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1. 2021 Chitranjan S. Ranawat Award: Intraosseous vancomycin reduces periprosthetic joint infection in primary total knee arthroplasty at 90-day follow-up

Author: Thomas C. Sullivan, Stephen J. Incavo, Julien Chapleau, Terry A. Clyburn, and Kwan J Park
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Prosthesis-Related Infections, Awards and Prizes, Total knee arthroplasty, Periprosthetic, Vancomycin, medicine, Postoperative infection, Humans, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Hospital readmission, business.industry, Incidence (epidemiology), Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Surgery, Female, business, Follow-Up Studies, medicine.drug
Abstract: Aims Infection complicating primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common reason for revision surgery, hospital readmission, patient morbidity, and mortality. Increasing incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a particular concern. The use of vancomycin as prophylactic agent alone or in combination with cephalosporin has not demonstrated lower periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) rates, partly due to timing and dosing of intravenous (IV) vancomycin administration, which have proven important factors in effectiveness. This is a retrospective review of a consecutive series of primary TKAs examining incidence of PJI, adverse reactions, and complications using IV versus intraosseous (IO) vancomycin at 30-day, 90-day, and one-year follow-up. Methods A retrospective review of 1,060 patients who underwent TKA between May 2016 to July 2020 was performed. There were 572 patients in the IV group and 488 in the IO group, with minimal 30 days of follow-up. Patients were followed up at regularly scheduled intervals (two, six, and 12 weeks). No differences between groups for age, sex, BMI, or baseline comorbidities existed. The IV group received an IV dose of 15 mg/kg vancomycin given over an hour preceding skin incision. The IO group received a 500 mg dose of vancomycin mixed in 150 ml of normal saline, injected into proximal tibia after tourniquet inflation, before skin incision. All patients received an additional dose of first generation cephalosporin. Evaluation included preoperative and postoperative serum creatinine values, tourniquet time, and adverse reactions attributable to vancomycin. Results Incidence of PJI with minimum 90-day follow-up was 1.4% (eight knees) in the IV group and 0.22% (one knee) in IO group (p = 0.047). This preliminary report demonstrated an reduction in the incidence of infection in TKA using IO vancomycin combined with a first-generation cephalosporin. While the study suffers from limitations of a retrospective, multi-surgeon investigation, early findings are encouraging. Conclusion IO delivery of vancomycin after tourniquet inflation is a safe and effective alternative to IV administration, eliminating the logistical challenges of timely dosing. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2021;103-B(6 Supple A):13–17.
Published: 2021

2. Is there a relationship between femoral neck-shaft angle and ischiofemoral impingement in patients with hip pain?

Author: David Dong, Joshua D. Harris, Stephanie S. Gardner, Leif E. Peterson, and Kwan J Park
Subjects: medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Radiography, Magnetic resonance imaging, Ischiofemoral impingement, medicine.anatomical_structure, Edema, Medicine, Hip pain, medicine.symptom, business, Nuclear medicine, Research Articles, Pelvis, Quadratus femoris muscle, Femoral neck
Abstract: Ischiofemoral impingement (IFI) is a cause of deep gluteal space syndrome. The prevalence of radiographic findings in patients with hip pain is unknown. To assess if there is a correlation between femoral neck-shaft angle (NSA) and the distance of the ischiofemoral space (IFS) and quadratus femoris space (QFS) and to determine the prevalence of quadratus femoris (QF) edema in patients with hip pain. A retrospective case series was conducted involving 100 consecutive hip or pelvis magnetic resonance imaging scans on patients presenting with hip pain. NSA, IFS and QFS distances were measured and presence of QF edema was noted. Analysis of the groups (QF edema vs no edema) was performed using two-tailed t-test and Pearson correlation. There were 18 hips in the edema group (mean age 51.11 years ± 10.5) and 82 hips in the non-edema group (mean age 40.79 years ± 15.9). Within the edema group, there was a moderate positive correlation between NSA and QFS (r = 0.498, P = 0.036) and a weak positive correlation between NSA and IFI (0.312, P = 0.208). The prevalence of QF edema in this study was 18% with only 28% of those subjects having clinical symptoms of IFI. Patients with QF edema had significantly narrower QFS and IFS distances (P
Published: 2020

3. ‘Minimal symptom expression’ in patients with acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive refractory generalized myasthenia gravis treated with eculizumab

