Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40276532›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025

Fixed combination of palmitoylethanolamide and melatonin in preventive therapy of migraine: results from a randomized clinical trial.

Vincenzo Piccolo, Adua Marzocchi, Maria Maisto, Vincenzo Summa, Gian Carlo Tenore, Angela Amoresano

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Palmitoylethanolamide in Human and Animal Obesity.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Review
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

6 authors.

Vincenzo Piccolo *Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Adua Marzocchi *Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Maria MaistoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Vincenzo SummaDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Gian Carlo TenoreDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Angela AmoresanoInteruniversity Consortium of Biostructures and Biosystems (INBB), Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Migraines are neurological disorders which significantly impact quality of life. Current pharmacological treatments often have adverse effects, prompting the search for alternatives with fewer side effects. Several studies have described the antimigraine properties of palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and melatonin. Materials and methods: Our research assessed the efficacy of the association of hydrodispersible PEA (1,200 mg) and melatonin (0.2 mg) by a randomized, three-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (PEATONIDE Results: The formulation displayed a significant reduction in frequency (T3 months: 2.2 ± 0.4 MMDs; T0 baseline: 3.4 ± 0.5 MMDs, *** Conclusion: These findings suggest that PEATONIDE

Indexed as

clinical trialmelatoninmigrainepalmitoylethanolamidesupplement

Identifiers

PMID40276532
PMCPMC12018232

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.