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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

Analysis of Anakinra Therapy for the Deficiency of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist through Clinical Evidence.

Kathryn Pillai, Joshua Pillai, Jun Ling

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kathryn PillaiDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science and Medicine, 1501 Violet St, Colton, CA 92324, USA.
Joshua PillaiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Irvine Virtual Academy Secondary, 3387 Barranca Pkwy, Irvine, CA 92606, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2477-1868
Jun LingDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science and Medicine, 1501 Violet St, Colton, CA 92324, USA.
Virtual High School · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDeficiency of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (DIRA) is a rare life-threatening autosomal recessive autoinflammatory disease with symptoms including but not limited to osteomyelitis, periostitis, and systemic inflammation. DIRA is developed from the loss-of-function biallelic mutations of the IL1RN gene that encodes IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA), leading to the unchecked pro-inflammatory signaling and subsequent systemic inflammation. Thus, anakinra as the recombinant IL-1RA has become the primary drug to treat DIRA. Although anakinra has been effective for the complete remission of DIRA, it has also shown various side effects. To confirm the efficacy and safety issues associated with DIRA treatment, we conducted a literature review and secondary data analysis to enhance our understanding on this important topic.

methodsThrough comprehensive literature search, we have identified 15 papers with 25 patients studied. The demographic, clinical, and genetic data were extracted, followed by statistical analysis to support the physiological mechanisms of anakinra treatment.

resultsThrough the literature review and data analysis, it was found that 88% of patients had complete clinical remission of DIRA upon continual treatment with anakinra; patients had a mean improvement of Hemoglobin (+3.18 g/dL), Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (-53.4 mm/h), and C-reactive Protein (-135.45 mg/L) levels, suggesting that the improvement of hematopoietic function and inflammation is a mechanism for anakinra treatment. Various genetic variants were also identified from the patient data that cause the loss of function of IL-1RA, providing real patient genomic data to support the anakinra treatment.

conclusionsConsidering the inconsistency and certain variations from clinical research influenced by specific conditions, this review along with the data analysis confirms the efficacy and safety of anakinra treatment for DIRA.

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anakinraautoinflammatory diseasesdeficiency of interluekin-1 receptor antagonist (DIRA)IL-1RAIL-1RN

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PMID38398338
PMCPMC10888712
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