Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28638705›Full record

ReviewBrain and behavior2017

The innovative development in interferon beta treatments of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

Claus Madsen

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In one paragraph

Review in Brain and behavior, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  6. Emerging strategies for nanomedicine in autoimmunity.Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2024
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  9. In Silico Drug Repurposing in Multiple Sclerosis Using scRNA-Seq Data.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  15. Pharmacological mechanism of immunomodulatory agents for the treatment of severe cases of COVID-19 infection.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2021
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  19. An engineered 4-1BBL fusion protein with "activity on demand".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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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

1 author.

Claus MadsenDepartment of Neurology Odense University Hospital Odense C Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0717-7653

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The introduction of interferon beta therapies more than 20 years ago marked a milestone in the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) with a significant impact on the approach to modern multiple sclerosis (MS) care. Key learnings and perspectives from the early days of disease modifying therapies in MS have improved the knowledge base of MS, need for treatment, and patient care. The continuous development of interferons over the past two decades outlines a journey with increased understanding of the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic mechanisms of interferons, leading to innovative formulations with an improved benefit/risk profile.

Indexed as

HumansImmunologic FactorsInterferon-betaMultiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-RemittingTreatment OutcomeImmunologic FactorsInterferon-betainterferon betamultiple sclerosispeginterferon beta‐1aRRMS

Identifiers

PMID28638705
PMCPMC5474703

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