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Six-Month Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Pilot Clinical Trial of Curcumin in Patients With Alzheimer Disease

Larry Baum, Christopher Wai Kei Lam, Stanley K. K. Cheung, Timothy C. Y. Kwok, Victor Wing-Cheong Lui, Joshua Tsoh, LINDA C. W. LAM, Vivian Leung et al.. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2008-02-01

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✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Clinical trials

Topic: Drug trials: efficacy and safety

Baum, Larry PhD; Lam, Christopher Wai Kei PhD; Cheung, Stanley Kwok-Kuen MSc; Kwok, Timothy MD; Lui, Victor MRCPsych; Tsoh, Joshua MRCPsych; Lam, Linda MD, MRCPsych; Leung, Vivian FHKCPsy; Hui, Elsie FRCP; Ng, Chelsia HBSc; Woo, Jean MD; Chiu, Helen Fung Kum FRCPsych; Goggins, William B. ScD; Zee, Benny Chung-Ying PhD; Cheng, King Fai MD; Fong, Carmen Yuet Shim RN; Wong, Adrian BSc; Mok, Hazel BSc; Chow, Moses Sing Sum PharmD; Ho, Ping Chuen PhD; Ip, Siu Po PhD; Ho, Chung Shun PhD; Yu, Xiong Wen PhD; Lai, Caroline Yau Lin MMedSc; Chan, Ming-Houng FHKCPhys; Szeto, Samuel FRCP; Chan, Iris Hiu Shuen PhD; Mok, Vincent MD Author Information

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How this study scored 40/100
How this study's score is builtJournal tier 7 of 10; Journal's citation record left out, no data; Study design 0 of 12; Strength of evidence 1 of 5; Peer-review validation 10 of 10; How recent 1 of 5; Sample size 0 of 4; Effect reported 0 of 3; Studied in people 0 of 3; Randomised / blinded 2 of 2; Times cited left out, no data; Citations per year left out, no data; Impact for its field and year left out, no data; Cited by studies here left out, no data; Still being cited left out, no data; Senior author's track record left out, no data; Institution's track record left out, no data; Multi-centre collaboration left out, no data; Indexed in PubMed 2 of 2; Free to read 0 of 2. 23 of the 58 points it could be judged on, which is 40 of 100. Total 40 of 100.23 of the 58 points we could judge = 40 of 100

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported and studied in people because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multi-centre collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 23 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 40 out of 100.

ComponentPointsWhy
Journal tier 7 / 10 Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology)
Journal's citation record — / 4 No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score
Study design 0 / 12 No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Strength of evidence 1 / 5 Rated “low” in our summary
Peer-review validation 10 / 10 Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal.
How recent 1 / 5 2008 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here
Sample size 0 / 4 Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Effect reported 0 / 3 No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Studied in people 0 / 3 Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Randomised / blinded 2 / 2 Randomised and blinded or placebo-controlled (as stated in the record)
Times cited — / 7 No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score
Citations per year — / 5 No citation count or no year — left out of this score
Impact for its field and year — / 6 No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score
Cited by studies here — / 6 Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score
Still being cited — / 4 No yearly citation counts — left out of this score
Senior author's track record — / 4 Senior author's record not available — left out of this score
Institution's track record — / 3 No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score
Multi-centre collaboration — / 3 Institutions not listed — left out of this score
Indexed in PubMed 2 / 2 Indexed in PubMed (PMID 18204357)
Free to read 0 / 2 Behind a paywall — scores zero
Points 23 / 58 Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 23 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 40 out of 100.
Total 40 / 100 —

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APA 7th

Baum, L., Lam, C. W. K., Cheung, S. K. K., Kwok, T. C. Y., Lui, V. W.-C., Tsoh, J., et al. (2008). Six-Month Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Pilot Clinical Trial of Curcumin in Patients With Alzheimer Disease. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1097/jcp.0b013e318160862c

Vancouver

Baum L, Lam CWK, Cheung SKK, Kwok TCY, Lui VW.-C, Tsoh J, et al. Six-Month Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Pilot Clinical Trial of Curcumin in Patients With Alzheimer Disease. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2008. doi:10.1097/jcp.0b013e318160862c. PMID: 18204357.

BibTeX

@article{baum2008-18204357,
  author  = {Baum, Larry and Lam, Christopher Wai Kei and Cheung, Stanley K. K. and Kwok, Timothy C. Y. and Lui, Victor Wing-Cheong and Tsoh, Joshua and LINDA C. W., L. A. M. and Leung, Vivian and others},
  title   = {{Six-Month Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Pilot Clinical Trial of Curcumin in Patients With Alzheimer Disease}},
  journal = {Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology},
  year    = {2008},
  doi     = {10.1097/jcp.0b013e318160862c},
  pmid    = {18204357},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1097/jcp.0b013e318160862c}
}

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