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ReviewClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2019

Outcomes of treatment with sirolimus for non-infectious uveitis: a meta-analysis and systematic review.

Vicente Lorenzo O Cabahug, Harvey S Uy, Ellen Yu-Keh, Kristine Joy D Sapno

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Review in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vicente Lorenzo O CabahugSt Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines, vloc15@yahoo.com.
Harvey S UySt Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines, vloc15@yahoo.com.
Ellen Yu-KehSt Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines, vloc15@yahoo.com.
Kristine Joy D SapnoUniversity of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines.
St. Luke's Medical Center · PHUniversity of Santo Tomas Hospital · PH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUveitis is a group of intraocular inflammatory diseases whose primary treatment involves immunosuppression. Although corticosteroids (CSs) remain the mainstay therapy, sirolimus is among the recently studied immunomodulatory drugs for treating noninfectious uveitis (NIU).

objectiveThe aim of this review was to assess and summarize the updated evidence on the outcomes of treatment with sirolimus for NIU. MATERIALS AND

methodsTwo reviewers conducted a systematic search on November 5, 2018, of electronic databases (EMBASE, MEDLINE, and The Cochrane Library) and clinical trial registers having no restrictions on language or publication date. The primary outcome was uveitis activity as measured by vitreous haze (VH), while the secondary outcomes included central macular thickness (CMT), best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), CS-sparing effect, IOP elevation, and other adverse events. A meta-analysis was conducted on selected studies with appropriate clinical and methodological homogeneity.

resultsSeven studies were included and reviewed. Four randomized clinical trials were eligible for meta-analysis: SAVE 2013, One-year outcomes of the SAVE study, SAVE 2 2016, SAKURA 2016. The pooled proportions of inflammation control (VH improvement) were 38% (95% CI 16.19%-62.66%) during a 6-month follow-up and 49.97% (95% CI 16.19%-83.03%) during a 6- to 12-month follow-up with the latter showing a significantly higher response rate (

conclusionThis review provided evidence that sirolimus is a promising treatment option for controlling inflammatory activity, improving visual acuity, and sparing CS use with minor adverse events for NIU.

Indexed as

corticosteroid-sparingimmunosuppressionmTOR inhibitorsnon-infectious uveitissirolimusuveitis treatmentvitreous haze

Identifiers

PMID31114144
PMCPMC6478489
OpenAlexW2938219965

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