Author: Vissing J., Jacob S., Fujita K. P., O'Brien F., Howard J. F., Mazia C. G., Wilken M., Barroso F., Saba J., Rugiero M., Bettini M., Chaves M., Vidal G., Garcia A. D., DeBleecker J., Vanden Abeele G., deKoning K., DeMey K., Mercelis R., Mahieu D., Wagemaekers L., VanDamme P., Depreitere A., Schotte C., Smetcoren C., Stevens O., VanDaele S., Vandenbussche N., Vanhee A., Verjans S., Vynckier J., D'Hont A., Tilkin P., Alves deSiqueira Carvalho A., DiasBrockhausen I., Feder D., Ambrosio D., Cesar P., Melo A. P., MartinsRibeiro R., Rocha R., Rosa B. B., Veiga T., daSilva L. A., SantosEngel M., GoncalvesGeraldo J., daPenha Ananias Morita M., NogueiraCoelho E., Paiva G., Pozo M., Prando N., MartineliTorres D. D., Butinhao C. F., Duran G., SurianeFialho T. A., Gomes daSilva T. C., MaiaGoncalves L. O., Pazetto L. E., CubasVolpe L. R., SouzaDuca L., GhellerFriedrich M. A., Guerreiro A., Mohr H., PereiraMartins M., daCruz Pacheco D., Ferreira L., Macagnan A. P., Pinto G., deCassia Santos A., Souza BulleOliveira A., Amaral deAndrade A. C., Annes M., DuarteSilva L., CavalcanteLino V., Pinto W., Assis N., Carrara F., Miranda C., Souza I., Fernandes P., Siddiqi Z., Phan C., Narayan J., Blackmore D., Mallon A., Roderus R., Watt E., Vohanka S., Bednarik J., Chmelikova M., Cierny M., Toncrova S., Junkerova BarboraKurkova J., Reguliova K., Zapletalova O., Pitha J., Novakova I., Tyblova M., Jurajdova I., Wolfova M., Andersen H., Harbo T., Vinge L., Krogh S., Mogensen A., Hojgaard J., Witting N., Mette OstergaardAutzen A., Pedersen J., Eralinna J. -P., Laaksonen M., Oksaranta O., Harrison T., Eriksson J., Rozsa C., Horvath M., Lovas G., Matolcsi J., Szabo G., Jakab G., Szabadosne B., Vecsei L., Dezsi L., Varga E., Konyane M., Antonini G., DiPasquale A., Garibaldi M., Morino S., Troili F., Fionda L., Sacca F., previous, Filla A., sub-investigators, Costabile T., Marano E., Fasanaro A., Marsili A., Puorro G., Mantegazza R., Antozzi C., Bonanno S., Camera G., Locatelli A., Maggi L., Pasanisi M., Campanella A., Evoli A., Alboini P. E., D'Amato V., Iorio R., Inghilleri M., Frasca V., Giacomelli E., Gori M., Lopergolo D., Onesti E., Gabriele M., Uzawa A., Kanai T., Kawaguchi N., Mori M., Kaneko Y., Kanzaki A., Kobayashi E., Murai H., Masaki K., Matsuse D., Matsushita T., Uehara T., Shimpo M., Jingu M., Kikutake K., Nakamura Y., Sano Y., Utsugisawa K., Nagane Y., Kamegamori I., Tsuda T., Fujii Y., Futono K., Ozawa Y., Mizugami A., Saito Y., Samukawa M., Suzuki H., Morikawa M., Kamakura S., Miyawaki E., Shiraishi H., Mitazaki T., Motomura M., Mukaino A., Yoshimura S., Asada S., Yoshida S., Amamoto S., Kobashikawa T., Koga M., Maeda Y., Takada K., Takada M., Tsurumaru M., Yamashita Y., Suzuki Y., Akiyama T., Narikawa K., Tano O., Tsukita K., Kurihara R., Meguro F., Fukuda Y., Sato M., Okumura M., Funaka S., Kawamura T., Makamori M., Takahashi M., Taichi N., Hasuike T., Higuchi E., Kobayashi H., Osakada K., Imai T., Tsuda E., Shimohama S., Hayashi T., Hisahara S., Kawamata J., Murahara T., Saitoh M., Suzuki S., Yamamoto D., Ishiyama Y., Ishiyama N., Noshiro M., Takeyama R., Uwasa K., Yasuda I., Kim B. -J., Lee C. N., Koo Y. S., Seok H. Y., Kang H. N., Ra H. J., Kim B. J., Cho E. B., Choi M. S., Lee H. L., Min J. -H., Seok J., Lee J. E., Koh D. Y., Kwon J. Y., Park S. A., Choi E. H., Hong Y. -H., Ahn S. -H., Koo D. L., Lim J. -S., Shin C. W., Hwang J. Y., Kim M., Kim S. M., Jeong H. -N., Jung J. W., Kim Y. -H., Lee H. S., Shin H. Y., Hwang E. B., Shin M., van derKooi A., deVisser M., Gibson T., Casasnovas C., AlbertiAguilo M. A., Homedes-Pedret C., Palacios N. J., DiezPorras L., VelezSantamaria V., Lazaro A., DiezTejedor E., GomezSalcedo P., Fernandez-Fournier M., LopezRuiz P., Rodriguez deRivera F. J., Sastre M., GamezCarbonell J., Sune P., SalvadoFigueras M., Gili G., Mazuela G., Illa I., CortesVicente E., Diaz-Manera J., QuerolGutierrez L. A., RojasGarcia R., Vidal N., Arribas-Ibar E., Piehl F., Hietala A., Bjarbo L., Sengun I., Meherremova A., Ozcelik P., Balkan B., Tuga C., Ugur M., Erdem-Ozdamar S., Bekircan-Kurt C. E., Acar N. 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K., Sen S., KirbasCavdar T., Veske A., Norwood F., Dimitriou A., Gollogly J., Mahdi-Rogers M., Seddigh A., Sokratous G., Maier G., Sohail F., Sadalage G., Torane P., Brown C., Shah A., Sathasivam S., Arndt H., Davies D., Watling D., Amato A., Cochrane T., Salajegheh M., Roe K., Amato K., Toska S., Wolfe G., Silvestri N., Patrick K., Zakalik K., Katz J., Miller R., Engel M., Forshew D., Bravver E., Brooks B., Sanjak M., Plevka S., Burdette M., Cunningham S., Kramer M., Nemeth J., Schommer C., Tinerney S., Juel V., Guptill J., Hobson-Webb L., Massey J., Beck K., Carnes D., Loor J., Anderson A., Pascuzzi R., Bodkin C., Kincaid J., Snook R., Guinrich S., Micheels A., Chaudhry V., Corse A., Mosmiller B., Kelley A., Ho D., Srinivasan J., Vytopil M., Jara J., Ventura N., Carter C., Donahue C., Herbert C., Scala S., Weiner E., Alam S., McKinnon J., Haar L., McKinnon N., Alcon K., McKenna K., Sattar N., Daniels K., Jeffery D., Freimer M., Hoyle J. C., Kissel J., Agriesti J., Chelnick S., Mezache L., Pineda C., Muharrem F., Karam C., Khoury J., Marburger T., Kaur H., Dimitrova D., Gilchrist J., Agrawal B., Elsayed M., Kohlrus S., Andoin A., Darnell T., Golden L., Lokaitis B., Seelbach J., Muppidi S., Goyal N., Sakamuri S., So Y. T., Paulose S., Pol S., Welsh L., Bhavaraju-Sanka R., TobonGonzalez A., Dishman L., Jones F., Gonzalez A., Padilla P., Saklad A., Silva M., Nations S., Trivedi J., Hopkins S., Kazamel M., Alsharabati M., Lu L., Nozaki K., Mumfrey-Thomas S., Woodall A., Mozaffar T., Cash T., Roy G., Mathew V., Maqsood F., Minton B., Jones H. J., Rosenfeld J., Garcia R., Echevarria L., Garcia S., Pulley M., Aranke S., Berger A. R., Shah J., Shabbir Y., Smith L., Varghese M., Gutmann L., Jerath N., Nance C., Swenson A., Olalde H., Kressin N., Sieren J., Barohn R., Dimachkie M., Glenn M., McVey A., Pasnoor M., Statland J., Wang Y., Liu T., Emmons K., Jenci N., Locheke J., Fondaw A., Johns K., Rico G., Walsh M., Herbelin L., Hafer-Macko C., Kwan J., Zilliox L., Callison K., Young V., DiSanzo B., Naunton K., Benatar M., Bilsker M., Sharma K., Cooley A., Reyes E., Michon S. -C., Sheldon D., Steele J., Howard J., Traub R., Chopra M., Vu T., Katzin L., McClain T., Harvey B., Hart A., Huynh K., Beydoun S., Chilingaryan A., Doan V., Droker B., Gong H., Karimi S., Lin F., Polaka K., Tran A., Akhter S., Malekniazi A., Tandan R., Hehir M., Waheed W., Lucy S., Weiss M., Distad J., Strom S., Downing S., Kim B., Bertorini T., Arnold T., Henderson K., Pillai R., Liu Y., Wheeler L., Hewlett J., Vanderhook M., Nowak R., Dicapua D., Keung B., Kumar A., Patwa H., Robeson K., Yang I., Nye J., Vu H., Vissing, J., Jacob, S., Fujita, K. P., O'Brien, F., Howard, J. F., Mazia, C. G., Wilken, M., Barroso, F., Saba, J., Rugiero, M., Bettini, M., Chaves, M., Vidal, G., Garcia, A. D., Debleecker, J., Vanden Abeele, G., Dekoning, K., Demey, K., Mercelis, R., Mahieu, D., Wagemaekers, L., Vandamme, P., Depreitere, A., Schotte, C., Smetcoren, C., Stevens, O., Vandaele, S., Vandenbussche, N., Vanhee, A., Verjans, S., Vynckier, J., D'Hont, A., Tilkin, P., Alves deSiqueira Carvalho, A., Diasbrockhausen, I., Feder, D., Ambrosio, D., Cesar, P., Melo, A. P., Martinsribeiro, R., Rocha, R., Rosa, B. B., Veiga, T., Dasilva, L. A., Santosengel, M., Goncalvesgeraldo, J., daPenha Ananias Morita, M., Nogueiracoelho, E., Paiva, G., Pozo, M., Prando, N., Martinelitorres, D. D., Butinhao, C. F., Duran, G., Surianefialho, T. A., Gomes daSilva, T. C., Maiagoncalves, L. O., Pazetto, L. E., Cubasvolpe, L. R., Souzaduca, L., Ghellerfriedrich, M. A., Guerreiro, A., Mohr, H., Pereiramartins, M., daCruz Pacheco, D., Ferreira, L., Macagnan, A. P., Pinto, G., deCassia Santos, A., Souza BulleOliveira, A., Amaral deAndrade, A. C., Annes, M., Duartesilva, L., Cavalcantelino, V., Pinto, W., Assis, N., Carrara, F., Miranda, C., Souza, I., Fernandes, P., Siddiqi, Z., Phan, C., Narayan, J., Blackmore, D., Mallon, A., Roderus, R., Watt, E., Vohanka, S., Bednarik, J., Chmelikova, M., Cierny, M., Toncrova, S., Junkerova BarboraKurkova, J., Reguliova, K., Zapletalova, O., Pitha, J., Novakova, I., Tyblova, M., Jurajdova, I., Wolfova, M., Andersen, H., Harbo, T., Vinge, L., Krogh, S., Mogensen, A., Hojgaard, J., Witting, N., Mette OstergaardAutzen, A., Pedersen, J., Eralinna, J. -P., Laaksonen, M., Oksaranta, O., Harrison, T., Eriksson, J., Rozsa, C., Horvath, M., Lovas, G., Matolcsi, J., Szabo, G., Jakab, G., Szabadosne, B., Vecsei, L., Dezsi, L., Varga, E., Konyane, M., Antonini, G., Dipasquale, A., Garibaldi, M., Morino, S., Troili, F., Fionda, L., Sacca, F., Previous, Filla, A., sub-investigators, Costabile, T., Marano, E., Fasanaro, A., Marsili, A., Puorro, G., Mantegazza, R., Antozzi, C., Bonanno, S., Camera, G., Locatelli, A., Maggi, L., Pasanisi, M., Campanella, A., Evoli, A., Alboini, P. E., D'Amato, V., Iorio, R., Inghilleri, M., Frasca, V., Giacomelli, E., Gori, M., Lopergolo, D., Onesti, E., Gabriele, M., Uzawa, A., Kanai, T., Kawaguchi, N., Mori, M., Kaneko, Y., Kanzaki, A., Kobayashi, E., Murai, H., Masaki, K., Matsuse, D., Matsushita, T., Uehara, T., Shimpo, M., Jingu, M., Kikutake, K., Nakamura, Y., Sano, Y., Utsugisawa, K., Nagane, Y., Kamegamori, I., Tsuda, T., Fujii, Y., Futono, K., Ozawa, Y., Mizugami, A., Saito, Y., Samukawa, M., Suzuki, H., Morikawa, M., Kamakura, S., Miyawaki, E., Shiraishi, H., Mitazaki, T., Motomura, M., Mukaino, A., Yoshimura, S., Asada, S., Yoshida, S., Amamoto, S., Kobashikawa, T., Koga, M., Maeda, Y., Takada, K., Takada, M., Tsurumaru, M., Yamashita, Y., Suzuki, Y., Akiyama, T., Narikawa, K., Tano, O., Tsukita, K., Kurihara, R., Meguro, F., Fukuda, Y., Sato, M., Okumura, M., Funaka, S., Kawamura, T., Makamori, M., Takahashi, M., Taichi, N., Hasuike, T., Higuchi, E., Kobayashi, H., Osakada, K., Imai, T., Tsuda, E., Shimohama, S., Hayashi, T., Hisahara, S., Kawamata, J., Murahara, T., Saitoh, M., Suzuki, S., Yamamoto, D., Ishiyama, Y., Ishiyama, N., Noshiro, M., Takeyama, R., Uwasa, K., Yasuda, I., Kim, B. -J., Lee, C. N., Koo, Y. S., Seok, H. Y., Kang, H. N., Ra, H. J., Kim, B. J., Cho, E. B., Choi, M. S., Lee, H. L., Min, J. -H., Seok, J., Lee, J. E., Koh, D. Y., Kwon, J. Y., Park, S. A., Choi, E. H., Hong, Y. -H., Ahn, S. -H., Koo, D. L., Lim, J. -S., Shin, C. W., Hwang, J. Y., Kim, M., Kim, S. M., Jeong, H. -N., Jung, J. W., Kim, Y. -H., Lee, H. S., Shin, H. Y., Hwang, E. B., Shin, M., van derKooi, A., Devisser, M., Gibson, T., Casasnovas, C., Albertiaguilo, M. A., Homedes-Pedret, C., Palacios, N. J., Diezporras, L., Velezsantamaria, V., Lazaro, A., Dieztejedor, E., Gomezsalcedo, P., Fernandez-Fournier, M., Lopezruiz, P., Rodriguez deRivera, F. J., Sastre, M., Gamezcarbonell, J., Sune, P., Salvadofigueras, M., Gili, G., Mazuela, G., Illa, I., Cortesvicente, E., Diaz-Manera, J., Querolgutierrez, L. A., Rojasgarcia, R., Vidal, N., Arribas-Ibar, E., Piehl, F., Hietala, A., Bjarbo, L., Sengun, I., Meherremova, A., Ozcelik, P., Balkan, B., Tuga, C., Ugur, M., Erdem-Ozdamar, S., Bekircan-Kurt, C. E., Acar, N. P., Yilmaz, E., Caliskan, Y., Orsel, G., Efendi, H., Aydinlik, S., Cavus, H., Kutlu, A., Becerikli, G., Semiz, C., Tun, O., Terzi, M., Dogan, B., Onar, M. K., Sen, S., Kirbascavdar, T., Veske, A., Norwood, F., Dimitriou, A., Gollogly, J., Mahdi-Rogers, M., Seddigh, A., Sokratous, G., Maier, G., Sohail, F., Sadalage, G., Torane, P., Brown, C., Shah, A., Sathasivam, S., Arndt, H., Davies, D., Watling, D., Amato, A., Cochrane, T., Salajegheh, M., Roe, K., Amato, K., Toska, S., Wolfe, G., Silvestri, N., Patrick, K., Zakalik, K., Katz, J., Miller, R., Engel, M., Forshew, D., Bravver, E., Brooks, B., Sanjak, M., Plevka, S., Burdette, M., Cunningham, S., Kramer, M., Nemeth, J., Schommer, C., Tinerney, S., Juel, V., Guptill, J., Hobson-Webb, L., Massey, J., Beck, K., Carnes, D., Loor, J., Anderson, A., Pascuzzi, R., Bodkin, C., Kincaid, J., Snook, R., Guinrich, S., Micheels, A., Chaudhry, V., Corse, A., Mosmiller, B., Kelley, A., Ho, D., Srinivasan, J., Vytopil, M., Jara, J., Ventura, N., Carter, C., Donahue, C., Herbert, C., Scala, S., Weiner, E., Alam, S., Mckinnon, J., Haar, L., Mckinnon, N., Alcon, K., Mckenna, K., Sattar, N., Daniels, K., Jeffery, D., Freimer, M., Hoyle, J. C., Kissel, J., Agriesti, J., Chelnick, S., Mezache, L., Pineda, C., Muharrem, F., Karam, C., Khoury, J., Marburger, T., Kaur, H., Dimitrova, D., Gilchrist, J., Agrawal, B., Elsayed, M., Kohlrus, S., Andoin, A., Darnell, T., Golden, L., Lokaitis, B., Seelbach, J., Muppidi, S., Goyal, N., Sakamuri, S., So, Y. T., Paulose, S., Pol, S., Welsh, L., Bhavaraju-Sanka, R., Tobongonzalez, A., Dishman, L., Jones, F., Gonzalez, A., Padilla, P., Saklad, A., Silva, M., Nations, S., Trivedi, J., Hopkins, S., Kazamel, M., Alsharabati, M., Lu, L., Nozaki, K., Mumfrey-Thomas, S., Woodall, A., Mozaffar, T., Cash, T., Roy, G., Mathew, V., Maqsood, F., Minton, B., Jones, H. J., Rosenfeld, J., Garcia, R., Echevarria, L., Garcia, S., Pulley, M., Aranke, S., Berger, A. R., Shah, J., Shabbir, Y., Smith, L., Varghese, M., Gutmann, L., Jerath, N., Nance, C., Swenson, A., Olalde, H., Kressin, N., Sieren, J., Barohn, R., Dimachkie, M., Glenn, M., Mcvey, A., Pasnoor, M., Statland, J., Wang, Y., Liu, T., Emmons, K., Jenci, N., Locheke, J., Fondaw, A., Johns, K., Rico, G., Walsh, M., Herbelin, L., Hafer-Macko, C., Kwan, J., Zilliox, L., Callison, K., Young, V., Disanzo, B., Naunton, K., Benatar, M., Bilsker, M., Sharma, K., Cooley, A., Reyes, E., Michon, S. -C., Sheldon, D., Steele, J., Howard, J., Traub, R., Chopra, M., Vu, T., Katzin, L., Mcclain, T., Harvey, B., Hart, A., Huynh, K., Beydoun, S., Chilingaryan, A., Doan, V., Droker, B., Gong, H., Karimi, S., Lin, F., Polaka, K., Tran, A., Akhter, S., Malekniazi, A., Tandan, R., Hehir, M., Waheed, W., Lucy, S., Weiss, M., Distad, J., Strom, S., Downing, S., Kim, B., Bertorini, T., Arnold, T., Henderson, K., Pillai, R., Liu, Y., Wheeler, L., Hewlett, J., Vanderhook, M., Nowak, R., Dicapua, D., Keung, B., Kumar, A., Patwa, H., Robeson, K., Yang, I., Nye, J., Vu, H., ANS - Neuroinfection & -inflammation, and Neurology
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Myasthenia gravi, Gastroenterology, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life, Activities of Daily Living, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine, Receptors, Cholinergic, Acetylcholine receptor, Myasthenia gravis, Original Communication, Eculizumab, Minimal symptom expression, Refractory, Middle Aged, Acetylcholine receptor antibody, Tolerability, Neurology, Female, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR ECULIZUMAB, medicine.drug, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Clinical Neurology, Placebo, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, 03 medical and health sciences, Double-Blind Method, Internal medicine, Humans, Immunologic Factors, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Generalized myasthenia, Aged, Autoantibodies, Science & Technology, business.industry, Confidence interval, 030104 developmental biology, Quality of Life, Neurology (clinical), Neurosciences & Neurology, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Background The efficacy and tolerability of eculizumab were assessed in REGAIN, a 26-week, phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive (AChR+) refractory generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), and its open-label extension. Methods Attainment of ‘minimal symptom expression’ was evaluated using patient-reported outcome measures of gMG symptoms [MG activities of daily living scale (MG-ADL), 15-item MG quality of life questionnaire (MG-QOL15)] at the completion of REGAIN and during the open-label extension. ‘Minimal symptom expression’ was defined as MG-ADL total score of 0–1 or MG-QOL15 total score of 0–3. Results At REGAIN week 26, more eculizumab-treated patients achieved ‘minimal symptom expression’ versus placebo [MG-ADL: 21.4% vs 1.7%; difference 19.8%; 95% confidence interval (CI) 8.5, 31.0; p = 0.0007; MG-QOL15: 16.1% vs 1.7%; difference 14.4%; 95% CI 4.3, 24.6; p = 0.0069]. During the open-label extension, the proportion of patients in the placebo/eculizumab group who achieved ‘minimal symptom expression’ increased after initiating eculizumab treatment and was sustained through 130 weeks of open-label eculizumab (MG-ADL: 1.7 to 27.8%; MG-QOL15: 1.7 to 19.4%). At extension study week 130, similar proportions of patients in the eculizumab/eculizumab and placebo/eculizumab groups achieved ‘minimal symptom expression’ (MG-ADL: 22.9% and 27.8%, respectively, p = 0.7861; MG-QOL15: 14.3% and 19.4%, respectively, p = 0.7531). The long-term tolerability of eculizumab was consistent with previous reports. Conclusions Patients with AChR+ refractory gMG who receive eculizumab can achieve sustained ‘minimal symptom expression’ based on patient-reported outcomes. ‘Minimal symptom expression’ may be a useful tool in measuring therapy effectiveness in gMG. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01997229, NCT02301624.
Published: 2020

