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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023

Comparison of Different Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Formulations in the Prophylaxis of Graft-Versus-Host Disease: A Systematic Review.

Jarosław Dybko, Ugo Giordano, Justyna Pilch, Jakub Mizera, Artur Borkowski, Monika Mordak-Domagała

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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 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jarosław DybkoLower Silesia Centre for Oncology, Pulmonology and Hematology in Wrocław, 53-439 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3555-2887
Ugo GiordanoUniversity Clinical Hospital in Wroclaw, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0009-0000-8735-3076
Justyna PilchFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8351-9622
Jakub MizeraFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8112-9257
Artur BorkowskiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, M. Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1019-8976
Monika Mordak-DomagałaLower Silesia Centre for Oncology, Pulmonology and Hematology in Wrocław, 53-439 Wroclaw, Poland.
Wroclaw Medical University · PLThe Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT) is a potentially curative treatment modality, frequently used for patients suffering from haematological malignancies. In the last two decades, there have been multiple randomised controlled trials (RCTs), review articles, and meta-analyses addressing the efficacy of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (r-ATG) as a graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) prophylaxis. Nevertheless, only a few aimed to compare the effectiveness of different r-ATG formulations. Since the last article we retrieved comparing different r-ATGs in GvHD prophylaxis dates back to 2017, we performed a systematic literature review of articles published since 2017 to this day, utilising PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane, and MEDLINE, with the main endpoints being prophylaxis of acute GvHD (aGvHD) and chronic GvHD (cGvHD). We subjected to scrutiny a total of five studies, of which four compared the differences between Thymoglobulin (ATG-T) and Grafalon (ATG-G), and one discussed the impact of ATG-T dose. Overall, cGvHD, aGvHD grades II-IV, TRM, OS, NRM, LFS, relapse, overall infections, and EBV reactivation do not seem to be affected by the type of utilised rATG. However, data on aGvHD grades III-IV, GRFS, moderate-severe cGvHD, and CMV reactivation is conflicting. Through our research, we sought to summarise the most recent findings concerning r-ATGs in allo-HCT, and provide insight into the differences between the targets and origin of various ATG formulations.

Indexed as

acute graft-versus-host diseaseallogeneic stem cell transplantationanti-thymocyte globulinchronic graft-versus-host diseasegrafalonthymoglobuline

Identifiers

PMID37685516
PMCPMC10487811
OpenAlexW4386072940

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