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ReviewBrain, behavior, & immunity - health2025

Palmitoylethanolamide supplementation for human health: A state-of-the-art systematic review of Randomized Controlled Trials in patient populations.

R Bortoletto, C Comacchio, M Garzitto, F Piscitelli, M Balestrieri, M Colizzi

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Review in Brain, behavior, & immunity - health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07609810 (The Effect of Palmitoylethanolamide on the Clinical Outcomes in Ulcerative Colitis Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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.

NCT07609810 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Palmitoylethanolamide on the Clinical Outcomes in Ulcerative Colitis Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorAin Shams UniversityRan2026 to 2029Enrolled60ConditionsUlcerative Colitis (UC)ArmsPalmitoylethanolamide (PEA), Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

R BortolettoUnit of Psychiatry and Eating Disorders, Department of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
C ComacchioUnit of Psychiatry and Eating Disorders, Department of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
M GarzittoUnit of Psychiatry and Eating Disorders, Department of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
F PiscitelliInstitute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council (CNR), Pozzuoli, Italy.
M BalestrieriUnit of Psychiatry and Eating Disorders, Department of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
M ColizziUnit of Psychiatry and Eating Disorders, Department of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, Udine, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interest in preventative dietary interventions for human health has increasingly focused on the endocannabinoid (eCB)-like compound palmitoylethanolamide (PEA), a bioactive lipid mediator with anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and neuroprotective properties. This Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020-compliant systematic review aimed at collecting and comprehensively discussing all available data from Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) evaluating the efficacy and tolerability of PEA supplementation across human illnesses in patient populations. Overall, 48 eligible outputs from 47 RCTs were extracted, covering neuropsychiatric (

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CannabidiolEndocannabinoidomeGlutamateNeuroinflammationNutraceuticalPeroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α

Identifiers

PMID39839988
PMCPMC11745966

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