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ReviewClinical rheumatology2024

Inflammation as a therapeutic target for osteoarthritis: A literature review of clinical trials.

Rui Zhu, Haonan Fang, Junjie Wang, Liru Ge, Xiaoyue Zhang, Dawn Aitken, Guoqi Cai

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Review in Clinical rheumatology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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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

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Rui ZhuDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China.
Haonan FangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China.
Junjie WangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China.
Liru GeDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China.
Xiaoyue ZhangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China.
Dawn AitkenMenzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia.
Guoqi CaiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China. Guoqi.Cai@utas.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6481-704X

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82103933
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The burden of osteoarthritis (OA) is rapidly increasing with population aging, but there are still no approved disease-modifying drugs available. Accumulating evidence has shown that OA is a heterogeneous disease with multiple phenotypes, and it is unlikely to respond to one-size-fits-all treatments. Inflammation is recognized as an important phenotype of OA and is associated with worse pain and joint deterioration. Therefore, it is believed that anti-inflammatory treatments may be more effective for OA with an inflammatory phenotype. In this review, we summarized clinical trials that evaluated anti-inflammatory treatments for OA and discussed whether these treatments are more effective in inflammatory OA phenotypes compared to general OA patients.

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Anti-Inflammatory AgentsClinical Trials as TopicInflammationOsteoarthritisHumansAnti-Inflammatory AgentsInflammationOsteoarthritisPhenotypeSynovitis

Identifiers

PMID38961031
PMCPMC11269414

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