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ReviewCurrent oncology reports2015

Clinical development of siltuximab.

Christine C Davis, Katherine S Shah, Mary Jo Lechowicz

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Review in Current oncology reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christine C DavisDepartment of Pharmaceutical Services, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA, USA, christine.davis@emoryhealthcare.org.
Katherine S Shah
Mary Jo Lechowicz
Emory Healthcare · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Siltuximab is a chimeric monoclonal antibody targeting interleukin-6 (IL-6), which in the fall of 2014 became the first FDA-approved treatment of the rare disease idiopathic multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD). MCD is a non-clonal lymphoproliferative disorder in which common symptoms include fever, night sweats, weight loss, and fatigue. Symptoms are driven by an overall hypercytokinemia, predominantly IL-6. While under clinical development, siltuximab was studied in several other disease states including multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphomas, and several solid tumors in which it did not demonstrate significant benefit. The efficacy of siltuximab in MCD is mainly confined to systemic symptomatic response and quality of life benefits with minimal complete responses and approximately 30 % partial responses, by radiographic criteria. Siltuximab treatment therefore is important in the overall treatment of this rare disease state. This review focuses on the clinical development and pharmaceutical approval of siltuximab.

Indexed as

Interleukin-6 InhibitorsAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntineoplastic AgentsCastleman DiseaseClinical Trials, Phase I as TopicClinical Trials, Phase II as TopicDrug ApprovalDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHumansInterleukin-6Multiple MyelomaTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, MonoclonalAntineoplastic AgentsIL6 protein, humanInterleukin-6Interleukin-6 Inhibitorssiltuximab

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PMID25986720
OpenAlexW282235285

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