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Trial reportNutrients2024

Efficacy of

Franco Vicariotto, Patrizia Malfa, Elisa Viciani, Federica Dell'Atti, Diletta F Squarzanti, Andrea Marcante, Andrea Castagnetti, Rosetta Ponchia, Laura Governini, Vincenzo De Leo

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. Probiotic Modulation in Aging: Strain-Specific Geroprotective Effects inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  10. Influence ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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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.

Franco VicariottoHumanitas-S. Pio X Hospital, 20159 Milan, MI, Italy.
Patrizia MalfaR&D Department, SynBalance Srl, 21040 Origgio, VA, Italy.
Elisa VicianiWellmicro Srl, 40138 Bologna, BO, Italy.
Federica Dell'AttiImmunomics Laboratory, Department of Health Sciences, Center for Translational Research on Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases (CAAD), University of Eastern Piedmont, 28100 Novara, NO, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-9547-3277
Diletta F SquarzantiR&D Department, SynBalance Srl, 21040 Origgio, VA, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8090-7718
Andrea MarcanteWellmicro Srl, 40138 Bologna, BO, Italy.
Andrea CastagnettiWellmicro Srl, 40138 Bologna, BO, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8131-974X
Rosetta PonchiaDepartment of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, SI, Italy.
Laura GoverniniDepartment of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, SI, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5610-9548
Vincenzo De LeoDepartment of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, SI, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The menopausal transition marks a significant physiological shift in women. Menopause-related symptoms can significantly affect a woman's quality of life and probiotics have emerged as a promising avenue. This study aims to investigate the benefits of probiotics in improving vaginal well-being and microbiota composition in post-menopausal women. A prospective observational clinical trial was carried out enrolling 50 post-menopausal healthy women, aged between 45 and 65 years old, taking a supplement containing

Indexed as

Bifidobacterium animalisLacticaseibacillus rhamnosusLactiplantibacillus plantarumMicrobiotaProbioticsAgedFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPostmenopauseQuality of Lifegenitourinary syndrome of menopauseimmunitylactobacillimenopauseprobioticspro-inflammatory cytokinesvaginal atrophyvaginal microbiota

Identifiers

PMID38337685
PMCPMC10857347

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