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ArticleChronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.)2015

Clinical Trial Design for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: A Model for Rare Diseases.

Adam Wanner, Stephen C Groft, J Russell Teagarden, Jeffrey Krischer, Barry R Davis, Christopher S Coffey, David H Hickam, Jeffrey Teckman, David R Nelson, Michael L McCaleb and 6 more

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Article in Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Treatment for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: Does Augmentation Therapy Work?American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023
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  4. How will the field of gene therapy survive its success?Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Adam WannerDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
Stephen C GroftDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
J Russell TeagardenDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
Jeffrey KrischerDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
Barry R DavisDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
Christopher S CoffeyDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
David H HickamDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
Jeffrey TeckmanDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
David R NelsonDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
Michael L McCalebDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
Rohit LoombaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
Charlie StrangeDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
Robert A SandhausDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
Mark BrantlyDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
Jonathan M EdelmanDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.
Albert FarrugiaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami and Alpha-1 Foundation, Miami, Florida.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical research in rare diseases, including alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), faces challenges not shared by common disease research. These challenges may include the limited number of patient volunteers available for research, lack of natural history studies on which to base many clinical trial interventions, an urgency for the development of drug therapies given the often poor prognosis of rare diseases and uncertainties about appropriate biomarkers and clinical outcomes critical to clinical trial design. To address these challenges and initiate formal discussions among key stakeholders-patients, researchers, industry, federal regulators-the Alpha-1 Foundation hosted the

Indexed as

alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency,clinical trial design,clinical trials,rare disease research,adaptive trial design,pre-competitive trial design,patient registriescommunity acquired pneumonia (CAP)(COPD)mortality

Identifiers

PMID28848840
PMCPMC5556970

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