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ReviewDrugs & aging2005

Naftidrofuryl: a review of its use in the treatment of intermittent claudication.

David R Goldsmith, Keri Wellington

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Review in Drugs & aging, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Naftidrofuryl for intermittent claudication.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012
    Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Review
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  6. Medical Therapy in Peripheral Artery Disease and Critical Limb Ischemia.Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine · 2016
    Review
  7. Acute kidney injury associated with nafronyl oxalate overdose.Clinical and experimental nephrology · 2013
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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

2 authors.

David R GoldsmithAdis International Limited, Auckland, New Zealand. demail@adis.co.nz
Keri Wellington

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naftidrofuryl (Praxilene) is a vasodilator that has been used in the treatment of intermittent claudication for >30 years in Europe to improve walking distance and provide symptomatic relief. However, earlier trials had inconsistencies in design and the clinical relevance of the treatment effect has been controversial. Recent randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials, however, have generally been conducted in accordance with updated methodology guidelines. In these studies, naftidrofuryl 200mg three times daily improved pain-free and maximal walking distances and health-related quality of life by a significantly greater extent than placebo in patients with intermittent claudication. The magnitude of these effects appears to support claims that the effects of naftidrofuryl are clinically relevant in these patients.

Indexed as

HumansIntermittent ClaudicationNafronylQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSerotonin AntagonistsVasodilator AgentsWalkingNafronylSerotonin AntagonistsVasodilator Agents

Identifiers

PMID16323973
OpenAlexW1999636731

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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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 Socratic graph.