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ReviewJournal of inherited metabolic disease2021

Developments in evidence creation for treatments of inborn errors of metabolism.

Sylvia Stockler-Ipsiroglu, Beth K Potter, Nataliya Yuskiv, Kylie Tingley, Marc Patterson, Clara van Karnebeek

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Review in Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Trial Readiness: Understanding the Natural History of Rare Diseases.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2025
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  3. Extrarenal manifestations in inherited kidney diseases.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2025
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  5. Splice-Modulating Antisense Oligonucleotides as Therapeutics for Inherited Metabolic Diseases.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2024
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  14. Response to Biesecker et al.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2021
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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 at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Sylvia Stockler-IpsirogluDivision of Biochemical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, and BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6542-423X
Beth K PotterSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Nataliya YuskivDivision of Biochemical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, and BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Kylie TingleySchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Marc PattersonDivision of Child and Adolescent Neurology, Departments of Neurology Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Clara van KarnebeekDepartments of Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
University of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CAMayo Clinic in Florida · USRadboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

CIHR TR3-119195
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) represent the first group of genetic disorders, amenable to causal therapies. In addition to traditional medical diet and cofactor treatments, new treatment strategies such as enzyme replacement and small molecule therapies, solid organ transplantation, and cell-and gene-based therapies have become available. Inherent to the rare nature of the single conditions, generating high-quality evidence for these treatments in clinical trials and under real-world conditions has been challenging. Guidelines developed with standardized methodologies have contributed to improve the practice of care and long-term clinical outcomes. Adaptive trial designs allow for changes in sample size, group allocation and trial duration as the trial proceeds. n-of-1 studies may be used in small sample sized when participants are clinically heterogeneous. Multicenter observational and registry-based clinical trials are promoted via international research networks. Core outcome and standard data element sets will enhance comparative analysis of clinical trials and observational studies. Patient-centered outcome-research as well as patient-led research initiatives will further accelerate the development of therapies for IEM.

Indexed as

Biomedical ResearchClinical Trials as TopicEvidence-Based MedicineHumansMetabolism, Inborn ErrorsOrphan Drug ProductionPrecision MedicineRare Diseasesevidence-based medicineorphan drugsparticipatory researchpersonalized medicinerare diseases

Identifiers

PMID32944978
PMCPMC7891579
OpenAlexW3087021087

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