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Trial reportNutrients2023

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of a Krill Oil, Astaxanthin, and Oral Hyaluronic Acid Complex on Joint Health in People with Mild Osteoarthritis.

W Stephen Hill, Margaret H Dohnalek, Yejin Ha, Seok-Jung Kim, Jae-Chul Jung, Seung-Baik Kang

Erratum issuedOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled TrialMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 16 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Recent Use of Hyaluronic Acid in Dental Medicine.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  12. Astaxanthin mediated repair of tBHP-Induced cellular injury in chondrocytes.Redox report : communications in free radical research · 2024
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  14. The Effects ofLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

W Stephen HillUS Nutraceuticals, Inc. d/b/a Valensa International, Eustis, FL 32726, USA.
Margaret H DohnalekUS Nutraceuticals, Inc. d/b/a Valensa International, Eustis, FL 32726, USA.
Yejin HaNOVAREX Co., Ltd., 80, Osongsaengmyeong 14-ro, Osong-eup, Chueongju-si 28220, Republic of Korea.
Seok-Jung KimDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Cheonbo-ro, Uijeongbu-si 11765, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-9116-8786
Jae-Chul JungNOVAREX Co., Ltd., 80, Osongsaengmyeong 14-ro, Osong-eup, Chueongju-si 28220, Republic of Korea.
Seung-Baik KangDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Boramae Hospital, Seoul 07061, Republic of Korea.
Novarex (South Korea) · KRSeoul National University · KRThe Catholic University of Korea Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital · KR

Funding

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy P0000784World Class Plus Program P0017150
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoarthritis is a significant global health problem. Many patients seek more effective alternatives to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines or commercial supplements to manage joint pain and inflammation. FlexPro MD

Indexed as

EuphausiaceaOsteoarthritisAnimalsArthralgiaHumansHyaluronic AcidXanthophyllsastaxanthineHyaluronic AcidXanthophyllsastaxanthinFlexPro MD®hyaluronic acidinflammationjoint painkrill oilosteoarthritis

Identifiers

PMID37686801
PMCPMC10490060
OpenAlexW4386250924

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