4. Consistent improvement with eculizumab across muscle groups in myasthenia gravis

Author: Mantegazza, R., O'Brien, F. L., Yountz, M., Howard, J. F., Gabriel Mazia, C., Wilken, M., Barroso, F., Saba, J., Rugiero, M., Bettini, M., Chaves, M., Vidal, G., Dalila Garcia, A., De Bleecker, J., Van den Abeele, G., de Koning, K., De Mey, K., Mercelis, R., Mahieu, D., Wagemaekers, L., Van Damme, P., Depreitere, A., Schotte, C., Smetcoren, C., Stevens, O., Van Daele, S., Vandenbussche, N., Vanhee, A., Verjans, S., Vynckier, J., D'Hont, A., Tilkin, P., Alves de Siqueira Carvalho, A., Dias Brockhausen, I., Feder, D., Ambrosio, D., Cesar, P., Paula Melo, A., Martins Ribeiro, R., Rocha, R., Bezerra Rosa, B., Veiga, T., Augusto da Silva, L., Santos Engel, M., Goncalves Geraldo, J., da Penha Ananias Morita, M., Nogueira Coelho, E., Paiva, G., Pozo, M., Prando, N., Torres, D. D. M., Fernanda Butinhao, C., Duran, G., Augusto Suriane Fialho, T., Gomes da Silva, T. C., Goncalves, L. O. M., Eduardo Pazetto, L., Renata Cubas Volpe, L., Souza Duca, L., Friedrich, M. A. G., Guerreiro, A., Mohr, H., Pereira Martins, M., da Cruz Pacheco, D., Ferreira, L., Paula Macagnan, A., Pinto, G., de Cassia Santos, A., Souza Bulle Oliveira, A., Amaral de Andrade, A. C., Annes, M., Duarte Silva, L., Cavalcante Lino, V., Pinto, W., Assis, N., Carrara, F., Miranda, C., Souza, I., Fernandes, P., Siddiqi, Z., Phan, C., Narayan, J., Blackmore, D., Mallon, A., Roderus, R., Watt, E., Vohanka, S., Bednarik, J., Chmelikova, M., Cierny, M., Toncrova, S., Junkerova, J., Kurkova, B., Reguliova, K., Zapletalova, O., Pitha, J., Novakova, I., Tyblova, M., Jurajdova, I., Wolfova, M., Andersen, H., Harbo, T., Vinge, L., Krogh, S., Mogensen, A., Vissing, J., Hojgaard, J., Witting, N., Mette Ostergaard Autzen, A., Pedersen, J., Eralinna, J. -P., Laaksonen, M., Oksaranta, O., Harrison, T., Eriksson, J., Rozsa, C., Horvath, M., Lovas, G., Matolcsi, J., Szabo, G., Jakab, G., Szabadosne, B., Vecsei, L., Dezsi, L., Varga, E., Konyane, M., Antonini, G., Di Pasquale, A., Garibaldi, M., Morino, S., Troili, F., Fionda, L., Pasquale, A., Evoli, A., Emilio Alboini, P., D'Amato, V., Iorio, R., Inghilleri, M., Frasca, V., Giacomelli, E., Gori, M., Lopergolo, D., Onesti, E., Gabriele, M., Sacca, F., Filla, A., Costabile, T., Marano, E., Fasanaro, A., Marsili, A., Puorro, G., Antozzi, C., Bonanno, S., Camera, G., Locatelli, A., Maggi, L., Pasanisi, M., Campanella, A., Uzawa, A., Kanai, T., Kawaguchi, N., Mori, M., Kaneko, Y., Kanzaki, A., Kobayashi, E., Murai, H., Masaki, K., Matsuse, D., Matsushita, T., Uehara, T., Shimpo, M., Jingu, M., Kikutake, K., Nakamura, Y., Sano, Y., Utsugisawa, K., Nagane, Y., Kamegamori, I., Tsuda, T., Fujii, Y., Futono, K., Ozawa, Y., Mizugami, A., Saito, Y., Samukawa, M., Suzuki, H., Morikawa, M., Kamakura, S., Miyawaki, E., Okumura, M., Funaka, S., Kawamura, T., Nakamori, M., Takahashi, M., Taichi, N., Hasuike, T., Higuchi, E., Kobayashi, H., Osakada, K., Shiraishi, H., Miyazaki, T., Motomura, M., Mukaino, A., Yoshimura, S., Asada, S., Yoshida, S., Amamoto, S., Kobashikawa, T., Koga, M., Maeda, Y., Takada, K., Takada, M., Tsurumaru, M., Yamashita, Y., Suzuki, Y., Akiyama, T., Narikawa, K., Tano, O., Tsukita, K., Kurihara, R., Meguro, F., Fukuda, Y., Sato, M., Imai, T., Tsuda, E., Shimohama, S., Hayashi, T., Hisahara, S., Kawamata, J., Murahara, T., Saitoh, M., Suzuki, S., Yamamoto, D., Ishiyama, Y., Ishiyama, N., Noshiro, M., Takeyama, R., Uwasa, K., Yasuda, I., van der Kooi, A., de Visser, M., Gibson, T., Kim, B. -J., Nyoung Lee, C., Seo Koo, Y., Youl Seok, H., Nam Kang, H., Ra, H., Joon Kim, B., Bin Cho, E., Choi, M., Lee, H., Min, J. -H., Seok, J., Lee, J., Koh, D. Y., Kwon, J., Park, S., Haw Choi, E., Hong, Y. -H., Ahn, S. -H., Lim Koo, D., Lim, J. -S., Won Shin, C., Ye Hwang, J., Kim, M., Min Kim, S., Jeong, H. -N., Jung, J., Kim, Y. -H., Seok Lee, H., Young Shin, H., Bi Hwang, E., Shin, M., Casasnovas, C., Antonia Alberti Aguilo, M., Homedes-Pedret, C., Julia Palacios, N., Diez Porras, L., Velez Santamaria, V., Lazaro, A., Gamez Carbonell, J., Sune, P., Salvado Figueras, M., Gili, G., Mazuela, G., Illa, I., Cortes Vicente, E., Diaz-Manera, J., Antonio Querol Gutierrez, L., Rojas Garcia, R., Vidal, N., Arribas-Ibar, E., Diez Tejedor, E., Gomez Salcedo, P., Fernandez-Fournier, M., Lopez Ruiz, P., Rodriguez de Rivera, F. J., Sastre, M., Piehl, F., Hietala, A., Bjarbo, L., Sengun, I., Meherremova, A., Ozcelik, P., Balkan, B., Tuga, C., Ugur, M., Erdem-Ozdamar, S., Bekircan-Kurt, C., Pinar Acar, N., Yilmaz, E., Caliskan, Y., Orsel, G., Efendi, H., Aydinlik, S., Cavus, H., Kutlu, A., Becerikli, G., Semiz, C., Tun, O., Terzi, M., Dogan, B., Kazim Onar, M., Sen, S., Kirbas Cavdar, T., Veske, A., Norwood, F., Dimitriou, A., Gollogly, J., Mahdi-Rogers, M., Seddigh, A., Sokratous, G., Maier, G., Sohail, F., Jacob, S., Sadalage, G., Torane, P., Brown, C., Shah, A., Sathasivam, S., Arndt, H., Davies, D., Watling, D., Amato, A., Cochrane, T., Salajegheh, M., Roe, K., Amato, K., Toska, S., Wolfe, G., Silvestri, N., Patrick, K., Zakalik, K., Katz, J., Miller, R., Engel, M., Forshew, D., Bravver, E., Brooks, B., Sanjak, M., Plevka, S., Burdette, M., Cunningham, S., Kramer, M., Nemeth, J., Schommer, C., Scott, T., Juel, V., Guptill, J., Hobson-Webb, L., Massey, J., Beck, K., Carnes, D., Loor, J., Anderson, A., Pascuzzi, R., Bodkin, C., Kincaid, J., Snook, R., Guingrich, S., Micheels, A., Chaudhry, V., Corse, A., Mosmiller, B., Kelley, A., Ho, D., Srinivasan, J., Vytopil, M., Jara, J., Ventura, N., Carter, C., Donahue, C., Herbert, C., Scala, S., Weiner, E., Alam, S., Mckinnon, J., Haar, L., Mckinnon, N., Alcon, K., Mckenna, K., Sattar, N., Daniels, K., Jeffery, D., Freimer, M., Chad Hoyle, J., Kissel, J., Agriesti, J., Chelnick, S., Mezache, L., Pineda, C., Muharrem, F., Karam, C., Khoury, J., Marburger, T., Kaur, H., Dimitrova, D., Gilchrist, J., Agrawal, B., Elsayed, M., Kohlrus, S., Ardoin, A., Darnell, T., Golden, L., Lokaitis, B., Seelbach, J., Muppidi, S., Goyal, N., Sakamuri, S., Y. T., So, Paulose, S., Pol, S., Welsh, L., Bhavaraju-Sanka, R., Tobon Gonzalez, A., Dishman, L., Jones, F., Gonzalez, A., Padilla, P., Saklad, A., Silva, M., Nations, S., Trivedi, J., Hopkins, S., Kazamel, M., Alsharabati, M., Lu, L., Nozaki, K., Mumfrey-Thomas, S., Woodall, A., Mozaffar, T., Cash, T., Roy, G., Mathew, V., Maqsood, F., Minton, B., James Jones, H., Rosenfeld, J., Garcia, R., Echevarria, L., Garcia, S., Pulley, M., Aranke, S., Ross Berger, A., Shah, J., Shabbir, Y., Smith, L., Varghese, M., Gutmann, L., Jerath, N., Nance, C., Swenson, A., Olalde, H., Kressin, N., Sieren, J., Barohn, R., Dimachkie, M., Glenn, M., Mcvey, A., Pasnoor, M., Statland, J., Wang, Y., Liu, T., Emmons, K., Jenci, N., Locheke, J., Fondaw, A., Johns, K., Rico, G., Walsh, M., Herbelin, L., Hafer-Macko, C., Kwan, J., Zilliox, L., Callison, K., Young, V., Disanzo, B., Naunton, K., Benatar, M., Bilsker, M., Sharma, K., Cooley, A., Reyes, E., Michon, S. -C., Sheldon, D., Steele, J., Traub, R., Chopra, M., Vu, T., Katzin, L., Mcclain, T., Harvey, B., Hart, A., Huynh, K., Beydoun, S., Chilingaryan, A., Doan, V., Droker, B., Gong, H., Karimi, S., Lin, F., Polaka, K., Tran, A., Akhter, S., Malekniazi, A., Tandan, R., Hehir, M., Waheed, W., Lucy, S., Weiss, M., Distad, J., Strom, S., Downing, S., Kim, B., Bertorini, T., Arnold, T., Henderson, K., Pillai, R., Liu, Y., Wheeler, L., Hewlett, J., Vanderhook, M., Nowak, R., Dicapua, D., Keung, B., Kumar, A., Patwa, H., Robeson, K., Yang, I., Nye, J., Vu, H., Mantegazza, R., O'Brien, F. L., Yountz, M., Howard, J. F., Gabriel Mazia, C., Wilken, M., Barroso, F., Saba, J., Rugiero, M., Bettini, M., Chaves, M., Vidal, G., Dalila Garcia, A., De Bleecker, J., Van den Abeele, G., de Koning, K., De Mey, K., Mercelis, R., Mahieu, D., Wagemaekers, L., Van Damme, P., Depreitere, A., Schotte, C., Smetcoren, C., Stevens, O., Van Daele, S., Vandenbussche, N., Vanhee, A., Verjans, S., Vynckier, J., D'Hont, A., Tilkin, P., Alves de Siqueira Carvalho, A., Dias Brockhausen, I., Feder, D., Ambrosio, D., Cesar, P., Paula Melo, A., Martins Ribeiro, R., Rocha, R., Bezerra Rosa, B., Veiga, T., Augusto da Silva, L., Santos Engel, M., Goncalves Geraldo, J., da Penha Ananias Morita, M., Nogueira Coelho, E., Paiva, G., Pozo, M., Prando, N., Torres, D. D. M., Fernanda Butinhao, C., Duran, G., Augusto Suriane Fialho, T., Gomes da Silva, T. C., Goncalves, L. O. M., Eduardo Pazetto, L., Renata Cubas Volpe, L., Souza Duca, L., Friedrich, M. A. G., Guerreiro, A., Mohr, H., Pereira Martins, M., da Cruz Pacheco, D., Ferreira, L., Paula Macagnan, A., Pinto, G., de Cassia Santos, A., Souza Bulle Oliveira, A., Amaral de Andrade, A. C., Annes, M., Duarte Silva, L., Cavalcante Lino, V., Pinto, W., Assis, N., Carrara, F., Miranda, C., Souza, I., Fernandes, P., Siddiqi, Z., Phan, C., Narayan, J., Blackmore, D., Mallon, A., Roderus, R., Watt, E., Vohanka, S., Bednarik, J., Chmelikova, M., Cierny, M., Toncrova, S., Junkerova, J., Kurkova, B., Reguliova, K., Zapletalova, O., Pitha, J., Novakova, I., Tyblova, M., Jurajdova, I., Wolfova, M., Andersen, H., Harbo, T., Vinge, L., Krogh, S., Mogensen, A., Vissing, J., Hojgaard, J., Witting, N., Mette Ostergaard Autzen, A., Pedersen, J., Eralinna, J. -P., Laaksonen, M., Oksaranta, O., Harrison, T., Eriksson, J., Rozsa, C., Horvath, M., Lovas, G., Matolcsi, J., Szabo, G., Jakab, G., Szabadosne, B., Vecsei, L., Dezsi, L., Varga, E., Konyane, M., Antonini, G., Di Pasquale, A., Garibaldi, M., Morino, S., Troili, F., Fionda, L., Pasquale, A., Evoli, A., Emilio Alboini, P., D'Amato, V., Iorio, R., Inghilleri, M., Frasca, V., Giacomelli, E., Gori, M., Lopergolo, D., Onesti, E., Gabriele, M., Saccà, Francesco, Filla, Alessandro, Costabile, T., Marano, E., Fasanaro, A., Marsili, Angela, Puorro, Giorgia, Antozzi, C., Bonanno, S., Camera, G., Locatelli, A., Maggi, L., Pasanisi, M., Campanella, A., Uzawa, A., Kanai, T., Kawaguchi, N., Mori, M., Kaneko, Y., Kanzaki, A., Kobayashi, E., Murai, H., Masaki, K., Matsuse, D., Matsushita, T., Uehara, T., Shimpo, M., Jingu, M., Kikutake, K., Nakamura, Y., Sano, Y., Utsugisawa, K., Nagane, Y., Kamegamori, I., Tsuda, T., Fujii, Y., Futono, K., Ozawa, Y., Mizugami, A., Saito, Y., Samukawa, M., Suzuki, H., Morikawa, M., Kamakura, S., Miyawaki, E., Okumura, M., Funaka, S., Kawamura, T., Nakamori, M., Takahashi, M., Taichi, N., Hasuike, T., Higuchi, E., Kobayashi, H., Osakada, K., Shiraishi, H., Miyazaki, T., Motomura, M., Mukaino, A., Yoshimura, S., Asada, S., Yoshida, S., Amamoto, S., Kobashikawa, T., Koga, M., Maeda, Y., Takada, K., Takada, M., Tsurumaru, M., Yamashita, Y., Suzuki, Y., Akiyama, T., Narikawa, K., Tano, O., Tsukita, K., Kurihara, R., Meguro, F., Fukuda, Y., Sato, M., Imai, T., Tsuda, E., Shimohama, S., Hayashi, T., Hisahara, S., Kawamata, J., Murahara, T., Saitoh, M., Suzuki, S., Yamamoto, D., Ishiyama, Y., Ishiyama, N., Noshiro, M., Takeyama, R., Uwasa, K., Yasuda, I., van der Kooi, A., de Visser, M., Gibson, T., Kim, B. -J., Nyoung Lee, C., Seo Koo, Y., Youl Seok, H., Nam Kang, H., Ra, H., Joon Kim, B., Bin Cho, E., Choi, M., Lee, H., Min, J. -H., Seok, J., Lee, J., Koh, D. Y., Kwon, J., Park, S., Haw Choi, E., Hong, Y. -H., Ahn, S. -H., Lim Koo, D., Lim, J. -S., Won Shin, C., Ye Hwang, J., Kim, M., Min Kim, S., Jeong, H. -N., Jung, J., Kim, Y. -H., Seok Lee, H., Young Shin, H., Bi Hwang, E., Shin, M., Casasnovas, C., Antonia Alberti Aguilo, M., Homedes-Pedret, C., Julia Palacios, N., Diez Porras, L., Velez Santamaria, V., Lazaro, A., Gamez Carbonell, J., Sune, P., Salvado Figueras, M., Gili, G., Mazuela, G., Illa, I., Cortes Vicente, E., Diaz-Manera, J., Antonio Querol Gutierrez, L., Rojas Garcia, R., Vidal, N., Arribas-Ibar, E., Diez Tejedor, E., Gomez Salcedo, P., Fernandez-Fournier, M., Lopez Ruiz, P., Rodriguez de Rivera, F. J., Sastre, M., Piehl, F., Hietala, A., Bjarbo, L., Sengun, I., Meherremova, A., Ozcelik, P., Balkan, B., Tuga, C., Ugur, M., Erdem-Ozdamar, S., Bekircan-Kurt, C., Pinar Acar, N., Yilmaz, E., Caliskan, Y., Orsel, G., Efendi, H., Aydinlik, S., Cavus, H., Kutlu, A., Becerikli, G., Semiz, C., Tun, O., Terzi, M., Dogan, B., Kazim Onar, M., Sen, S., Kirbas Cavdar, T., Veske, A., Norwood, F., Dimitriou, A., Gollogly, J., Mahdi-Rogers, M., Seddigh, A., Sokratous, G., Maier, G., Sohail, F., Jacob, S., Sadalage, G., Torane, P., Brown, C., Shah, A., Sathasivam, S., Arndt, H., Davies, D., Watling, D., Amato, A., Cochrane, T., Salajegheh, M., Roe, K., Amato, K., Toska, S., Wolfe, G., Silvestri, N., Patrick, K., Zakalik, K., Katz, J., Miller, R., Engel, M., Forshew, D., Bravver, E., Brooks, B., Sanjak, M., Plevka, S., Burdette, M., Cunningham, S., Kramer, M., Nemeth, J., Schommer, C., Scott, T., Juel, V., Guptill, J., Hobson-Webb, L., Massey, J., Beck, K., Carnes, D., Loor, J., Anderson, A., Pascuzzi, R., Bodkin, C., Kincaid, J., Snook, R., Guingrich, S., Micheels, A., Chaudhry, V., Corse, A., Mosmiller, B., Kelley, A., Ho, D., Srinivasan, J., Vytopil, M., Jara, J., Ventura, N., Carter, C., Donahue, C., Herbert, C., Scala, S., Weiner, E., Alam, S., Mckinnon, J., Haar, L., Mckinnon, N., Alcon, K., Mckenna, K., Sattar, N., Daniels, K., Jeffery, D., Freimer, M., Chad Hoyle, J., Kissel, J., Agriesti, J., Chelnick, S., Mezache, L., Pineda, C., Muharrem, F., Karam, C., Khoury, J., Marburger, T., Kaur, H., Dimitrova, D., Gilchrist, J., Agrawal, B., Elsayed, M., Kohlrus, S., Ardoin, A., Darnell, T., Golden, L., Lokaitis, B., Seelbach, J., Muppidi, S., Goyal, N., Sakamuri, S., So, Y. T., Paulose, S., Pol, S., Welsh, L., Bhavaraju-Sanka, R., Tobon Gonzalez, A., Dishman, L., Jones, F., Gonzalez, A., Padilla, P., Saklad, A., Silva, M., Nations, S., Trivedi, J., Hopkins, S., Kazamel, M., Alsharabati, M., Lu, L., Nozaki, K., Mumfrey-Thomas, S., Woodall, A., Mozaffar, T., Cash, T., Roy, G., Mathew, V., Maqsood, F., Minton, B., James Jones, H., Rosenfeld, J., Garcia, R., Echevarria, L., Garcia, S., Pulley, M., Aranke, S., Ross Berger, A., Shah, J., Shabbir, Y., Smith, L., Varghese, M., Gutmann, L., Jerath, N., Nance, C., Swenson, A., Olalde, H., Kressin, N., Sieren, J., Barohn, R., Dimachkie, M., Glenn, M., Mcvey, A., Pasnoor, M., Statland, J., Wang, Y., Liu, T., Emmons, K., Jenci, N., Locheke, J., Fondaw, A., Johns, K., Rico, G., Walsh, M., Herbelin, L., Hafer-Macko, C., Kwan, J., Zilliox, L., Callison, K., Young, V., Disanzo, B., Naunton, K., Benatar, M., Bilsker, M., Sharma, K., Cooley, A., Reyes, E., Michon, S. -C., Sheldon, D., Steele, J., Traub, R., Chopra, M., Vu, T., Katzin, L., Mcclain, T., Harvey, B., Hart, A., Huynh, K., Beydoun, S., Chilingaryan, A., Doan, V., Droker, B., Gong, H., Karimi, S., Lin, F., Polaka, K., Tran, A., Akhter, S., Malekniazi, A., Tandan, R., Hehir, M., Waheed, W., Lucy, S., Weiss, M., Distad, J., Strom, S., Downing, S., Kim, B., Bertorini, T., Arnold, T., Henderson, K., Pillai, R., Liu, Y., Wheeler, L., Hewlett, J., Vanderhook, M., Nowak, R., Dicapua, D., Keung, B., Kumar, A., Patwa, H., Robeson, K., Yang, I., Nye, J., Vu, H., Neurology, and Amsterdam Neuroscience - Neuroinfection & -inflammation
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Malalties neuromusculars, Activities of daily living, Autoimmune diseases, Severity of Illness Index, Complement inhibitor, 0302 clinical medicine, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, Activities of Daily Living, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Medicine and Health Sciences, Research Articles, Malalties autoimmunitàries, General Neuroscience, Eculizumab, myasthenia, Neuromuscular diseases, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, medicine.drug, RC321-571, Research Article, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Cyclophosphamide, Gross motor skill, Clinical Neurology, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, Placebo, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTOR, 03 medical and health sciences, Refractory, Double-Blind Method, Internal medicine, Myasthenia Gravis, medicine, Humans, Muscle Strength, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, RC346-429, Muscle, Skeletal, Science & Technology, business.industry, Neurosciences, medicine.disease, Myasthenia gravis, 030104 developmental biology, Complement Inactivating Agents, ANTIBODY, Monoclonal antibodies, Neurosciences & Neurology, Neurology (clinical), Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, business, Anticossos monoclonals, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To assess whether eculizumab, a terminal complement inhibitor, improves patient- and physician-reported outcomes (evaluated using the myasthenia gravis activities of daily living profile and the quantitative myasthenia gravis scale, respectively) in patients with refractory anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive generalized myasthenia gravis across four domains, representing ocular, bulbar, respiratory, and limb/gross motor muscle groups. METHODS: Patients with refractory anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive generalized myasthenia gravis were randomized 1:1 to receive either placebo or eculizumab during the REGAIN study (NCT01997229). Patients who completed REGAIN were eligible to continue into the open-label extension trial (NCT02301624) for up to 4 years. The four domain scores of each of the myasthenia gravis activities of daily living profile and the quantitative myasthenia gravis scale recorded throughout REGAIN and through 130 weeks of the open-label extension were analyzed. RESULTS: Of the 125 patients who participated in REGAIN, 117 enrolled in the open-label extension; 61 had received placebo and 56 had received eculizumab during REGAIN. Patients experienced rapid improvements in total scores and all four domain scores of both the myasthenia gravis activities of daily living profile and the quantitative myasthenia gravis scale with eculizumab treatment. These improvements were sustained through 130 weeks of the open-label extension. INTERPRETATION: Eculizumab treatment elicits rapid and sustained improvements in muscle strength across ocular, bulbar, respiratory, and limb/gross motor muscle groups and in associated daily activities in patients with refractory anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive generalized myasthenia gravis. ispartof: ANNALS OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL NEUROLOGY vol:7 issue:8 pages:1327-1339 ispartof: location:United States status: published
Published: 2020

