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ReviewCureus2018

A Review of Three New Anti-interleukin-5 Monoclonal Antibody Therapies for Severe Asthma.

Vivian C Agumadu, Kamleshun Ramphul, Stephanie G Mejias, Ruhi Sonaye, Shaheen Sombans, Petras Lohana

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Review in Cureus, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Vivian C AgumaduMedicine, International University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine, Basseterre, KNA.
Kamleshun RamphulPediatrics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine/Shanghai Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai, CHN.
Stephanie G MejiasPediatrics, The University Iberoamericana Unibe School of Medicine/Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital, Santo Domingo, DOM.
Ruhi SonayeBharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College and Hospital, Thane, IND.
Shaheen SombansInternal Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College and Hospital, Pune, IND.
Petras LohanaMedicine, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Hospital, Karachi, PAK.
Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University · INLiaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences · PKUniversidad Iberoamericana · DOXinHua Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition that is characterized by reversible airflow obstruction. Interleukin-5 (IL-5) is involved in the pathophysiology of the disease and drugs targeting IL-5 have been studied for years as a possible treatment option for severe asthma. In this review, the authors searched PubMed for major drug therapies and clinical trials against IL-5. A total of 29 articles met the criteria for selection and were shortlisted; of these, 10 papers were on benralizumab, 14 on mepolizumab, and five on reslizumab. The three drugs proved to be safe and efficacious for patients with severe asthma, leading to decreased rates of asthma exacerbations, lowered levels of eosinophils, and improved pulmonary functions in various studies. Patients also reported an improvement in the quality of life. The side effects of these three drugs were mild and no deaths directly linked to the drug were reported. However, longer duration studies are required to draw firm and strong conclusions on the safety of these therapeutic agents.

Indexed as

asthmamonoclonal antibody

Identifiers

PMID30416896
PMCPMC6223665
OpenAlexW2889429125

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