ASCUSEGCGfolic acidHPVhyaluronic acidLSILpersistencevitamin B12

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PMID36983172
PMCPMC10051211
OpenAlexW4324096642

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