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Trial reportNature communications2024

Nicotinamide riboside for peripheral artery disease: the NICE randomized clinical trial.

Mary M McDermott, Christopher R Martens, Kathryn J Domanchuk, Dongxue Zhang, Clara B Peek, Michael H Criqui, Luigi Ferrucci, Philip Greenland, Jack M Guralnik, Karen J Ho and 10 more

Erratum issuedAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nature communications, 2024. 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 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Domain-specific effects of NADFrontiers in nutrition · 2026
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  7. Effects of NADThe Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2025
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  8. Microvascular Dysfunction and Redox Imbalance in Long COVID.Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) · 2026
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  18. Hepatocyte mitochondrial NADNature metabolism · 2025
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  19. Beyond muscle: Exploring NADThe Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Mary M McDermottNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. mdm608@northwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3724-7619
Christopher R MartensUniversity of Delaware, Department of Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, Newark, DE, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0578-2948
Kathryn J DomanchukNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Dongxue ZhangNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Clara B PeekNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0873-0879
Michael H CriquiUniversity of California at San Diego, Division of Preventive Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA.
Luigi FerrucciNational Institute on Aging, Division of Intramural Research, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6273-1613
Philip GreenlandNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6327-2439
Jack M GuralnikUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Karen J HoNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA.
Melina R KibbeUniversity of Virginia, Department of Surgery, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Kate KosmacAugusta University, Department of Physical Therapy, Augusta, GA, USA.
Donald Lloyd-JonesNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Charlotte A PetersonUniversity of Kentucky, Center for Muscle Biology, Lexington, KY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9340-0705
Robert SufitNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Chicago, IL, USA.
Lu TianStanford University, Department of Health Research and Policy, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Stephanie WohlgemuthUniversity of Florida, Department of Physiology and Aging, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Lihui ZhaoNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Pei ZhuNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Christiaan LeeuwenburghUniversity of Florida, Department of Physiology and Aging, Gainesville, FL, USA.

Funding

American Heart Association (American Heart Association, Inc.) 18SFRN33900097, 18SFRN33900136, 18SFRN33970010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People with lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) have increased oxidative stress, impaired mitochondrial activity, and poor walking performance. NAD+ reduces oxidative stress and is an essential cofactor for mitochondrial respiration. Oral nicotinamide riboside (NR) increases bioavailability of NAD+ in humans. Among 90 people with PAD, this randomized double-blind clinical trial assessed whether 6-months of NR, with and without resveratrol, improves 6-min walk distance, compared to placebo, at 6-month follow-up. At 6-month follow-up, compared to placebo, NR significantly improved 6-min walk (+7.0 vs. -10.6 meters, between group difference: +17.6 (90% CI: + 1.8,+∞). Among participants who took at least 75% of study pills, compared to placebo, NR improved 6-min walk by 31.0 meters and NR + resveratrol improved 6-min walk by 26.9 meters. In this work, NR meaningfully improved 6-min walk, and resveratrol did not add benefit to NR alone in PAD. A larger clinical trial to confirm these findings is needed.

Indexed as

NiacinamidePeripheral Arterial DiseasePyridinium CompoundsResveratrolAgedDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOxidative StressTreatment OutcomeWalkingNiacinamidenicotinamide-beta-ribosidePyridinium CompoundsResveratrol

Identifiers

PMID38871717
PMCPMC11176364

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