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ReviewPharmaceutical research2018

Glaucoma - Next Generation Therapeutics: Impossible to Possible.

Christopher M Adams, Rebecca Stacy, Nalini Rangaswamy, Chad Bigelow, Cynthia L Grosskreutz, Ganesh Prasanna

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Review in Pharmaceutical research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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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

23 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Epigenetics in Glaucoma.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024
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  8. Atorvastatin reduces IOP in ocular hypertensionInternational journal of molecular medicine · 2022
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  10. 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin DJournal of neuroinflammation · 2021
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  11. S100-β aggravates spinal cord injury via activation of M1 macrophage phenotype.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2021
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  14. Quantification of Retinal Ganglion Cell Morphology in Human Glaucomatous Eyes.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2021
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  16. Molecular taxonomy of human ocular outflow tissues defined by single-cell transcriptomics.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  18. CRISPR-Cas9 Disruption of Aquaporin 1: An Alternative to Glaucoma Eye Drop Therapy?Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 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

6 authors.

Christopher M AdamsGlobal Discovery Chemistry, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR),, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Rebecca StacyTranslational Medicine, Ophthalmology, NIBR, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Nalini RangaswamyOphthalmology Research, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Chad BigelowOphthalmology Research, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Cynthia L GrosskreutzOphthalmology Research, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Ganesh PrasannaOphthalmology Research, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA. ganesh.prasanna@novartis.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6420-270X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The future of next generation therapeutics for glaucoma is strong. The recent approval of two novel intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering drugs with distinct mechanisms of action is the first in over 20 years. However, these are still being administered as topical drops. Efforts are underway to increase patient compliance and greater therapeutic benefits with the development of sustained delivery technologies. Furthermore, innovations from biologics- and gene therapy-based therapeutics are being developed in the context of disease modification, which are expected to lead to more permanent therapies for patients. Neuroprotection, including the preservation of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and optic nerve is another area that is actively being explored for therapeutic options. With improvements in imaging technologies and determination of new surrogate clinical endpoints, the therapeutic potential for translation of neuroprotectants is coming close to clinical realization. This review summarizes the aforementioned topics and other related aspects.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntihypertensive AgentsDelayed-Action PreparationsGlaucoma, Open-AngleHumansIntraocular PressureOcular HypertensionAntihypertensive AgentsDelayed-Action Preparationsclinical trialsglaucomaimagingIOP loweringneuroprotectionsustained delivery

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