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Trial reportPediatric diabetes2021

Human plasma-derived alpha

William H Lagarde, Kecia L Courtney, Barry Reiner, Kimberly Steinmann, Eva Tsalikian, Steven M Willi

Open access · hybridAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Pediatric diabetes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Human plasma-derived alphaPediatric diabetes · 2021
    Trial
  2. Article
  3. Clinical Study Support by Long-Term Stability Studies of AlphaPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
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 6 institutions in 1 country.

William H LagardeDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, WakeMed Children's Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Kecia L CourtneyClinical  Development, Grifols Therapeutics Inc. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Barry ReinerBarry J Reiner, MD, LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Kimberly SteinmannClinical Development, Grifols Therapeutics Inc. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Eva TsalikianPediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Steven M WilliDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4910-2425
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USGrifols (United States) · USUnited Therapeutics (United States) · USUniversity of Iowa · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USWakeMed · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhile circulating levels of alpha

participantsSeventy-six participants (aged 6-35 years) were randomized at 25 centers within 3 months of T1DM diagnosis.

methodsA Phase II, multicenter, partially blinded, placebo-controlled, proof-of-concept study evaluating four dosing regimens of alpha

resultsInfusions were well tolerated with no new safety signals. All groups exhibited highly variable declines in the primary outcome measure at 52 weeks with no statistically significant difference from placebo. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) was reduced from baseline in all alpha

conclusionPharmacologic therapy with alpha

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultalpha 1-AntitrypsinChildC-PeptideDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Drug Administration ScheduleFemaleHumansInfusions, IntravenousInterleukin-6MaleProof of Concept StudySerine Proteinase InhibitorsTreatment OutcomeYoung Adultalpha 1-AntitrypsinC-PeptideInterleukin-6Serine Proteinase Inhibitorsalpha 1-proteinase inhibitorC-peptideInterleukin-6prolastinType 1 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID33244872
PMCPMC7984376
OpenAlexW3108333545

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