5. The Usefulness of Meta-Analyses to Hip and Knee Surgeons

Author: Daniel T. Le, Michael R. Moreno, Kalyan Chaliki, Bradley S. Lambert, Landon D. Brown, Ayane Rossano, Kaitlin Benjamin, Stephen J. Incavo, Kwan J Park, and Joshua Lee
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Quality management, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip, medicine.medical_treatment, MEDLINE, law.invention, Randomized controlled trial, law, Task Performance and Analysis, medicine, Humans, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee, business.industry, Orthopedic Surgeons, General Medicine, Evidence-based medicine, Quality Improvement, Arthroplasty, United States, Clinical trial, Systematic review, Meta-analysis, Physical therapy, Female, Surgery, business
Abstract: Background Comprehensive systematic reviews of results from homogenous or heterogeneous clinical trials, meta-analyses are used to summarize and to interpret studies. Proponents believe that their use can increase study power and improve precision results. Critics emphasize that heterogeneity between studies and bias of individual studies compromise the value of results. The methodology of meta-analyses has improved over time, utilizing statistical analysis to reduce bias and examining heterogeneity. With an increasing trend of meta-analyses in orthopaedic literature, this study aimed to investigate quality and clinical utility of meta-analyses for total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty. Methods A systematic review of total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty meta-analyses in 3 major orthopaedic journals from January 2000 to August 2017 was performed. Three authors independently reviewed eligible meta-analyses. A quality assessment was conducted using the Oxman-Guyatt Index. Reporting quality was assessed using PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses). Two high-volume, fellowship-trained, attending surgeons specializing in total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty independently, in a blinded fashion, reviewed 24 of the highest-scored meta-analyses. Results There were 114 studies meeting eligibility criteria, 25 published from 2000 to 2009 and 89 published from 2010 to 2017, a 3.6-fold increase. The mean Oxman-Guyatt Index score was 3.89 points, with 12 high-quality studies, 87 moderate-quality studies, and 15 low-quality studies. The mean PRISMA score for all meta-analyses was 22.2 points, with 79% classified as low to moderate. Only 23 studies listed the Level of Evidence, and 8 were Level-I studies and 9 were Level-II studies. Studies with >15 randomized controlled trials were associated with higher PRISMA and Oxman-Guyatt Index scores. In 12 articles, we were unable to decipher the types of studies included. Only 39.4% of studies showed the risk of bias. Of the 24 studies identified as high quality per the PRISMA statement, 71% were determined to be either clinically unimportant or inconclusive. Conclusions The number of total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty meta-analyses has markedly increased over the past decades. The majority of published meta-analyses from 3 major orthopaedic journals were not performed in accordance with established PRISMA guidelines. Clinical relevance Many published meta-analyses are low to moderate quality, and clinicians should cautiously draw conclusions from poorly executed meta-analyses.
Published: 2019

6. Total knee arthroplasty in a patient with nail-patella syndrome (NPS)

Author: Stephen J. Incavo, Maile E. Curbo, Landon D. Brown, and Kwan J Park
Subjects: Male, musculoskeletal diseases, 0301 basic medicine, Knee arthritis, medicine.medical_specialty, Elbow, Total knee arthroplasty, Arthritis, 030105 genetics & heredity, 03 medical and health sciences, Nail-Patella Syndrome, medicine, Humans, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee, Pelvis, Nail patella syndrome, business.industry, Aplasia, Middle Aged, Osteoarthritis, Knee, musculoskeletal system, medicine.disease, Hypoplasia, Surgery, Radiography, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, business, human activities
Abstract: Nail-patella syndrome (NPS) or hereditary onycho-osteodyaplasia is a rare genetic condition involving a mutation in the LMX1B gene affecting nails, elbows, knees, and pelvis. Due to the regulatory functions of the gene in many developmental processes through the body, patients with NPS experience wide-ranging musculoskeletal problems including patellar instability, fingernail anomalies, iliac exostoses/horns, and elbow abnormalities. The patellar changes often involve aplasia, hypoplasia, and chronic dislocation. Due to these musculoskeletal involvement, arthritis of joints can occur in patients with NPS causing severe pain and disability. This is a case report of a patient with NPS who underwent a total knee arthroplasty for symptomatic knee arthritis.
Published: 2019

7. Eculizumab in refractory generalized myasthenia gravis previously treated with rituximab:subgroup analysis of REGAIN and its extension study

