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ReviewCureus2024

RNA Interference Therapeutics for Hereditary Amyloidosis: A Narrative Review of Clinical Trial Outcomes and Future Directions.

Prashil Dave, Puneet Anand, Azra Kothawala, Prakhyath Srikaram, Dipsa Shastri, Anwar Uddin, Jill Bhavsar, Andrew Winer

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

8 authors.

Prashil DaveInternal Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, USA.
Puneet AnandPediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Elmhurst Hospital Center, New York, USA.
Azra KothawalaMedicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Ahmedabad, IND.
Prakhyath SrikaramInternal Medicine, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Oxford, USA.
Dipsa ShastriInternal Medicine, East Tennessee State University (ETSU), Johnson City, USA.
Anwar UddinInternal Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, USA.
Jill BhavsarInternal Medicine, Medical College Baroda, Baroda, IND.
Andrew WinerUrology, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is an autosomal dominant, life-threatening genetic disorder caused by a single-nucleotide variant in the transthyretin gene. This mutation leads to the misfolding and deposition of amyloid in various body organs. Both mutant and wild-type transthyretin contribute to the resulting polyneuropathy and cardiomyopathy, leading to significant sensorimotor disturbances and severe cardiac conditions such as heart failure and arrhythmias, thereby impacting quality of life. Despite several treatments, including orthotopic liver transplantation and transthyretin tetramer stabilizers, their limitations persisted until the introduction of RNA interference (RNAi). RNAi, a means to regulate mRNA stability and translation of targeted genes, has brought about significant changes in treatment strategies for ATTR with the introduction of patisiran in 2018. This study reviews patisiran, vutrisiran, inotersen, and eplontersen, developed for the treatment of ATTR. It provides an overview of the clinical trial outcomes, focusing mainly on quality of life, adverse reactions, and the future of RNAi-based therapies.

Indexed as

amyloidosis treatmentamyloid transthyretinhereditary transthyretin amyloidosismanagement of hereditary amyloidosisrna interference therapeutictransthyretin amyloidosis

Identifiers

PMID39044869
PMCPMC11265807

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