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ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2011

Oral voclosporin: novel calcineurin inhibitor for treatment of noninfectious uveitis.

Martin Roesel, Christoph Tappeiner, Arnd Heiligenhaus, Carsten Heinz

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Article in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Pharmacotherapy for uveitis: current management and emerging therapy.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014
    Review
  4. Voclosporin as a treatment for noninfectious uveitis.Ophthalmology and eye diseases · 2013
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Martin RoeselDepartment of Ophthalmology, St Franziskus-Hospital, Muenster, Germany.
Christoph Tappeiner
Arnd Heiligenhaus
Carsten Heinz
St. Franziskus Hospital · DEUniversity Hospital of Bern · CHUniversity of Duisburg-Essen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Voclosporin, a novel immunomodulatory drug inhibiting the calcineurin enzyme, was developed to prevent organ graft rejection and to treat autoimmune diseases. The chemical structure of voclosporin is similar to that of cyclosporine A, with a difference in one amino acid, leading to superior calcineurin inhibition and less variability in plasma concentration. Compared with placebo, voclosporin may significantly reduce inflammation and prevent recurrences of inflammation in patients with noninfectious uveitis. Future studies have to show if these advantages are accompanied by greater clinical efficacy and fewer side effects compared with the classic calcineurin inhibitors.

Indexed as

immunosuppressionuveitisvoclosporin

Identifiers

PMID21966207
PMCPMC3180504
OpenAlexW2031098636

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Registered trials

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