Author: Siddiqi, Z. A., Nowak, R. J., Mozaffar, T., O'Brien, F., Yountz, M., Patti, F., Mazia, C. G., Wilken, M., Barroso, F., Saba, J., Rugiero, M., Bettini, M., Chaves, M., Vidal, G., Garcia, A. D., De Bleecker, J., Van den Abeele, G., de Koning, K., De Mey, K., Mercelis, R., Mahieu, D., Wagemaekers, L., Van Damme, P., Depreitere, A., Schotte, C., Smetcoren, C., Stevens, O., Van Daele, S., Vandenbussche, N., Vanhee, A., Verjans, S., Vynckier, J., D'Hont, A., Tilkin, P., de Siqueira Carvalho, A. A., Brockhausen, I. D., Feder, D., Ambrosio, D., Cesar, P., Melo, A. P., Ribeiro, R. M., Rocha, R., Rosa, B. B., Veiga, T., da Silva, L. A., Engel, M. S., Geraldo, J. G., da Penha Ananias Morita, M., Coelho, E. N., Paiva, G., Pozo, M., Prando, N., Torres, D. D. M., Butinhao, C. F., Duran, G., Fialho, T. A. S., da Silva, T. C. G., Goncalves, L. O. M., Pazetto, L. E., Volpe, L. R. C., Duca, L. S., Friedrich, M. A. G., Guerreiro, A., Mohr, H., Martins, M. P., da Cruz Pacheco, D., Ferreira, L., Macagnan, A. P., Pinto, G., de Cassia Santos, A., Oliveira, A. S. B., de Andrade, A. C. A., Annes, M., Silva, L. D., Lino, V. C., Pinto, W., Assis, N., Carrara, F., Miranda, C., Souza, I., Fernandes, P., Phan, C., Narayan, J., Blackmore, D., Mallon, A., Roderus, R., Watt, E., Vohanka, S., Bednarik, J., Chmelikova, M., Cierny, M., Toncrova, S., Junkerova, J., Kurkova, B., Reguliova, K., Zapletalova, O., Pitha, J., Novakova, I., Tyblova, M., Jurajdova, I., Wolfova, M., Andersen, H., Harbo, T., Vinge, L., Krogh, S., Mogensen, A., Vissing, J., Hojgaard, J., Witting, N., Autzen, A. M. O., Pedersen, J., Eralinna, J. -P., Laaksonen, M., Oksaranta, O., Harrison, T., Eriksson, J., Rozsa, C., Horvath, M., Lovas, G., Matolcsi, J., Szabo, G., Jakab, G., Szabadosne, B., Vecsei, L., Dezsi, L., Varga, E., Konyane, M., Antonini, G., Di Pasquale, A., Garibaldi, M., Morino, S., Troili, F., Fionda, L., Sacca, F., Filla, A., Costabile, T., Marano, E., Fasanaro, A., Marsili, A., Puorro, G., Mantegazza, R., Antozzi, C., Bonanno, S., Camera, G., Locatelli, A., Maggi, L., Pasanisi, M., Campanella, A., Evoli, A., Alboini, P. E., D'Amato, V., Iorio, R., Inghilleri, M., Frasca, V., Giacomelli, E., Gori, M., Lopergolo, D., Onesti, E., Gabriele, M., Uzawa, A., Kanai, T., Kawaguchi, N., Mori, M., Kaneko, Y., Kanzaki, A., Kobayashi, E., Murai, H., Masaki, K., Matsuse, D., Matsushita, T., Uehara, T., Shimpo, M., Jingu, M., Kikutake, K., Nakamura, Y., Sano, Y., Utsugisawa, K., Nagane, Y., Kamegamori, I., Tsuda, T., Fujii, Y., Futono, K., Ozawa, Y., Mizugami, A., Saito, Y., Samukawa, M., Suzuki, H., Morikawa, M., Kamakura, S., Miyawaki, E., Shiraishi, H., Miyazaki, T., Motomura, M., Mukaino, A., Yoshimura, S., Asada, S., Yoshida, S., Amamoto, S., Kobashikawa, T., Koga, M., Maeda, Y., Takada, K., Takada, M., Tsurumaru, M., Yamashita, Y., Suzuki, Y., Akiyama, T., Narikawa, K., Tano, O., Tsukita, K., Kurihara, R., Meguro, F., Fukuda, Y., Sato, M., Okumura, M., Funaka, S., Kawamura, T., Nakamori, M., Takahashi, M., Taichi, N., Hasuike, T., Higuchi, E., Kobayashi, H., Osakada, K., Imai, T., Tsuda, E., Shimohama, S., Hayashi, T., Hisahara, S., Kawamata, J., Murahara, T., Saitoh, M., Suzuki, S., Yamamoto, D., Ishiyama, Y., Ishiyama, N., Noshiro, M., Takeyama, R., Uwasa, K., Yasuda, I., Kim, B. -J., Lee, C. N., Koo, Y. S., Seok, H. Y., Kang, H. N., H. J., Ra, Kim, B. J., Cho, E. B., Choi, M. S., Lee, H. L., Min, J. -H., Seok, J., Lee, J. E., Koh, D. Y., Kwon, J. Y., Park, S. A., Choi, E. H., Hong, Y. -H., Ahn, S. -H., Koo, D. L., Lim, J. -S., Shin, C. W., Hwang, J. Y., Kim, M., Kim, S. M., Jeong, H. -N., Jung, J. W., Kim, Y. -H., Lee, H. S., Shin, H. Y., Hwang, E. B., Shin, M., van der Kooi, A., de Visser, M., Gibson, T., Casasnovas, C., Aguilo, M. A. A., Homedes-Pedret, C., Palacios, N. J., Porras, L. D., Santamaria, V. V., Lazaro, A., Tejedor, E. D., Salcedo, P. G., Fernandez-Fournier, M., Ruiz, P. L., de Rivera, F. J. R., Sastre, M., Carbonell, J. G., Sune, P., Figueras, M. S., Gili, G., Mazuela, G., Illa, I., Vicente, E. C., Diaz-Manera, J., Gutierrez, L. A. Q., Garcia, R. R., Vidal, N., Arribas-Ibar, E., Piehl, F., Hietala, A., Bjarbo, L., Sengun, I., Meherremova, A., Ozcelik, P., Balkan, B., Tuga, C., Ugur, M., Erdem-Ozdamar, S., Bekircan-Kurt, C. E., Acar, N. P., Yilmaz, E., Caliskan, Y., Orsel, G., Efendi, H., Aydinlik, S., Cavus, H., Kutlu, A., Becerikli, G., Semiz, C., Tun, O., Terzi, M., Dogan, B., Onar, M. K., Sen, S., Cavdar, T. K., Veske, A., Norwood, F., Dimitriou, A., Gollogly, J., Mahdi-Rogers, M., Seddigh, A., Sokratous, G., Maier, G., Sohail, F., Jacob, S., Sadalage, G., Torane, P., Brown, C., Shah, A., Sathasivam, S., Arndt, H., Davies, D., Watling, D., Amato, A., Cochrane, T., Salajegheh, M., Roe, K., Amato, K., Toska, S., Wolfe, G., Silvestri, N., Patrick, K., Zakalik, K., Katz, J., Miller, R., Engel, M., Forshew, D., Bravver, E., Brooks, B., Sanjak, M., Plevka, S., Burdette, M., Cunningham, S., Kramer, M., Nemeth, J., Schommer, C., Scott, T., Juel, V., Guptill, J., Hobson-Webb, L., Massey, J., Beck, K., Carnes, D., Loor, J., Anderson, A., Pascuzzi, R., Bodkin, C., Kincaid, J., Snook, R., Guingrich, S., Micheels, A., Chaudhry, V., Corse, A., Mosmiller, B., Kelley, A., Ho, D., Srinivasan, J., Vytopil, M., Jara, J., Ventura, N., Carter, C., Donahue, C., Herbert, C., Scala, S., Weiner, E., Alam, S., Mckinnon, J., Haar, L., Mckinnon, N., Alcon, K., Mckenna, K., Sattar, N., Daniels, K., Jeffery, D., Freimer, M., Hoyle, J. C., Kissel, J., Agriesti, J., Chelnick, S., Mezache, L., Pineda, C., Muharrem, F., Karam, C., Khoury, J., Marburger, T., Kaur, H., Dimitrova, D., Gilchrist, J., Agrawal, B., Elsayed, M., Kohlrus, S., Ardoin, A., Darnell, T., Golden, L., Lokaitis, B., Seelbach, J., Muppidi, S., Goyal, N., Sakamuri, S., Y. T., So, Paulose, S., Pol, S., Welsh, L., Bhavaraju-Sanka, R., Gonzalez, A. T., Dishman, L., Jones, F., Gonzalez, A., Padilla, P., Saklad, A., Silva, M., Nations, S., Trivedi, J., Hopkins, S., Kazamel, M., Alsharabati, M., Lu, L., Nozaki, K., Mumfrey-Thomas, S., Woodall, A., Cash, T., Roy, G., Mathew, V., Maqsood, F., Minton, B., Jones, H. J., Rosenfeld, J., Garcia, R., Echevarria, L., Garcia, S., Pulley, M., Aranke, S., Berger, A. R., Shah, J., Shabbir, Y., Smith, L., Varghese, M., Gutmann, L., Jerath, N., Nance, C., Swenson, A., Olalde, H., Kressin, N., Sieren, J., Barohn, R., Dimachkie, M., Glenn, M., Mcvey, A., Pasnoor, M., Statland, J., Wang, Y., Liu, T., Emmons, K., Jenci, N., Locheke, J., Fondaw, A., Johns, K., Rico, G., Walsh, M., Herbelin, L., Hafer-Macko, C., Kwan, J., Zilliox, L., Callison, K., Young, V., Disanzo, B., Naunton, K., Benatar, M., Bilsker, M., Sharma, K., Cooley, A., Reyes, E., Michon, S. -C., Sheldon, D., Steele, J., Howard, J., Traub, R., Chopra, M., Vu, T., Katzin, L., Mcclain, T., Harvey, B., Hart, A., Huynh, K., Beydoun, S., Chilingaryan, A., Doan, V., Droker, B., Gong, H., Karimi, S., Lin, F., Polaka, K., Tran, A., Akhter, S., Malekniazi, A., Tandan, R., Hehir, M., Waheed, W., Lucy, S., Weiss, M., Distad, J., Strom, S., Downing, S., Kim, B., Bertorini, T., Arnold, T., Henderson, K., Pillai, R., Liu, Y., Wheeler, L., Hewlett, J., Vanderhook, M., Dicapua, D., Keung, B., Kumar, A., Patwa, H., Robeson, K., Yang, I., Nye, J., Vu, H., Neurology, ANS - Neuroinfection & -inflammation, and EURO-NMD
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Physiology, Population, Subgroup analysis, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Placebo, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, rituximab, Refractory, immune system diseases, Physiology (medical), Internal medicine, Activities of Daily Living, medicine, Humans, education, education.field_of_study, myasthenia gravis, acetylcholine receptor, business.industry, Eculizumab, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, Myasthenia gravis, refractory, Rituximab, eculizumab, Neurology (clinical), business, medicine.drug
Abstract: Introduction/Aims: Individuals with refractory generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) who have a history of rituximab use and experience persistent symptoms represent a population with unmet treatment needs. The aim of this analysis was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of eculizumab in patients with refractory anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive (AChR+) gMG previously treated with rituximab. Methods: This post hoc subgroup analysis of the phase 3 REGAIN study (NCT01997229) and its open-label extension (OLE; NCT02301624) compared baseline characteristics, safety, and response to eculizumab in participants who had previously received rituximab with those who had not. Rituximab use was not permitted within the 6 months before screening or during REGAIN/OLE. Results: Of 125 REGAIN participants, 14 had received rituximab previously (7 received placebo and 7 received eculizumab). In the previous-rituximab group, 57% had used at least four other immunosuppressants compared with 16% in the no-previous-rituximab group. Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living total scores from eculizumab baseline to week 130 of eculizumab treatment improved in both the previous-rituximab and no-previous-rituximab groups (least-squares mean −4.4, standard error of the mean [SEM] 1.0 [n = 9] and least-squares mean −4.6, SEM 0.3 [n = 67], respectively; difference = 0.2, 95% confidence interval −1.88 to 2.22). In addition, in both groups, most patients who were treated with eculizumab for 130 weeks achieved a Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America post-intervention status of minimal manifestations (66.7% and 65.0%, respectively). The eculizumab safety profile was similar between groups and consistent with its established profile. Discussion: Eculizumab is an effective therapy for patients with refractory AChR+ gMG, irrespective of whether they had received rituximab treatment previously.
Published: 2021

8. Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment for mild Guillain-Barré syndrome. An international observational study

