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Trial reportNature metabolism2023

Efficacy and safety of a synthetic biotic for treatment of phenylketonuria: a phase 2 clinical trial.

Jerry Vockley, Neal Sondheimer, Marja Puurunen, George A Diaz, Ilona Ginevic, Dorothy K Grange, Cary Harding, Hope Northrup, John A Phillips, Shawn Searle and 8 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase II
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Nature metabolism, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
11.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. An Engineered Variant ofACS synthetic biology · 2026
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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

18 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Jerry VockleySchools of Medicine and Public Health, Departments of Pediatrics and Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8180-6457
Neal SondheimerSynlogic Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA. neal.sondheimer@synlogictx.com.ORCID 0000-0001-9982-5712
Marja PuurunenSynlogic Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3810-5687
George A DiazIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Ilona GinevicIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Dorothy K GrangeDivision of Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7425-6322
Cary HardingDepartment of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9146-3112
Hope NorthrupDepartment of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2892-0840
John A PhillipsVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Shawn SearleEarly Clinical & Bioanalytical Research, ICON, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Janet A ThomasSection of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
Roberto ZoriDivision of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
William S DenneySynlogic Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5759-428X
Sharon L ErnstSynlogic Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Kristina HumphreysSynlogic Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nicole McWhorterSynlogic Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Caroline KurtzSynlogic Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7192-6116
Aoife M BrennanSynlogic Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3413-4723
Synlogic (United States) · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USChildren's Hospital Colorado · USMemorial Hermann · USOregon Health & Science University · USUniversity of Florida · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite available treatment options, many patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) cannot achieve target plasma phenylalanine (Phe) levels

Indexed as

PhenylalaninePhenylketonuriasAdministration, OralAdultEscherichia coliFemaleHumansMalePhenylalanine Ammonia-LyasePhenylalaninePhenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase

Identifiers

PMID37770764
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