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ArticleArthritis research & therapy2011

Desperately looking for the right target in osteoarthritis: the anti-IL-1 strategy.

Xavier Chevalier, Thierry Conrozier, Pascal Richette

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Article in Arthritis research & therapy, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xavier ChevalierDepartment of Rheumatology, University of Paris XII, Henri Mondor Hospital, Bd de Lattre de Tassigny, Creteil 94010, France. xavier.chevalier@hmn.aphp.fr
Thierry Conrozier
Pascal Richette
Hôpital Lariboisière · FRHôpital Lyon Sud · FRUniversité Paris-Est Créteil · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blocking IL-1 in patients with knee osteoarthritis is an attractive strategy. Cohen and colleagues report a randomised, placebo-controlled, multiple-dose trial using a monoclonal antibody blocking IL-1 type 1 receptor. They failed to show any positive results in terms of evolution of pain for up to 12 weeks, in line with the former trials using intraarticular injections of IL-1 receptor antagonist. A trend was observed, however, in a subgroup of patients with high level of pain at baseline. Although these data may suggest cessation of IL-1 therapy in osteoarthritis, other methods such as limited intraarticular anti-IL-1 delivery should still be considered.

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AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntirheumatic AgentsHumansInterleukin-1OsteoarthritisRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAMG 108Antibodies, MonoclonalAntirheumatic AgentsInterleukin-1

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PMID21888686
PMCPMC3239369
OpenAlexW2099311633

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