Author: Verboon, C., Harbo, T., Cornblath, D. R., Hughes, R. A. C., Van Doorn, P. A., Lunn, M. P., Gorson, K. C., Barroso, F., Kuwabara, S., Galassi, G., Lehmann, H. C., Kusunoki, S., Reisin, R. C., Binda, D., Cavaletti, G., Andersen, Jacobs B. C. H., PhD (Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark), Attarian, S., PhD (CHU Timone, Marseille, France), Badrising, U. A., PhD (Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The, Netherlands), Bateman, K., PhD (Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape, Town, South-Africa), Benedetti, L., PhD (Ospedale Sant’ Andrea La Spezia, Spezia, La, Italy), van den Berg, B., MD (Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, Van den Bergh, P., Luc, PhD (University Clinic St., Leuven, Belgium), Bertorini, T. E., MD (The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, USA), Bhavaraju-Sanka, R., MD (University Hospital/ University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio Texas, USA), Bianco (Milan University, M., Humanitas Clinicala and Research Institute Milan, Briani, C., MD (University of Padova, Padova, Italy), Bürmann, J., MD (Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany), Casasnovas, C., Ciberer, PhD (Bellvitge University Hospital - IDIBELL Neurometabolic Diseases Group., Barcelona, Spain), Chao, C. C., PhD (National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan), Chavada, G., PhD (Glasgow University, Glasgow, UK), Claeys, K. G., University Hospitals Leuven, PhD (1., Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven, 2., Cosgrove, J. S., MD (Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK), Dalakas, M. C., Thomas Jefferson University, MD (1., Philadelphia, Usa, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2., Athens, Greece), Davidson, A., MD (University of Glasgow, van Dijk, G. W., MD (Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, Dardiotis, E., MD (University of Thessaly, Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece), Derejko, M., MD (Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark), Dimachkie, M. M., MD (University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas, City, Dornonville de la Cour, C., MD (National Hospital Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark), Echaniz-Laguna, A., MD (Bicêtre University Hospital, Paris, France), Eftimov, F., PhD (Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Faber, C. G., PhD (Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Fazio, R., MD (Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy), Fulgenzi, J. Fehmi (University of Oxford E. A., MD (Hospital Cesar Milstein Buenos Aires, Buenos, Aires, Argentina), García-Sobrino, T., MD (Hospital Clínico de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña), Spain), Gijsbers, C. J., MD (Vlietland Hospital, Schiedam, Granit, V., MD (Montefiore Medical, Center, New, York, Grisanti, S., MD (Ospedale Sant’ Andrea La Spezia, Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, G., MD (Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofia, San, Sebastian, Holbech, J. V., PhD (Odense University Hospital, Holt, J. K. L., Phd, FRCP (The Walton Centre, Liverpool, UK), Homedes, C., Ciberer, MD (Bellvitge University Hospital - IDIBELL Neurometabolic Diseases Group., Islam, B., PhD (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, (icddr, Dhaka, b), Bangladesh), Islam, Z., Jahan, I., PhD candidate (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Jericó Pascual, I., PhD (Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain), Karafiath, S., MD (University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Kerkhoff, H., PhD (Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, Kimpinski, K., MD (University Hospital, Lhsc, London-Ontario, Canada), Kohler, A., MD (Instituto de Investigaciones Neurológicas Raúl Carrea, Fleni, Kolb, N., MD (University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt, Kuitwaard, K., Albert Schweitzer Hospital, PhD (1., Erasmus MC, 2., Kuwahara, M., PhD (Kindai University, Osaka, Japan), Ladha, S. S., MD (Barrow Neurology Clinics, Phoenix, Arizona, Lee Pan, E., MBChB (Groote Schuur Hospital, Marfia, G. A., MD (Neurological Clinic, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy), Magot, A., MD (Reference Centre for NMD, Nantes University Hospital, France), Márquez Infante, C., MD (Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Seville, Spain), Martín-Aguilar, L., MD (Hospital de la Santa Creu, i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Martinez Hernandez, E., MD (Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi, i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital, Clinic, Mataluni, G., PhD (Neurological Clinic, Meekins, G., MD (University of Minnesota, Miller, J. A. L., PhD (Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK), Monges, M. S., Garrahan, MD (Hospital de Pediatría J. P., Nobile Orazio, E., PhD (Milan University, Pardal, A., MD (Hospital Britanico, Pardo Fernandez (Hospital Clínico de Santiago, J., Péréon, Y., PhD (Reference Centre for NMD, Pulley, M., MD (University of Florida, Jacksonville, USA), Querol Gutierrez, L., PhD (Hospital de la Santa Creu, i Sant Pau, Reddel, S. W., PhD (Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia), van der Ree, T., (Westfriesgasthuis, Md, Hoorn, Rinaldi, S., Mbchb, Samijn, PhD (University of Oxford J. P. A., MD (Maasstad Hospital, Samukawa, M., Santoro, L., PhD (University Federico II, Napels, Italy), Savransky, A., Garrahan, PhD (Hospital de Pediatría J. P., Schwindling, L., Sedano Tous, M. J., MD (Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Sekiguchi, Y., PhD (Chiba University, Chiba, Japan), Shahrizaila, N., MD (Neurology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaya), Silvestri, N. J., Sindrup, MD (Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine S., Sommer, C. L., MD (Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany), Spyropoulos (Royal Victoria Infirmary, A., Stein, B., Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, MD (St., Paterson, USA), Tan, C. Y., MRCP (Neurology Unit, Tankisi, H., Vermeij, F., Vytopil, M. V., Wirtz, PhD (Tufts University School of Medicine Lahey Hospital P. W., Phd, (HagaZiekenhuis, The, Hague, Waheed, W., MD (University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Addington, USA). Other collaborators were:J. M., MD (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA), Ajroud-Driss, S., MD (Northwestern University Feinberg, Chicago, USA), Antonini, G., MD (Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza, University, Sant’Andrea, Hospital, Bella, I. R., MD (University of Mass Medical School, Worcester, USA), Brannagan, T. H., MD (Columbia University, New York City, Bunschoten, C., PhD candidate (Erasmus University Medical Centre, Busby, M., Bradford, UK), Butterworth, S., MD (Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, UK), Conti, M. E., MD (University Hospital Clinicas, Chen, S., Phd, (Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New, Brunswick, Doets, A., Feasby, T. E., MD (University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada), Fokke, C., MD (Gelre Hospital, Zutphen and Apeldoorn, Fujioka, T., MD (Toho University Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan), Garssen, M. P. J., PhD (Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Hertogenbosch, ’S, Gilchrist, J. M., MD (Soulthern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, USA), Gilhuis, J., PhD (Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis, Delft, Goldstein, J. M., MD (Yale University School of Medicine, New, Haven, Goyal, N. A., MD (University of California, Irvine, USA), Hadden, R. D. M., PhD (King’s College Hospital, London, UK), Hsieh, S. T., Htut, M., George’s Hospital, MD (St., Illa, I., Jellema, K., PhD (Haaglanden Medisch Centrum, Kaida, K., PhD (National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan), Katzberg, H. D., MD (University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada), Kiers, L., MD (University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia), Kokubun, N., MD (Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan), van Koningsveld, R., PhD (Elkerliek Hospital, Helmond and Deurne, van der Kooi, A. J., Kwan, J. Y., MD (University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA), Landschoff Lassen, L., MD (Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark), Lawson, V., MD (Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA), Leonhard, S. E., Mandarakas, M., PhD (Erasmus University Medical Centre, Manji, H., FRCP (Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, UK), Mattiazzi, M. G., MD (Hospital Militar Central, Mcdermott, C. J., MD (Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Nihr, Clinical, Sheffield, UK), Mohammad, Q. D., PhD (National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh), Morís de la Tassa, G., MD (Hospital UniversitarioCentral de Asturias, Asturias, Spain), Nascimbene, C., PhD (Luigi Sacco Hospital, Niks, E. H., Nowak, R. J., Osei-Bonsu, M., PhD (James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK), Pascuzzi, R. M., MD (University of Indiana School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA), Roberts, R. C., MD (Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge, Cambridge, UK), Rojas-Marcos, I., MD (Hospital Univesitario Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain), Roodbol, J., Rudnicki, S. A., MD (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA), Sachs, G. M., MD (University of Rhode Island, Providence, USA), Schenone, A., Department of Neurosciences, PhD (1., Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal and Infantile Sciences (DINOGMI), University of Genova, Genova, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Italy 2., Genova, Italy), Sheikh, K., PhD (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, USA), Twydell, P., DO (Spectrum Health System, Grand, Rapids, Van Damme, P., PhD (University Hospital Leuven, Varrato, J. D., DO (Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, USA), Visser, L. H., PhD (Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg and Waalwijk, Willison, H. J., PhD (University of Glasgow, van Woerkom (Erasmus MC, M., Zhou, L., PhD (Icahn School, Verboon, C, Harbo, T, Cornblath, D, Hughes, R, Van Doorn, P, Lunn, M, Gorson, K, Barroso, F, Kuwabara, S, Galassi, G, Lehmann, H, Kusunoki, S, Reisin, R, Binda, D, Cavaletti, G, Jacobs, B, consortium, IGOS, consortium, GOS, Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Immunology
Subjects: Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, intravenous immunoglobulins, DIAGNOSIS, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Settore MED/26, DISEASE, Disease course, Disability Evaluation, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, hemic and lymphatic diseases, Internal medicine, Clinical endpoint, medicine, Humans, In patient, guillain-barré syndrome, 030212 general & internal medicine, NEUROPATHIES, biology, Guillain-Barre syndrome, business.industry, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), treatment, course, Confounding, Immunoglobulins, Intravenous, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, Psychiatry and Mental health, Treatment Outcome, biology.protein, Female, Surgery, Observational study, Neurology (clinical), Antibody, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: ObjectiveTo compare the disease course in patients with mild Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) who were treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) or supportive care only.MethodsWe selected patients from the prospective observational International GBS Outcome Study (IGOS) who were able to walk independently at study entry (mild GBS), treated with one IVIg course or supportive care. The primary endpoint was the GBS disability score four weeks after study entry, assessed by multivariable ordinal regression analysis.ResultsOf 188 eligible patients, 148 (79%) were treated with IVIg and 40 (21%) with supportive care. The IVIg group was more disabled at baseline. IVIg treatment was not associated with lower GBS disability scores at 4 weeks (adjusted OR (aOR) 1.62, 95% CI 0.63 to 4.13). Nearly all secondary endpoints showed no benefit from IVIg, although the time to regain full muscle strength was shorter (28 vs 56 days, p=0.03) and reported pain at 26 weeks was lower (n=26/121, 22% vs n=12/30, 40%, p=0.04) in the IVIg treated patients. In the subanalysis with persistent mild GBS in the first 2 weeks, the aOR for a lower GBS disability score at 4 weeks was 2.32 (95% CI 0.76 to 7.13). At 1 year, 40% of all patients had residual symptoms.ConclusionIn patients with mild GBS, one course of IVIg did not improve the overall disease course. The certainty of this conclusion is limited by confounding factors, selection bias and wide confidence limits. Residual symptoms were often present after one year, indicating the need for better treatments in mild GBS.
Published: 2021

9. International Guillain-Barré Syndrome Outcome Study

Author: Jacobs, B, van den Berg, B, Verboon, C, Chavada, G, Cornblath, D, Gorson, K, Harbo, T, Hartung, H, Hughes, R, Kusunoki, S, van Doorn, P, Willison, H, Consortium, I, van Woerkom, M, Roodbol, J, Reisin, R, Reddel, S, Islam, Z, Islam, B, Mohammad, Q, van den Bergh, P, Feasby, T, Wang, Y, Péréon, Y, Lehmann, H, Dardiotis, E, Nobile Orazio, E, Shahrizaila, N, Bateman, K, Illa, I, Querol, L, Hsieh, S, Davidson, A, Addington, J, Ajroud Driss, S, Andersen, H, Antonini, G, Attarian, S, Badrising, U, Barroso, F, Benedetti, L, Beronio, A, Bianco, M, Binda, D, Briani, C, Bürmann, J, Bella, I, Bertorini, T, Bhavaraju Sanka, R, Brannagan, T, Busby, M, Butterworth, S, Campagnolo, M, Casasnovas, C, Cavaletti, G, Chao, C, Chen, S, Chetty, S, Claeys, K, Cohen, J, Conti, M, Cosgrove, J, Dalakas, M, Dimachkie, M, Dillmann, U, Domínguez González, C, Doppler, K, Dornonville de la Cour, C, Echaniz Laguna, A, Eftimov, F, Faber, C, Fazio, R, Fokke, C, Fujioka, T, Fulgenzi, E, Galassi, G, Garcia, T, Garnero, M, Garssen, M, Gijsbers, C, Gilchrist, J, Gilhuis, H, Goldstein, J, Goyal, N, Granit, V, Grapperon, A, Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, G, Gutmann, L, Hadden, R, Holbech, J, Holt, J, Homedes Pedret, C, Htut, M, Jellema, K, Jericó Pascual, I, Kaida, K, Karafiath, S, Katzberg, H, Kiers, L, Kieseier, B, Kimpinski, K, Kleyweg, R, Kokubun, N, Kolb, N, Kuitwaard, K, Kuwabara, S, Kwan, J, Ladha, S, Landschoff Lassen, L, Lawson, V, Ledingham, D, Léon Cejas, L, Luciano, C, Lucy, S, Lunn, M, Magot, A, Manji, H, Marchesoni, C, Marfia, Ga, Márquez Infante, C, Martinez Hernandez, E, Mataluni, G, Mattiazi, M, Mcdermott, C, Meekins, G, Miller, J, Monges, M, Montero, M, Morís de la Tassa, G, Nascimbene, C, Neumann, C, Nowak, R, Orizaola Balaguer, P, Osei Bonsu, M, Pan, E, Pardo Fernandez, J, Pasnoor, M, Pulley, M, Rajabally, Y, Rinaldi, S, Ritter, C, Roberts, R, Rojas Marcos, I, Rudnicki, S, Sachs, G, Samijn, J, Santoro, L, Saperstein, D, Savransky, A, Schneider, H, Schenone, A, Sedano Tous, M, Sekiguchi, Y, Sheikh, K, Silvestri, N, Sindrup, S, Sommer, C, Stein, B, Stino, A, Spyropoulos, A, Srinivasan, J, Suzuki, H, Taylor, S, Tankisi, H, Tigner, D, Twydell, P, Valzania, F, van Damme, P, van der Kooi, A, van Dijk, G, van der Ree, T, van Koningsveld, R, Varrato, J, Vermeij, F, Verschuuren, J, Visser, L, Vytopil, M, Waheed, W, Wilken, M, Wilkerson, C, Wirtz, P, Yamagishi, Y, Yiu, E, Zhou, L, Zivkovic, S, Immunology, Neurology, Jacobs, B, van den Berg, B, Verboon, C, Chavada, G, Cornblath, D, Gorson, K, Harbo, T, Hartung, H, Hughes, R, Kusunoki, S, van Doorn, P, Willison, H, van Woerkom, M, Roodbol, J, Reisin, R, Reddel, S, Islam, Z, Islam, B, Mohammad, Q, van den Bergh, P, Feasby, T, Wang, Y, Pã©rã©on, Y, Lehmann, H, Dardiotis, E, Nobile Orazio, E, Shahrizaila, N, Bateman, K, Illa, I, Querol, L, Hsieh, S, Davidson, A, Addington, J, Ajroud Driss, S, Andersen, H, Antonini, G, Attarian, S, Badrising, U, Barroso, F, Benedetti, L, Beronio, A, Bianco, M, Binda, D, Briani, C, Bã¼rmann, J, Bella, I, Bertorini, T, Bhavaraju Sanka, R, Brannagan, T, Busby, M, Butterworth, S, Campagnolo, M, Casasnovas, C, Cavaletti, G, Chao, C, Chen, S, Chetty, S, Claeys, K, Cohen, J, Conti, M, Cosgrove, J, Dalakas, M, Dimachkie, M, Dillmann, U, DomÃnguez GonzÃ¡lez, C, Doppler, K, Dornonville de la Cour, C, Echaniz Laguna, A, Eftimov, F, Faber, C, Fazio, R, Fokke, C, Fujioka, T, Fulgenzi, E, Galassi, G, Garcia, T, Garnero, M, Garssen, M, Gijsbers, C, Gilchrist, J, Gilhuis, H, Goldstein, J, Goyal, N, Granit, V, Grapperon, A, GutiÃ©rrez GutiÃ©rrez, G, Gutmann, L, Hadden, R, Holbech, J, Holt, J, Homedes Pedret, C, Htut, M, Jellema, K, JericÃ³ Pascual, I, Kaida, K, Karafiath, S, Katzberg, H, Kiers, L, Kieseier, B, Kimpinski, K, Kleyweg, R, Kokubun, N, Kolb, N, Kuitwaard, K, Kuwabara, S, Kwan, J, Ladha, S, Landschoff Lassen, L, Lawson, V, Ledingham, D, LÃ©on Cejas, L, Luciano, C, Lucy, S, Lunn, M, Magot, A, Manji, H, Marchesoni, C, Marfia, G, MÃ¡rquez Infante, C, Martinez Hernandez, E, Mataluni, G, Mattiazi, M, Mcdermott, C, Meekins, G, Miller, J, Monges, M, Montero, M, MorÃs de la Tassa, G, Nascimbene, C, Neumann, C, Nowak, R, Orizaola Balaguer, P, Osei Bonsu, M, Pan, E, Pardo Fernandez, J, Pasnoor, M, Pulley, M, Rajabally, Y, Rinaldi, S, Ritter, C, Roberts, R, Rojas Marcos, I, Rudnicki, S, Sachs, G, Samijn, J, Santoro, L, Saperstein, D, Savransky, A, Schneider, H, Schenone, A, Sedano Tous, M, Sekiguchi, Y, Sheikh, K, Silvestri, N, Sindrup, S, Sommer, C, Stein, B, Stino, A, Spyropoulos, A, Srinivasan, J, Suzuki, H, Taylor, S, Tankisi, H, Tigner, D, Twydell, P, Valzania, F, van Damme, P, van der Kooi, A, van Dijk, G, van der Ree, T, van Koningsveld, R, Varrato, J, Vermeij, F, Verschuuren, J, Visser, L, Vytopil, M, Waheed, W, Wilken, M, Wilkerson, C, Wirtz, P, Yamagishi, Y, Yiu, E, Zhou, L, Zivkovic, S, Rehabilitation medicine, Internal medicine, and ANS - Neuroinfection & -inflammation
Subjects: Male, Pediatrics, PROGNOSIS, diagnosis, International Cooperation, Guillain-Barré syndrome, biomarkers, outcome, prognosis, treatment, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Guillain-BarrÃ© syndrome, Neuroscience (all), Neurology (clinical), Cohort Studies, 0302 clinical medicine, Epidemiology, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, INFECTION, CRITERIA, 030212 general & internal medicine, General Neuroscience, Biobank, Observational Studies as Topic, diagnosi, Disease Progression, biomarker, Female, Settore MED/26 - Neurologia, medicine.symptom, prognosi, Cohort study, medicine.medical_specialty, Weakness, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, CLASSIFICATION, VALIDATION, 03 medical and health sciences, medicine, Humans, INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN, Protocol (science), business.industry, Polyradiculoneuropathy, medicine.disease, ANTIBODIES, Observational study, business, COLLECTION, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute polyradiculoneuropathy with a highly variable clinical presentation, course, and outcome. The factors that determine the clinical variation of GBS are poorly understood which complicates the care and treatment of individual patients. The protocol of the ongoing International GBS Outcome Study (IGOS), a prospective, observational, multicenter cohort study that aims to identify the clinical and biological determinants and predictors of disease onset, subtype, course and outcome of GBS is presented here. Patients fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for GBS, regardless of age, disease severity, variant forms, or treatment, can participate if included within 2 weeks after onset of weakness. Information about demography, preceding infections, clinical features, diagnostic findings, treatment, course, and outcome is collected. In addition, cerebrospinal fluid and serial blood samples for serum and DNA is collected at standard time points. The original aim was to include at least 1,000 patients with a follow-up of 1-3 years. Data are collected via a web-based data entry system and stored anonymously. IGOS started in May 2012 and by January 2017 included more than 1,400 participants from 143 active centers in 19 countries across 5 continents. The IGOS data/biobank is available for research projects conducted by expertise groups focusing on specific topics including epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, clinimetrics, electrophysiology, antecedent events, antibodies, genetics, prognostic modeling, treatment effects, and long-term outcome of GBS. The IGOS will help to standardize the international collection of data and biosamples for future research of GBS.
Published: 2017

