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ArticleBiomedicines2023

Supporting Machine Learning Model in the Treatment of Chronic Pain.

Anna Visibelli, Luana Peruzzi, Paolo Poli, Antonella Scocca, Simona Carnevale, Ottavia Spiga, Annalisa Santucci

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Article in Biomedicines, 2023. 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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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Moving towards the use of artificial intelligence in pain management.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025
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  3. SHASI-ML: a machine learning-based approach for immunogenicity prediction inFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anna VisibelliDepartment of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9281-034X
Luana PeruzziDepartment of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4924-5423
Paolo PoliPOLIPAIN CLINIC, SIRCA Italian Society of Cannabis Research, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Antonella ScoccaPOLIPAIN CLINIC, SIRCA Italian Society of Cannabis Research, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Simona CarnevalePOLIPAIN CLINIC, SIRCA Italian Society of Cannabis Research, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Ottavia SpigaDepartment of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0263-7107
Annalisa SantucciDepartment of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6976-9086
University of Siena · ITItalian Society of Physiotherapy · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional therapy options for chronic pain are still insufficient and patients most frequently request alternative medical treatments, such as medical cannabis. Although clinical evidence supports the use of cannabis for pain, very little is known about the efficacy, dosage, administration methods, or side effects of widely used and accessible cannabis products. A possible solution could be given by pharmacogenetics, with the identification of several polymorphic genes that may play a role in the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of cannabis. Based on these findings, data from patients treated with cannabis and genotyped for several candidate polymorphic genes (single-nucleotide polymorphism: SNP) were collected, integrated, and analyzed through a machine learning (ML) model to demonstrate that the reduction in pain intensity is closely related to gene polymorphisms. Starting from the patient's data collected, the method supports the therapeutic process, avoiding ineffective results or the occurrence of side effects. Our findings suggest that ML prediction has the potential to positively influence clinical pharmacogenomics and facilitate the translation of a patient's genomic profile into useful therapeutic knowledge.

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cannabismachine learningpain treatmentpharmacogeneticsprecision medicine

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PMID37509416
PMCPMC10376077
OpenAlexW4381665784

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