Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33356783›Full record

ReviewJournal of managed care & specialty pharmacy2020

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria: current treatments and unmet needs.

Meryem Bektas, Catherine Copley-Merriman, Shahnaz Khan, Sujata P Sarda, Jamile M Shammo

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Review in Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Meryem BektasMarket Access and Outcomes Strategy, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle, NC.
Catherine Copley-MerrimanMarket Access and Outcomes Strategy, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle, NC.
Shahnaz KhanMarket Access and Outcomes Strategy, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle, NC.
Sujata P SardaGlobal Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Waltham, MA.
Jamile M ShammoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Rush University Medical Center · USApellis Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USHealth Economics and Outcomes Research (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current standard of care for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) are the C5 inhibitors eculizumab and ravulizumab, both monoclonal antibodies designed to target the complement protein C5, thereby preventing its cleavage and the formation of the terminal attack complex. C5 inhibitors have yielded substantial improvements in the treatment of PNH and changed the mortality and morbidity, as well as health-related quality of life of patients with the disease. These treatments target underlying intravascular hemolysis; however, they do not address extravascular hemolysis, resulting in incomplete response and remaining symptoms in some patients. Therefore, despite treatment with a C5 inhibitor, some patients still experience anemia with associated fatigue, transfusion needs, and impaired health-related quality of life.

Indexed as

AnemiaAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedComplement C5Health Services Needs and DemandHemoglobinuria, ParoxysmalHemolysisHumansQuality of LifeAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedComplement C5eculizumabravulizumab

Identifiers

PMID33356783
PMCPMC10410676
OpenAlexW3114620383

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