10. Current treatment practice of Guillain-Barré syndrome

Author: Verboon C., Doets A. Y., Galassi G., Davidson A., Waheed W., Pereon Y., Shahrizaila N., Kusunoki S., Lehmann H. C., Harbo T., Monges S., Van Den Bergh P., Willison H. J., Cornblath D. R., Jacobs B. C., Hughes R. A. C., Gorson K. C., Hartung H. P., Van Doorn P. A., Van den Berg B., Roodbol J., Van Woerkom M., Reisin R. C., Reddel S. W., Islam Z., Islam B., Mohammad Q. D., Feasby T. E., Dardiotis E., Nobile-Orazio E., Bateman K., Illa I., Querol L., Hsieh S. T., Chavada G., Addington J. M., Ajroud-Driss S., Andersen H., Antonini G., Ariatti A., Attarian S., Badrising U. A., Barroso F. A., Benedetti L., Beronio A., Bianco M., Binda D., Briani C., Bunschoten C., Burmann J., Bella I. R., Bertorini T. E., Bhavaraju-Sanka R., Brannagan T. H., Busby M., Butterworth S., Casasnovas C., Cavaletti G., Chao C. C., Chen S., Chetty S., Claeys K. G., Conti M. E., Cosgrove J. S., Dalakas MC., Demichelis C., Derejko M. A., Dillmann U., Dimachkie M. M., Doppler K., Dornonville de la Cour C., Echaniz-Laguna A., Eftimov F., Faber C. G., Fazio R., Fokke C., Fujioka T., Fulgenzi E. A., Garcia-Sobrino T., Garssen M. P. J., Georgios H. M., Gijsbers C. J., Gilchrist J. M., Gilhuis J., Giorli E., Goldstein J. M., Goyal N. A., Granit V., Grapperon A., Gutierrez G., Hadden R. D. M., Holbech J. V., Holt J. K. L., Pedret C. H., Htut M., Jellema K., Pascual I. J., Jimeno-Montero M. C., Kaida K., Karafiath S., Katzberg H. D., Kiers L., Kieseier B. C., Kimpinski K., Kleyweg R. P., Kokubun N., Kolb N. A., Kuitwaard K., Kuwabara S., Kwan J. Y., Ladha S. S., Lassen L. L., Lawson V., Ledingham D., Lucy S. T., Lunn M. P. T., Magot A., Manji H., Marchesoni C., Marfia G. A., Infante C. M., Hernandez E. M., Mataluni G., Mattiazi M., McDermott C. J., Meekins G. D., Miller J. A. L., Moris de la Tassa G., Physiotherapist J. M., Nascimbene C., Nowak R. J., Balaguer P. O., Osei-Bonsu M., Pan E. B. L., Pardal A. M., Pardo J., Pasnoor M., Pulley M., Rajabally Y. A., Rinaldi S., Ritter C., Roberts R. C., Rojas-Marcos I., Rudnicki S. A., Ruiz M., Sachs G. M., Samijn J. P. A., Santoro L., Savransky A., Schenone A., Schwindling L., Tous M. J. S., Sekiguchi Y., Sheikh K. A., Silvestri N. J., Sindrup S. H., Sommer C. L., Stein B., Stino A. M., Spyropoulos A., Srinivasan J., Styliani R., Suzuki H., Tankisi H., Tigner D., Twydell P., Van Damme P., Van der Kooi A. J., Van Dijk G. W., Van der Ree T., Van Koningsveld R., Valzania F., Varrato J. D., Vermeij F. H., Verschuuren J., Visser L. H., Vytopil M. V., Wilken M., Wilkerson C., Wirtz P. W., Yamagishi Y., Zhou L., Zivkovic S. A., Neurology, AII - Infectious diseases, AII - Inflammatory diseases, ANS - Neuroinfection & -inflammation, Immunology, Erasmus MC other, UCL - SSS/IONS/NEUR - Clinical Neuroscience, UCL - (SLuc) Service de neurologie, Verboon, C, Doets, A, Galassi, G, Davidson, A, Waheed, W, Pereon, Y, Shahrizaila, N, Kusunoki, S, Lehmann, H, Harbo, T, Monges, S, Van Den Bergh, P, Willison, H, Cornblath, D, Jacobs, B, Hughes, R, Gorson, K, Hartung, H, Van Doorn, P, Van den Berg, B, Roodbol, J, Van Woerkom, M, Reisin, R, Reddel, S, Islam, Z, Islam, B, Mohammad, Q, Feasby, T, Dardiotis, E, Nobile-Orazio, E, Bateman, K, Illa, I, Querol, L, Hsieh, S, Chavada, G, Addington, J, Ajroud-Driss, S, Andersen, H, Antonini, G, Ariatti, A, Attarian, S, Badrising, U, Barroso, F, Benedetti, L, Beronio, A, Bianco, M, Binda, D, Briani, C, Bunschoten, C, Burmann, J, Bella, I, Bertorini, T, Bhavaraju-Sanka, R, Brannagan, T, Busby, M, Butterworth, S, Casasnovas, C, Cavaletti, G, Chao, C, Chen, S, Chetty, S, Claeys, K, Conti, M, Cosgrove, J, Dalakas, M, Demichelis, C, Derejko, M, Dillmann, U, Dimachkie, M, Doppler, K, Dornonville de la Cour, C, Echaniz-Laguna, A, Eftimov, F, Faber, C, Fazio, R, Fokke, C, Fujioka, T, Fulgenzi, E, Garcia-Sobrino, T, Garssen, M, Georgios, H, Gijsbers, C, Gilchrist, J, Gilhuis, J, Giorli, E, Goldstein, J, Goyal, N, Granit, V, Grapperon, A, Gutierrez, G, Hadden, R, Holbech, J, Holt, J, Pedret, C, Htut, M, Jellema, K, Pascual, I, Jimeno-Montero, M, Kaida, K, Karafiath, S, Katzberg, H, Kiers, L, Kieseier, B, Kimpinski, K, Kleyweg, R, Kokubun, N, Kolb, N, Kuitwaard, K, Kuwabara, S, Kwan, J, Ladha, S, Lassen, L, Lawson, V, Ledingham, D, Lucy, S, Lunn, M, Magot, A, Manji, H, Marchesoni, C, Marfia, G, Infante, C, Hernandez, E, Mataluni, G, Mattiazi, M, Mcdermott, C, Meekins, G, Miller, J, Moris de la Tassa, G, Physiotherapist, J, Nascimbene, C, Nowak, R, Balaguer, P, Osei-Bonsu, M, Pan, E, Pardal, A, Pardo, J, Pasnoor, M, Pulley, M, Rajabally, Y, Rinaldi, S, Ritter, C, Roberts, R, Rojas-Marcos, I, Rudnicki, S, Ruiz, M, Sachs, G, Samijn, J, Santoro, L, Savransky, A, Schenone, A, Schwindling, L, Tous, M, Sekiguchi, Y, Sheikh, K, Silvestri, N, Sindrup, S, Sommer, C, Stein, B, Stino, A, Spyropoulos, A, Srinivasan, J, Styliani, R, Suzuki, H, Tankisi, H, Tigner, D, Twydell, P, Van Damme, P, Van der Kooi, A, Van Dijk, G, Van der Ree, T, Van Koningsveld, R, Valzania, F, Varrato, J, Vermeij, F, Verschuuren, J, Visser, L, Vytopil, M, Wilken, M, Wilkerson, C, Wirtz, P, Yamagishi, Y, Zhou, L, and Zivkovic, S
Subjects: Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Patient characteristics, PLASMA-EXCHANGE, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Settore MED/26, Severity of Illness Index, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Severity of illness, Medicine, Effective treatment, INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN, Humans, Prospective Studies, Child, Child, Preschool, Treatment Outcome, Prospective cohort study, Preschool, Guillain-Barre syndrome, business.industry, medicine.disease, RANDOMIZED-TRIAL, Prospective Studie, Hospital treatment, Treatment practice, Observational study, Neurology (clinical), business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Human
Abstract: ObjectiveTo define the current treatment practice of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).MethodsThe study was based on prospective observational data from the first 1,300 patients included in the International GBS Outcome Study. We described the treatment practice of GBS in general, and for (1) severe forms (unable to walk independently), (2) no recovery after initial treatment, (3) treatment-related fluctuations, (4) mild forms (able to walk independently), and (5) variant forms including Miller Fisher syndrome, taking patient characteristics and hospital type into account.ResultsWe excluded 88 (7%) patients because of missing data, protocol violation, or alternative diagnosis. Patients from Bangladesh (n = 189, 15%) were described separately because 83% were not treated. IV immunoglobulin (IVIg), plasma exchange (PE), or other immunotherapy was provided in 941 (92%) of the remaining 1,023 patients, including patients with severe GBS (724/743, 97%), mild GBS (126/168, 75%), Miller Fisher syndrome (53/70, 76%), and other variants (33/40, 83%). Of 235 (32%) patients who did not improve after their initial treatment, 82 (35%) received a second immune modulatory treatment. A treatment-related fluctuation was observed in 53 (5%) of 1,023 patients, of whom 36 (68%) were re-treated with IVIg or PE.ConclusionsIn current practice, patients with mild and variant forms of GBS, or with treatment-related fluctuations and treatment failures, are frequently treated, even in absence of trial data to support this choice. The variability in treatment practice can be explained in part by the lack of evidence and guidelines for effective treatment in these situations.
Published: 2019

