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ArticleThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2026

Metformin for asthma exacerbations.

Nurul Syafiqah Othman, Amy Hy Chan, Jeff Harrison, Kebede A Beyene, Adam Wright-St Clair, Nataly Martini, Jiayi Gong

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Article in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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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

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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

7 authors.

Nurul Syafiqah OthmanSchool of Pharmacy, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Amy Hy ChanSchool of Pharmacy, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-1291-3902
Jeff HarrisonSchool of Pharmacy, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Kebede A BeyeneSchool of Pharmacy, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Adam Wright-St ClairSchool of Pharmacy, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Nataly MartiniSchool of Pharmacy, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Jiayi GongSchool of Pharmacy, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of metformin for exacerbations in people with asthma.

Indexed as

Anti-Asthmatic AgentsAsthmaHypoglycemic AgentsMetforminHumansAnti-Asthmatic AgentsHypoglycemic AgentsMetformin

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PMID41631535
PMCPMC12865881

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