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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023

Systemic and Local Medical or Surgical Therapies for Ear, Nose and/or Throat Manifestations in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: A Systematic Literature Review.

Roline M Krol, Hilde H F Remmelts, Ruth Klaasen, Annelies Frima, E Christiaan Hagen, Digna M A Kamalski, Marloes W Heijstek, Julia Spierings

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Roline M KrolDepartment of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Hilde H F RemmeltsDepartment of Nephrology, Meander Medical Center, 3813 TZ Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Ruth KlaasenDepartment of Rheumatology, Meander Medical Center, 3813 TZ Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Annelies FrimaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Meander Medical Center, 3813 TZ Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
E Christiaan HagenDepartment of Nephrology, Meander Medical Center, 3813 TZ Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Digna M A KamalskiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Marloes W HeijstekDepartment of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Julia SpieringsDepartment of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2546-312X
Meander Medisch Centrum · NLUniversity Medical Center Utrecht · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEar, nose and throat (ENT) manifestations are common in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), yet how to treat these manifestations remains controversial. Therefore, we systematically reviewed the literature on the efficacy of therapies on ENT manifestations in AAV.

methodsA systematic review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines, searching Medline, Embase and Cochrane libraries, including clinical studies between January 2005 and January 2022, in adults with AAV and ENT involvement, reporting on the effects of local and systemic therapy. The critical appraisal was performed using tools provided by the Cochrane Library and the level of evidence (LoE) was scored according to the Oxford Centre for Evidence-based Medicine.

resultsAfter screening 5609 identified studies, 136 full-text articles were assessed. Finally, 31 articles were included for critical appraisal and data-extraction. Nearly all studies (n = 29) were retrospective and scored low on LoE. The included studies evaluated local interventions (n = 11), glucocorticoids combined with conventional synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) (n = 8), rituximab (n = 6), or mepolizumab (n = 6). Due to heterogeneity across studies meta-analysis was not performed. Four studies on mepolizumab for sinonasal symptoms (n = 92) showed response in 33-100% and relapse in 35%. Local therapy for subglottic stenosis was effective in 80-100% of patients in 11 studies (n = 157), but relapses were common (up to 83%). In five studies, hearing improvement was observed in 56-100%, with better outcomes when glucocorticoids were combined with csDMARDs compared to glucocorticoids only.

conclusionResponse rates of ENT manifestations varied widely in studies and relapses were observed frequently. Heterogeneity among studies impaired comparison.

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ANCA-associated vasculitisbiologicalscsDMARDsEGPAGPAMPA

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PMID37176613
PMCPMC10179364
OpenAlexW4367314417

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