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ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2022

The role of fenofibrate in the treatment of COVID-19.

Farah Yasmin, Muhammad Hamayl Zeeshan, Irfan Ullah

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Article in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Fenofibrate for COVID-19 and related complications as an approach to improve treatment outcomes: the missed key for Holy Grail.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2022
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Farah YasminDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muhammad Hamayl ZeeshanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Irfan UllahDepartment of Community Medicine, Kabir Medical College (Gandhara University), Peshawar, Pakistan.
Dow University of Health Sciences · PKGandhara University · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In December 2019, a severe pneumonia-like illness emerged in the city of Wuhan, China which inevitably led to the Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Due to the increase in infectivity and mortality caused by the virus, multiple therapeutic regimens are being suggested in order to help tackle this problem. The infectivity of SARS-CoV2 virus is due to its ability to attach itself to the ACE II receptors on the host cells via its viral spike protein (S protein) and inducing its entry into the target cell. The effects of the drug, Fenofibrate on the ACE II receptors and also, how the pharmaceutical properties of this drug can help prevent viral entry and eventually, reduce severity in COVID-19 patients. Since this drug has a good profile and is relatively safe to use, the risk-to-benefit analysis is positive and can be beneficial for patients infected with severe SARS-CoV2 infection.

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COVID-19Fenofibrate

Identifiers

PMID34745595
PMCPMC8563083
OpenAlexW3210035559

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