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SynthesisFrontiers in pharmacology2024

Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials assessing the efficacy of

Yuxiao He, Xiaoyan Hu, Lanyin Chang, Shuang Liu, Liangge Lv, Gang Qin, Liang Jiang

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Synthesis in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Yuxiao He *Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Yanjiang District People's Hospital of Ziyang City, Ziyang, Sichuan, China.
Xiaoyan Hu *Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Lanyin ChangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Zigong Third People's Hospital, Zigong, Sichuan, China.
Shuang LiuDepartment of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Liangge LvDepartment of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Gang QinDepartment of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Liang JiangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Demonstrating the positive effects of Purpose: To carry out a meta-analysis of clinical trials that used Study Design: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was performed. Methods: Various databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Science Direct, Springer Link and the Cochrane Library, were searched until October 2023 to obtain RCTs assessing impact of Results: There were 8 studies enrolled, and our meta-analysis findings revealed that, relative to the control group, observation group exhibited the markedly increased total effective rate for allergic rhinitis treatment (odds ratio [OR] = 4.24, 95% confidence interval [CI] (2.57, 7.27), and Conclusion: The observation group demonstrated relative safety and had an enhanced effect on allergic rhinitis treatment and total nasal symptom improvement than the control group. The inclusion of fewer studies and the lower quality of trial design might affect the stability of the results. However, the evidence-based findings that

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allergic rhinitisNigella glandulinaNigella sativaNigella spprandomized controlled trial

Identifiers

PMID39372205
PMCPMC11449843

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