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ArticleNeurology2024

Rituximab for Multiple Sclerosis: Hiding in Plain Sight

Annette Langer-Gould, Elias S Sotirchos, Dennis Bourdette

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Article in Neurology, 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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6citing papers in PubMed
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Family planning and multiple sclerosis - Part 1: Patient perspectives on treatment choices in Sweden.Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical
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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

3 authors.

Annette Langer-GouldFrom the Department of Neurology (A.L.-G.), Los Angeles Medical Center, Southern California Permanente Medical Group; Department of Clinical Science (A.L.-G.), Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA; Department of Neurology (E.S.S.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; and Department of Neurology (D.B.), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland.
Elias S SotirchosFrom the Department of Neurology (A.L.-G.), Los Angeles Medical Center, Southern California Permanente Medical Group; Department of Clinical Science (A.L.-G.), Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA; Department of Neurology (E.S.S.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; and Department of Neurology (D.B.), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland.
Dennis BourdetteFrom the Department of Neurology (A.L.-G.), Los Angeles Medical Center, Southern California Permanente Medical Group; Department of Clinical Science (A.L.-G.), Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA; Department of Neurology (E.S.S.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; and Department of Neurology (D.B.), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In February 2023, following extensive discussions with stakeholders and data review, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review issued final policy recommendations for treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS)

Indexed as

Biosimilar PharmaceuticalsDrugs, EssentialMultiple SclerosisAcademies and InstitutesHumansRituximabUnited StatesBiosimilar PharmaceuticalsDrugs, EssentialRituximab

Identifiers

PMID38165314
PMCPMC10962910

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