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ArticleClinical and translational science2022

Optimizing moxidectin dosing for Strongyloides stercoralis infections: Insights from pharmacometric modeling.

Daniela Hofmann, Cornelis Smit, Somphou Sayasone, Marc Pfister, Jennifer Keiser

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Article in Clinical and translational science, 2022. 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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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. IvermectinParasitology · 2024
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  2. Strongyloidiasis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2024
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  3. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Daniela HofmannDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Cornelis SmitPediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics Research, University of Basel Children's Hospital (UKBB), Basel, Switzerland.
Somphou SayasoneDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Marc PfisterPediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics Research, University of Basel Children's Hospital (UKBB), Basel, Switzerland.
Jennifer KeiserDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
University of Basel · CHNational Institute of Public Health · LAUniversity Children’s Hospital Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Moxidectin is a frontrunner drug candidate in the treatment of strongyloidiasis. A dose of 8 mg is recommended to treat this indication, which shows a reasonably good efficacy and tolerability profile. Yet, owing to the unique life cycle of Strongyloides stercoralis (S. stercoralis) that entails internal autoinfection, a curative treatment would be desirable. Population-based pharmacometric modeling that would help to identify an ideal dosing strategy are yet lacking. The aims of this study were to (i) explore the exposure-efficacy response relationship of moxidectin in treating S. stercoralis and (ii) evaluate whether moxidectin treatment outcomes in terms of cure rates at baseline as compared to post-treatment could be optimized. Our pharmacodynamic model suggests high predictive power (area under the concentration time curve-receiver operating characteristic [AUC-ROC] 0.817) in the probability of being cured by linking an exposure metric (i.e., AUC

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Strongyloides stercoralisStrongyloidiasisAnimalsHumansMacrolidesTreatment OutcomeMacrolidesmoxidectin

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PMID34889057
PMCPMC8932710
OpenAlexW4200385786

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