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Trial reportJournal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN2017

IL-1 Inhibition and Vascular Function in CKD.

Kristen L Nowak, Michel Chonchol, Talat Alp Ikizler, Heather Farmer-Bailey, Natjalie Salas, Rafia Chaudhry, Wei Wang, Gerard Smits, Isak Tengesdal, Charles A Dinarello and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Mineralocorticoid Antagonism and Vascular Function in Early Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2019
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  9. Microphysiological Uremia Model Reveals Biophysical Potentiators of Vascular Dysfunction.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  11. Endothelial dysfunction in chronic kidney disease: a clinical perspective.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kristen L NowakDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado; Kristen.Nowak@ucdenver.edu Adriana.hung@vanderbilt.edu.
Michel ChoncholDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
Talat Alp IkizlerDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; and.
Heather Farmer-BaileyDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
Natjalie SalasDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; and.
Rafia ChaudhryDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; and.
Wei WangDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
Gerard SmitsDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
Isak TengesdalDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
Charles A DinarelloDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
Adriana M HungDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; and Kristen.Nowak@ucdenver.edu Adriana.hung@vanderbilt.edu.
University of Colorado Denver · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

CTSA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCHUL1RR025780 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SOKOL, RONALD J. · 2008 to 2011
$61.3M
Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences InstituteUL1TR001082 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SOKOL, RONALD J. · 2013 to 2017
$48.0M
The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR)UL1TR000445 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BERNARD, GORDON RAPHAEL · 2012 to 2016
$41.4M
Nutrition, Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in End-Stage Renal DiseaseI01CX000414 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI IKIZLER, TALAT ALP · 2012 to 2015
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Dysmetabolism of Chronic Kidney Disease and Vascular HealthI01CX000982 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI HUNG, ADRIANA · 2015 to 2018
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CSRD VA I01 CX000414CSRD VA I01 CX000982NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000445NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001082NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025780
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular endothelial dysfunction and increased arterial stiffness contribute to increased cardiovascular risk in patients with CKD who exhibit chronic systemic inflammation. Because chronic inflammation contributes to vascular dysfunction, blocking inflammation may reduce cardiovascular risk in patients with CKD. In a two-site, double-blind trial, we randomized 42 adult patients with stage 3-4 CKD who were already receiving optimal background therapy to receive either IL-1 trap rilonacept or placebo for 12 weeks. Coprimary end points included change in brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD

Indexed as

Double-Blind MethodEndothelium, VascularFemaleHumansInflammationInterleukin-1MaleMiddle AgedOxidative StressPulse Wave AnalysisRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRegional Blood FlowRenal Insufficiency, ChronicInterleukin-1Recombinant Fusion Proteinsrilonaceptchronic kidney diseaseclinical trialendotheliumpulse wave velocityrandomized controlled trialsvascular

Identifiers

PMID27647856
PMCPMC5328163
OpenAlexW2521202651

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