Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34084449›Full record

ArticleMelanoma management2021

BRAF-MEK inhibitors as steroid-sparing bridge prior to checkpoint blockade therapy in symptomatic intracranial melanoma.

Karam Khaddour, Tanner M Johanns, George Ansstas

Open access · goldAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Melanoma management, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karam KhaddourDepartment of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6697-3516
Tanner M JohannsDepartment of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA.
George AnsstasDepartment of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The introduction of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) and BRAF-MEK inhibitors has substantially improved outcomes in patients with metastatic melanoma. However, several challenging factors may hinder the efficacy of ICB in patients with symptomatic intracranial metastatic melanoma who are immunosuppressed due to the use of steroids prior to the administration of ICB. This has resulted in the exclusion of patients treated with high dose steroid at baseline from the majority of ICB clinical trials. In addition, despite the high efficacy of BRAF-MEK inhibitors in

Indexed as

BRAF-MEKbrainimmune checkpoint blockadeintracranialipilimumabmetastatic melanomanivolumabsteroidssymptomatictargeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID34084449
PMCPMC8162174
OpenAlexW3132594380

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.