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ArticleTherapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease2020

The reduction of concomitant glucocorticoids dosage following treatment with IL-1 receptor antagonist in adult onset Still's disease. A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

Piero Ruscitti, Francesco Ursini, Jurgen Sota, Roberto De Giorgio, Luca Cantarini, Roberto Giacomelli

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Article in Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Adult-Onset Still's Disease-A Complex Disease, a Challenging Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Piero RuscittiDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, Rheumatology Unit, School of Medicine, University of L'Aquila, Delta 6 Building, Via dell'Ospedale, L'Aquila, 67100, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3487-8551
Francesco UrsiniDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Jurgen SotaDepartment of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, Research Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases, Behçet's Disease Clinic, University of Siena, Italy.
Roberto De GiorgioDepartment of Medical Sciences, Internal Medicine Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Luca CantariniDepartment of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, Research Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases, Behçet's Disease Clinic, University of Siena, Italy.
Roberto GiacomelliDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, Rheumatology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
University of L'Aquila · ITUniversity of Siena · ITIstituto Ortopedico Rizzoli · ITUniversity of Ferrara · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite being burdened by significant adverse events, glucocorticoids (GCs) are frequently employed in managing adult onset Still's disease (AOSD), prompting the need for GC-sparing agents. In this work, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to synthesize the evidence about the reduction of concomitant GCs dosage and the rate of GCs discontinuation in patients with AOSD who were treated with anakinra, a recombinant IL-1 receptor antagonist.

methodsA systematic review of the literature was completed to identify all available data concerning the reduction of concomitant GCs dosage following anakinra in AOSD and a meta-analysis was thus performed using a random-effects model.

resultsA significant reduction of the GCs dosage was detected by pooled analysis with mean difference of -22.4 mg/day [95% confidence interval (CI): -28.8 to -16.1, DISCUSSION: Taking together all these findings, the reduction of concomitant GCs dosage following anakinra could be suggested, leading to a further improvement of AOSD therapeutic strategy.

conclusionIn conclusion, the present systematic review and meta-analysis suggests the reduction of concomitant GCs dosage following treatment with anakinra. A percentage of patients are no longer required to be treated with GCs, discontinuing these drugs without a flare of the disease.

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adult onset Still’s diseaseanakinraglucocorticoid-sparing effects

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PMCPMC7301658
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