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SynthesisScientific reports2019

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis.

Lana C Pinto, Mariana R Falcetta, Dimitris V Rados, Cristiane B Leitão, Jorge L Gross

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lana C PintoDivision of Endocrinology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Ramiro Barcelos St, 2350, Prédio 12, 4th floor, ZIP 90035-903, Porto Alegre, Brazil. lanacfp@gmail.com.
Mariana R FalcettaDivision of Endocrinology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Ramiro Barcelos St, 2350, Prédio 12, 4th floor, ZIP 90035-903, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Dimitris V RadosDivision of Endocrinology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Ramiro Barcelos St, 2350, Prédio 12, 4th floor, ZIP 90035-903, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Cristiane B LeitãoDivision of Endocrinology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Ramiro Barcelos St, 2350, Prédio 12, 4th floor, ZIP 90035-903, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Jorge L GrossDivision of Endocrinology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Ramiro Barcelos St, 2350, Prédio 12, 4th floor, ZIP 90035-903, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BRHospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to assess if GLP-1 agonists are associated with pancreatic cancer. Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials with GLP-1 agonists as an intervention was performed. Trial sequential analysis (TSA) was performed to assess if the available information is sufficient to reject this association. Twelve trials met the study criteria, with a total of 36, 397 patients. GLP-1 analogues did not increase the risk for pancreatic cancer when compared to other treatments (OR 1.06; 95% CI 0.67 to 1.67; I

Indexed as

Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor AgonistsClinical Trials as TopicDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansHypoglycemic AgentsPancreatic NeoplasmsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor AgonistsHypoglycemic Agents

Identifiers

PMID30787365
PMCPMC6382780
OpenAlexW2916267660

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