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ReviewJournal of Parkinson's disease2022

Disease-Modifying Therapies for Multiple System Atrophy: Where Are We in 2022?

Victoria Sidoroff, Pam Bower, Nadia Stefanova, Alessandra Fanciulli, Iva Stankovic, Werner Poewe, Klaus Seppi, Gregor K Wenning, Florian Krismer

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Review in Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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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

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Multiple system atrophy: cure and care.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  11. The evolution of REM sleep without atonia diagnostic thresholds in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024
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  13. Inflammation in multiple system atrophy.Frontiers in immunology · 2023
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  14. Multiple system atrophy.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022
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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

9 authors.

Victoria SidoroffDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Pam BowerThe Multiple System Atrophy Coalition, Inc., McLean, VA, USA.
Nadia StefanovaDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Alessandra FanciulliDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Iva StankovicNeurology Clinic, University Clinical Center of Serbia, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Werner PoeweDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Klaus SeppiDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Gregor K WenningDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Florian KrismerDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple system atrophy is a rapidly progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder. While numerous preclinical studies suggested efficacy of potentially disease modifying agents, none of those were proven to be effective in large-scale clinical trials. Three major strategies are currently pursued in preclinical and clinical studies attempting to slow down disease progression. These target α-synuclein, neuroinflammation, and restoration of neurotrophic support. This review provides a comprehensive overview on ongoing preclinical and clinical developments of disease modifying therapies. Furthermore, we will focus on potential shortcomings of previous studies that can be avoided to improve data quality in future studies of this rare disease.

Indexed as

Multiple System AtrophyParkinson Diseasealpha-SynucleinHumansalpha-SynucleinAtypical Parkinson’s diseaseclinical trialsdisease modificationmultiple system atrophy

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PMID35491799
PMCPMC9398078

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