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ArticleDiabetologia2018

Defining outcomes for beta cell replacement therapy: a work in progress.

Lorenzo Piemonti, Eelco J P de Koning, Thierry Berney, Jon S Odorico, James F Markmann, Peter G Stock, Michael R Rickels

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Article in Diabetologia, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Comparative Analysis of Islet Auto-Transplantation Outcome Classification Systems: Evaluating Concordance, Feasibility, and a Data-Driven Approach.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025
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  6. Glycemic Outcomes of Islet Autotransplantation.Current diabetes reports · 2018
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  7. Bio-Engineering of Pre-Vascularized Islet Organoids for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Lorenzo PiemontiDiabetes Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy. piemonti.lorenzo@hsr.it.
Eelco J P de KoningDepartment of Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Thierry BerneyDivision of Transplantation and Visceral Surgery, Department of Surgery, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Jon S OdoricoDivision of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
James F MarkmannDivision of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Peter G StockDivision of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Michael R RickelsDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Leiden University Medical Center · NLMassachusetts General Hospital · USUniversity Hospital of Geneva · CHUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · USVita-Salute San Raffaele University · IT

Funding

Evaluation of the entero-insular (incretin) axis in cystic fibrosis-competitive renewal.R01DK097830 · NIDDK · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI KELLY, ANDREA BRIDGET, RICKELS, MICHAEL R · 2012 to 2024
$5.7M
Glucose Counterregulation in Long Standing Type 1 DiabetesR01DK091331 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI RICKELS, MICHAEL R · 2011 to 2020
$3.8M
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme H2020 681070NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK091331NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK097830U.S. Public Health Service R01 DK97830
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Defined outcomes for beta cell replacement therapy in the treatment of diabetes are critically needed. Progress towards the clinical acceptance of pancreas and islet transplantation has been hampered by the lack of clear definitions of functional and efficacy outcomes, as well as a lack of consistently applied glycaemic control metrics, together with poor alignment with the field of artificial insulin delivery/artificial pancreas development. To address this problem, the International Pancreas & Islet Transplant Association (IPITA) collaborated with the European Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (EPITA) to develop a consensus for a joint statement on the definition of function and failure of beta cell replacement therapies, which is summarised in this commentary.

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PMID29511779
PMCPMC6467463
OpenAlexW2793791515

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