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ArticleAnnals of the rheumatic diseases2024

New approach to testing treatments for osteoarthritis: FastOA.

David Felson, Martin K Lotz, Yuxuan Jin, Morgan Jones, Jason S Kim, Kurt Spindler

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Article in Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Osteoarthritis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

David FelsonBoston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA dfelson@bu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2668-2447
Martin K LotzMolecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6299-8799
Yuxuan JinCleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Morgan JonesBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jason S KimArthritis Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Kurt SpindlerCleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Funding

Research and Evaluation Support Core Unit (RESCU Core)P30AR072571 · NIAMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI Michael Paul Lavalley · 2019 to 2026
$6.9M
NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR072571
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animal models of post traumatic osteoarthritis have shown many promising treatments for disease, but human trials have mostly failed to identify effective treatments. This viewpoint suggests that the frequent failure of drug and treatment development in osteoarthritis is due, in part, to the advanced stage of disease of patients in trials and suggests that mirroring the animal model approach might be more successful. It suggests a path forward by enriching trial enrollees with those likely to develop post traumatic OA quickly.

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OsteoarthritisAnimalsHumansTreatment OutcomeOrthopedic ProceduresOsteoarthritisTherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID37821213
PMCPMC10922495

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