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ReviewClinical pharmacokinetics2019

Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Eculizumab, and Possibilities for an Individualized Approach to Eculizumab.

Kioa Lente Wijnsma, Rob Ter Heine, Dirk Jan A R Moes, Saskia Langemeijer, Saskia E M Schols, Elena B Volokhina, Lambertus P van den Heuvel, Jack F M Wetzels, Nicole C A J van de Kar, Roger J Brüggemann

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Review in Clinical pharmacokinetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Kioa Lente WijnsmaDepartment of Pediatric Nephrology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Amalia Children's Hospital, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Kioa.Wijnsma@Radboudumc.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0019-109X
Rob Ter HeineDepartment of Pharmacy, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Dirk Jan A R MoesDepartment of Pharmacy, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Saskia LangemeijerDepartment of Hematology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Saskia E M ScholsDepartment of Hematology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Elena B VolokhinaDepartment of Pediatric Nephrology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Amalia Children's Hospital, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Lambertus P van den HeuvelDepartment of Pediatric Nephrology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Amalia Children's Hospital, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Jack F M WetzelsDepartment of Nephrology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Nicole C A J van de KarDepartment of Pediatric Nephrology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Amalia Children's Hospital, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Roger J BrüggemannDepartment of Pharmacy, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eculizumab is the first drug approved for the treatment of complement-mediated diseases, and current dosage schedules result in large interindividual drug concentrations. This review provides insight into the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of eculizumab, both for reported on-label (paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, generalized myasthenia gravis) and off-label (hematopoietic stem cell transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy) indications. Furthermore, we discuss the potential of therapeutic drug monitoring to individualize treatment and reduce costs.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedComplement Inactivating AgentsComplement System ProteinsDrug MonitoringHumansPrecision MedicineAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedComplement Inactivating AgentsComplement System Proteinseculizumab

Identifiers

PMID30758736
PMCPMC6584251

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