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ArticleBlood2018

Improved CNS exposure to tocilizumab after cerebrospinal fluid compared to intravenous administration in rhesus macaques.

Anandani Nellan, Cynthia M Lester McCully, Rafael Cruz Garcia, Nalini Jayaprakash, Brigitte C Widemann, Daniel W Lee, Katherine E Warren

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In one paragraph

Article in Blood, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05233397 (Phase 2 Study of Systemic IL-6 Receptor Antagonist ACTEMRA®), which is not on this map. Cited by 69 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
69citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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.

NCT05233397 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Phase 2 Study of Systemic IL-6 Receptor Antagonist ACTEMRA® (Tocilizumab) for the Treatment of Progressive/Recurrent Pediatric Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma

TypeinterventionalSponsorNationwide Children's HospitalRan2022 to 2029Enrolled30ConditionsAdamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma, Recurrent Adamantinomatous CraniopharyngiomaArmsTocilizumab
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Evaluating temozolomide for pediatric adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas using microspheroid-based drug screening.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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  15. Novel strategies to manage CAR-T cell toxicity.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2025
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9 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anandani NellanDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO.ORCID 0000-0001-8751-2401
Cynthia M Lester McCullyPediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; and.
Rafael Cruz GarciaPediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; and.
Nalini JayaprakashPediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; and.
Brigitte C WidemannPediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; and.
Daniel W LeeDivision of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Katherine E WarrenPediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; and.
National Institutes of Health · USMorgan Adams Foundation · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

Preclinical evaluation of novel therapeutics for CNS tumor therapyZIABC011340 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI WARREN, KATHERINE E · 2010 to 2019
$4.1M
Early Clinical Trials for Children with CNS TumorsZIABC011447 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI WARREN, KATHERINE E · 2012 to 2019
$2.1M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Administration, IntranasalAdministration, IntravenousAnimalsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedArea Under CurveBlood-Brain BarrierHalf-LifeInfusions, IntraventricularMacaca mulattaMaleMetabolic Clearance RateAntibodies, Monoclonal, Humanizedtocilizumab

Identifiers

PMID29954750
PMCPMC6086204
OpenAlexW2811098474

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Registered trials

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