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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Case of paradoxical adverse response to mepolizumab with mepolizumab-induced alopecia in severe eosinophilic asthma.

Rodanthe Nixon, Raquel Despiney, Paul Pfeffer

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rodanthe NixonBarts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
Raquel DespineyBarts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
Paul PfefferBarts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK p.pfeffer@qmul.ac.uk.
Barts Health NHS Trust · GBQueen Mary University of London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent years have seen an increase in use of mepolizumab and other biological therapies for the treatment of severe eosinophilic asthma. A few cases of paradoxical responses to mepolizumab therapy have now been reported and are hypothesised as being a response to immune complex formation. We present a case of mepolizumab-induced alopecia in a patient with paradoxical adverse response to mepolizumab given for severe eosinophilic asthma. We postulate this could be secondary to autoimmune mechanisms and that it could help herald poor response to treatment, thereby facilitating early identification of patients having paradoxical responses.

Indexed as

AdultAfrica, NorthernAlopeciaAnti-Asthmatic AgentsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAsthmaFemaleHumansMyalgiaPulmonary EosinophiliaUnited KingdomAnti-Asthmatic AgentsAntibodies, Monoclonal, Humanizedbenralizumabmepolizumabasthmadrugs: respiratory systemunwanted effects/adverse reactions

Identifiers

PMID32086326
PMCPMC7046441
OpenAlexW3007234787

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