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ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental medicine2015

Short-term effect and adverse events of adalimumab versus placebo in inducing remission for moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis: a meta-analysis.

Zheng Yang, Xiao-Qing Ye, Yu-Zhen Zhu, Zhou Liu, Ying Zou, Ying Deng, Can-Can Guo, Sushil Kumar Garg, Jin-Shan Feng

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Article in International journal of clinical and experimental medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zheng YangDepartment of Psychiatry, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College Zhanjiang, China.
Xiao-Qing YeDepartment of Psychiatry, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College Zhanjiang, China.
Yu-Zhen ZhuDepartment of Pharmacology, Guangdong Medical College Dongguan, China.
Zhou LiuDepartment of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College Zhanjiang, China.
Ying ZouDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Second Clinical Medical School, Guangdong Medical College Dongguan, China.
Ying DengDepartment of Pharmacology, Guangdong Medical College Dongguan, China.
Can-Can GuoDepartment of Pharmacology, Guangdong Medical College Dongguan, China.
Sushil Kumar GargDepartment of Surgery, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, USA.
Jin-Shan FengInstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Medical College Zhanjiang, China.
Guangdong Medical College · CNUniversity of Minnesota · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdalimumab is used in an attempt to maintain remission for Ulcerative colitis. This study was to evaluate the efficacy and adverse events of adalimumab compared with placebo in inducing remission of Ulcerative colitis.

methodsMEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, OVID, BIOSIS, CNKI, and Google were searched. All randomized trials comparing adalimumab with placebo in inducing remission of moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis were included.

resultsTwo randomized controlled trials with a total of 754 participants met the inclusion criteria. The pooled risk ratio (RR) of clinical remission was 1.85 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.26 to 2.72) following adalimumab treatment. RR of clinical response was 1.40 (95% CI 1.19 to 1.65) while that of mucosal healing was 1.23 (95% CI 1.03 to 1.47). RR of any adverse events was 1.00 (95% CI 0.93 to 1.09).

conclusionCompared with placebo, administration of adalimumab may increase the proportion of patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis attaining clinical remission, clinical response and mucosal healing. Adalimumab is also tolerated well in these patients.

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Adalimumabefficacymeta-analysissafetyulcerative colitis

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PMCPMC4358432
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