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Trial reportThe Journal of international medical research2021

Effects of nicorandil on systemic inflammation and oxidative stress induced by percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with coronary heart disease.

Yulong Zong, Jie Li, Xinghua Xu, Xingli Xu

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in The Journal of international medical research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07730723 (The Effect of Nicorandil on Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07730723 phase2 / phase3not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Nicorandil on Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorAin Shams UniversityRan2026 to 2027Enrolled70ConditionsRheumatoid Arthritis (RA)ArmsNicorandil Oral Tablet, Placebo, conventional synthetic antirheumatic drugs (cDMARDs)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yulong ZongClinical Laboratory Center, Taian City Central Hospital, Taian, Shandong, China.
Jie LiDepartment of Cardiology, 66310First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Taian, Shandong, China.
Xinghua XuDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Science, Taian, Shandong, China.
Xingli XuUltrasound in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Biomechanics Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences Sichuan Translational Medicine Research Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China.
Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital · CNAffiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical University · CNTaian City Central Hospital · CNUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe present study investigated the effects of a bolus intracoronary injection of nicorandil on systemic inflammation and oxidative stress induced by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).

methodsPatients undergoing coronary angiography (CAG) were enrolled into the CAG group (n = 30). Patients undergoing PCI were randomly divided into the PCI (n = 30) and PCI + nicorandil groups (n = 30).

resultsBlood taken from patients in the placebo group 24 hours after PCI exhibited significant increases in the expression of inflammatory indicators and mild increases in the expression of anti-inflammatory indicators. The intracoronary injection of nicorandil reversed the elevation of inflammatory indicators and significantly increased the levels of anti-inflammatory indicators in the blood of patients with PCI. Blood taken from patients in the placebo group 24 hours after PCI also displayed significant decreased superoxide dismutase levels and increased malondialdehyde levels. Nicorandil treatment reversed these changes of oxidative stress marker levels.

conclusionsThese results indicated the possible medical application of intracoronary injections of nicorandil for reducing systemic inflammation and oxidative stress in the peripheral blood of patients undergoing PCI.

Indexed as

Coronary DiseasePercutaneous Coronary InterventionHumansInflammationNicorandilOxidative StressNicorandilcoronary angiographycoronary heart diseaseinflammationNicorandiloxidative stresspercutaneous coronary intervention

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PMCPMC8652181
OpenAlexW4200315843

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