Evidence mapPaperPMID 35201518Full record

Trial reportInflammopharmacology2022

Inflawell

Sepideh Barzin Tond, Laurent Balenci, Nasim Khajavirad, Mohammadreza Salehi, Abbas Tafakhori, Mohammad Reza Shahmohammadi, Fereshteh Ghiasvand, Sirous Jafari, Sara Abolghasemi, Farzad Mokhtari and 9 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Inflammopharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. [Herbal treatment options for post-viral symptoms and long COVID].Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2026
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  3. The journey of boswellic acids from synthesis to pharmacological activities.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sepideh Barzin TondDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran.
Laurent BalenciKondor Pharma Inc, Toronto, Canada.
Nasim KhajaviradInternal Medicine Department, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
Mohammadreza SalehiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
Abbas TafakhoriDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, Iranian Center of Neurological Research, Neuroscience Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Reza ShahmohammadiFunctional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shohada Tajrish Comprehensive Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran.
Fereshteh GhiasvandDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
Sirous JafariDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
Sara AbolghasemiInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medial Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran.
Farzad MokhtariKondor Pharma Inc, Toronto, Canada.
Somayyeh Mahmoodi BaramKondor Pharma Inc, Toronto, Canada.
Tayebe ZareiClinical Trial Department, Behbalin Inc, Tehran, Iran.
Davood KazemiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
Esmaeil MohammadnejadDepartment of Medical-Surgical Nursing and Basic Sciences, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
Akram Shah-HosseiniDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran.
Alireza Haghbin ToutounchiDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran.
Soudabeh FallahDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ali RiaziKondor Pharma Inc, Toronto, Canada.
Saeed KarimaDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran. saeed.karima@sbmu.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8233-4551
Imam Khomeini Hospital · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRIranshahr University · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 3086N10
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsCOVID-19 is a significant global threat to public health. Despite the availability of vaccines and anti-viral drugs, there is an urgent need for alternative treatments to help prevent and/or manage COVID-19 symptoms and the underlying dysregulated immune response. We hypothesized that administration of Inflawell

methodsA randomized placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial was conducted, following definitive confirmation of COVID-19. Forty-seven hospitalized patients with moderate COVID-19 were enrolled and received either the Inflawell

resultsOur clinical trial revealed an increase in the percentage of oxygen saturation level in patients that received the BAs compared to placebo (P < 0.0001). In addition, the average duration of hospitalization was significantly shorter in the BAs group compared with the placebo group (P < 0.04). Concomitantly, some improvement in the clinical symptoms including cough, dyspnea, myalgia, headache, and olfactory and gustatory dysfunction were detected in the BAs group. Hematologic findings showed a significant decrease in the percentage of neutrophils (P < 0.006) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) levels (P < 0.003), associated with a significant increase in the percentage of lymphocytes in the BAs group compared with the placebo (P < 0.002). Additionally, a significant decrease in CRP, LDH, IL - 6 and TNF - α levels was detected in the BAs group. Following the intervention, fewer patients in the BAs group were PCR-positive for COVID-19 compared to placebo, though not statistically significant.

conclusionOverall, the treatment with Inflawell

trial registrationThe trial has been registered in  https://www.irct.ir  with unique identifier: IRCT20170315033086N10 ( https://en.irct.ir/trial/51631 ). IRCT is a primary registry in the WHO registry network ( https://www.who.int/clinical-trials-registry-platform/network/primary-registries ).

Indexed as

COVID-19 Drug TreatmentNeutrophilsDouble-Blind MethodHospitalizationHumansLymphocytesSARS-CoV-2Treatment OutcomeBoswellic acidsClinical trialCOVID-19InflammationInflawell® syrupNLR

Identifiers

PMID35201518
PMCPMC8867130
OpenAlexW4213451063

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