11. Eculizumab Improves Fatigue in Refractory Generalized Myasthenia Gravis

Author: Andersen H., Mantegazza R., Wang J. J., O'Brien F., Patra K., Howard J. F., Mazia C. G., Wilken M., Barroso F., Saba J., Rugiero M., Bettini M., Chaves M., Vidal G., Garcia A. D., DeBleecker J., Van denAbeele G., deKoning K., DeMey K., Mercelis R., Mahieu D., Wagemaekers L., VanDamme P., Depreitere A., Schotte C., Smetcoren C., Stevens O., VanDaele S., Vandenbussche N., Vanhee A., Verjans S., Vynckier J., D'Hondt A., Tilkin P., AlvesdeSiqueira Carvalho A., DiasBrockhausen I., Feder D., Ambrosio D., Cesar P., Melo A. P., MartinsRibeiro R., Rocha R., BezerraRosa B., Veiga T., daSilva L. A., SantosEngel M., GoncalvesGeraldo J., daPenha AnaniasMorita M., NogueiraCoelho E., Paiva G., Pozo M., Prando N., MartineliTorres D. D., Butinhao C. F., Duran G., Gomes daSilva T. C., Otavio MaiaGoncalves L., Pazetto L. E., Fialho T. A. S., Renata CubasVolpe L., SouzaDuca L., GhellerFriedrich M. A., Guerreiro A., Mohr H., PereiraMartins M., daCruz Pacheco D., Ferreira L., Macagnan A. P., Pinto G., deCassia Santos A., Souza BulleOliveira A., AmaralAndrade A. C., Annes M., Duarte Silva L., CavalcanteLino V., Pinto W., Assis N., Carrara F., Miranda C., Souza I., Fernandes P., Siddiqi Z., Phan C., Narayan J., Blackmore D., Mallon A., Roderus R., Watt E., Vohanka S., Bednarik J., Chmelikova M., Cierny M., Toncrova S., Junkerova J., Kurkova B., Reguliova K., Zapletalova O., Pitha J., Novakova I., Tyblova M., Jurajdova I., Wolfova M., Harbo T., Vinge L., Krogh S., Mogensen A., Vissing J., Hojgaard J., Witting N., OstergaardAutzen A., Pedersen J., Eralinna J. -P., Laaksonen M., Oksaranta O., Harrison T., Eriksson J., Rozsa C., Horvath M., Lovas G., Matolcsi J., Szabo G., Jakab G., Szabadosne B., Vecsei L., Dezsi L., Varga E., Konyane M., Antonini G., DiPasquale A., Garibaldi M., Morino S., Troili F., Fionda L., Filla A., Costabile T., Marano E., Sacca F., Fasanaro A., Marsili A., Puorro G., Antozzi C., Bonanno S., Camera G., Locatelli A., Maggi L., Pasanisi M., Campanella A., Evoli A., Alboini P. E., D'Amato V., Iorio R., Inghilleri M., Frasca V., Giacomelli E., Gori M., Lopergolo D., Onesti E., Gabriele M., Uzawa A., Kanai T., Kawaguchi N., Mori M., Kaneko Y., Kanzaki A., Kobayashi E., Murai H., Masaki K., Matsuse D., Matsushita T., Uehara T., Shimpo M., Jingu M., Kikutake K., Nakamura Y., Sano Y., Utsugisawa K., Nagane Y., Kamegamori I., Tsuda T., Fujii Y., Futono K., Ozawa Y., Mizugami A., Saito Y., Suzuki H., Morikawa M., Samukawa M., Kamakura S., Miyawaki E., Shiraishi H., Mitazaki T., Motomura M., Mukaino A., Yoshimura S., Asada S., Yoshida S., Amamoto S., Kobashikawa T., Koga M., Maeda Y., Takada K., Takada M., Tsurumaru M., Yamashita Y., Suzuki Y., Akiyama T., Narikawa K., Tano O., Tsukita K., Kurihara R., Meguro F., Fukuda Y., Sato M., Okumura M., Funaka S., Kawamura T., Makamori M., Takahashi M., Taichi N., Hasuike T., Higuchi E., Kobayashi H., Osakada K., Imai T., Tsuda E., Shimohama S., Hayashi T., Hisahara S., Kawamata J., Murahara T., Saitoh M., Suzuki S., Yamamoto D., Ishiyama Y., Ishiyama N., Noshiro M., Takeyama R., Uwasa K., Yasuda I., van derKooi A., deVisser M., Gibson T., Kim B. -J., Lee C. N., Koo Y. S., Seok H. Y., Kang H. N., Ra H. J., Kim B. J., Cho E. B., Choi M. S., Lee H. L., Min J. -H., Seok J., Lee J. E., Koh D. Y., Kwon J. Y., Park S. A., Choi E. H., Hong Y. -H., Ahn S. -H., Koo D. L., Lim J. -S., Shin C. W., Hwang J. Y., Kim M., Kim S. M., Jeong H. -N., Jung J. W., Kim Y. -H., Lee H. S., Shin H. Y., Hwang E. B., Shin M., Casasnovas C., AlbertiAguilo M. A., Homedes-Pedret C., JuliaPalacios N., DiezPorras L., VelezSantamaria V., Lazaro A., DiezTejedor E., Gomez Salcedo P., Fernandez-Fournier M., LopezRuiz P., Rodriguez deRivera F. J., Sastre M., Gamez J., Sune P., Salvado M., Gili G., Mazuela G., Illa I., CortesVicente E., Diaz-Manera J., QuerolGutierrez L. A., RojasGarcia R., Vidal N., Arribas-Ibar E., Piehl F., Hietala A., Bjarbo L., Sengun I., Meherremova A., Ozcelik P., Balkan B., Tuga C., Ugur M., Erdem-Ozdamar S., Bekircan-Kurt C. E., Acar N. 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Subjects: Male, Activities of daily living, Outcome Assessment, Myasthenia Gravis/drug therapy, Myasthenia gravi, Placebos, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Monoclonal, Receptors, Activities of Daily Living, Medicine and Health Sciences, Clinical endpoint, Receptors, Cholinergic, Fatigue/drug therapy, Myasthenia gravis, Humanized, Fatigue, Cholinergic, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, 030503 health policy & services, Terminal complement inhibition, Eculizumab, Middle Aged, humanities, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/therapeutic use, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Health Policy & Services, Female, 0305 other medical science, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, medicine.drug, medicine.medical_specialty, Complement, Brief Communication, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Placebo, Antibodies, 03 medical and health sciences, Neuro-QOL Fatigue, Refractory, Internal medicine, Myasthenia Gravis, medicine, Humans, Generalized myasthenia, Placebos/therapeutic use, Quality of Life, Receptors, Cholinergic/immunology, Science & Technology, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Correction, medicine.disease, Health Care, Health Care Sciences & Services, business
Abstract: Purpose To evaluate the effect of eculizumab on perceived fatigue in patients with anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive, refractory, generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) using the Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (Neuro-QOL) Fatigue subscale, and to evaluate correlations between improvements in Neuro-QOL Fatigue and other clinical endpoints. Methods Neuro-QOL Fatigue, MG Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL), Quantitative MG (QMG), and the 15-item MG Quality of Life (MG-QOL15) scales were administered during the phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled REGAIN study (eculizumab, n = 62; placebo, n = 63) and subsequent open-label extension (OLE). Data were analyzed using repeated-measures models. Correlations between changes in Neuro-QOL Fatigue and in MG-ADL, QMG, and MG-QOL15 scores were determined at REGAIN week 26. Results At REGAIN week 26, eculizumab-treated patients showed significantly greater improvements in Neuro-QOL Fatigue scores than placebo-treated patients (consistent with improvements in MG-ADL, QMG, and MG-QOL15 scores previously reported in REGAIN). Improvements with eculizumab were sustained through OLE week 52. Correlations between Neuro-QOL Fatigue and MG-QOL15, MG-ADL, and QMG scores were strong for eculizumab-treated patients at REGAIN week 26, and strong, moderate, and weak, respectively, for placebo-treated patients. Conclusions Compared with placebo, eculizumab was associated with improvements in perceived fatigue that strongly correlated with improvements in MG-specific outcome measures. Trial ID Registration: NCT01997229, NCT02301624.
Published: 2019

12. Assessing the Impact of Patient-Facing Mobile Health Technology on Patient Outcomes: Retrospective Observational Cohort Study

Author: Angela Romano, Caitlin Bliven, Feibi Zheng, Eric M. Haas, Noreen Tobias, S Nicholas Desai, Stephen L. Jones, Angela Leong, Tariq Nisar, Kwan J Park, Sayali Kelkar, Neema M Tan, Paul Barach, Dana Rivera, Josh R Sol, Patricia Harrison, Ana E Chavez, Courtenay R. Bruce, Nhan Tran, Kayla Gutierrez, Charlie Giammattei, Jamie Shallcross, Roberta L. Schwartz, Christopher Rappel, and Aroub Khleif
Subjects: Male, Technology, medicine.medical_specialty, patient satisfaction, Biomedical Technology, communication programs, Health Informatics, Information technology, patient-centered care, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Patient satisfaction, length of stay, patient activation, Patient experience, Health care, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, mHealth, Aged, Retrospective Studies, patient involvement, Original Paper, patient engagement, business.industry, Health technology, Odds ratio, T58.5-58.64, patient empowerment, hospital stay, Telemedicine, Family medicine, Cohort, Female, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270, business, Cohort study
Abstract: Background Despite the growth of and media hype about mobile health (mHealth), there is a paucity of literature supporting the effectiveness of widespread implementation of mHealth technologies. Objective This study aimed to assess whether an innovative mHealth technology system with several overlapping purposes can impact (1) clinical outcomes (ie, readmission rates, revisit rates, and length of stay) and (2) patient-centered care outcomes (ie, patient engagement, patient experience, and patient satisfaction). Methods We compared all patients (2059 patients) of participating orthopedic surgeons using mHealth technology with all patients of nonparticipating orthopedic surgeons (2554 patients). The analyses included Wilcoxon rank-sum tests, Kruskal-Wallis tests for continuous variables, and chi-square tests for categorical variables. Logistic regression models were performed on categorical outcomes and a gamma-distributed model for continuous variables. All models were adjusted for patient demographics and comorbidities. Results The inpatient readmission rates for the nonparticipating group when compared with the participating group were higher and demonstrated higher odds ratios (ORs) for 30-day inpatient readmissions (nonparticipating group 106/2636, 4.02% and participating group 54/2048, 2.64%; OR 1.48, 95% CI 1.03 to 2.13; P=.04), 60-day inpatient readmissions (nonparticipating group 194/2636, 7.36% and participating group 85/2048, 4.15%; OR 1.79, 95% CI 1.32 to 2.39; P Conclusions A novel, multicomponent, pathway-driven, patient-facing mHealth technology can positively impact patient outcomes and patient-reported experiences. These technologies can empower patients to play a more active and meaningful role in improving their outcomes. There is a deep need, however, for a better understanding of the interactions between patients, technology, and health care providers. Future research is needed to (1) help identify, address, and improve technology usability and effectiveness; (2) understand patient and provider attributes that support adoption, uptake, and sustainability; and (3) understand the factors that contribute to barriers of technology adoption and how best to overcome them.
Published: 2020

13. A Retrospective Study Comparing a Patient-specific Design Total Knee Arthroplasty With an Off-the-Shelf Design: Unexpected Catastrophic Failure Seen in the Early Patient-specific Design

Author: Carlos J. Meheux, Kwan J Park, and Terry A. Clyburn
Subjects: musculoskeletal diseases, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Radiography, musculoskeletal, neural, and ocular physiology, Total knee arthroplasty, Retrospective cohort study, Patient specific, Single surgeon, Surgery, nervous system, Catastrophic failure, mental disorders, Off the shelf, Medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, business, Range of motion, psychological phenomena and processes, Research Article
Abstract: Background: Patient-specific design (PSD) total knee arthroplasty implants are marketed to restore neutral mechanical-axis alignment (MAA) and provide better anatomic fit compared with standard off-the-shelf (OTS) total knee arthroplasty designs. The purpose was to compare the Knee Society scores, radiographic outcomes, and complications of PSD and OTS implants. Methods: Retrospective study analyzing PSD and OTS by a single surgeon. Implant design change in PSD occurred during the period of data collection leading to PSD-1 and PSD-2 subgroups. Radiographic data including MAA, femorotibial angle, coronal-tibial angle, tibial slope and patella-sulcus angle, and complications were analyzed. Minimum follow-up was 2 years or until revision, and patients completed Knee Society scores preoperatively and postoperatively at 3, 6, 12, 24 weeks, and final follow-up. Results: There were 136 patients (154 knees), average age (62.76 +/− 8.4 years), and follow-up (3.1 +/− 1.5 years). The groups included PSD-1 (77 knees), PSD-2 (36 knees), and OTS (41 knees). The PSD-2 group had better Knee Society function scores compared with PSD-1 and OTS at all timepoints except final follow-up. PSD-2 had significantly shorter hospital stay (P = 0.000012) and less hemoglobin drop (P = 0.032) compared with PSD-1 and OTS. No differences were observed in MAA (P = 0.349) or final range of motion (P = 0.629) between the 3 groups. PSD-2 had more normal femorotibial angle, coronal-tibial angle, and tibial slope compared with PSD-1 and OTS. Failures requiring revision were 23% (18/77) PSD-1, 0% PSD-2, and 3% (1/35) OTS. Most common modes of failure were tibial subsidence (56%) and polyethylene locking mechanism failure (22%) in PSD-1. Conclusion: Catastrophic failure was seen in the PSD-1 group with tibial subsidence and polyethylene locking mechanism failure. PSD-2 had better early Knee Society function scores, shorter hospital stay, lower hemoglobin drop, radiographic alignment, and no failures compared with PSD-1 and OTS.
Published: 2019

14. Transglutaminases (TGs) in ocular and periocular tissues: effect of muscarinic agents on TGs in scleral fibroblasts.

Author: V A Barathi, Sung R Weon, Queenie S W Tan, Kwan J Lin, Louis Tong, and Roger W Beuerman
Subjects: Medicine, Science
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of transglutaminases (TGs) in the ocular surface, the eyelid margin and associated glands and to determine effect of muscarinic agents on TGs in scleral fibroblasts (SF). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Primary SFs cultured from mouse and human sclera were treated with atropine and carbachol for 5 days. Lysed cell RNA was used for real-time PCR, protein was used for Western blot analysis and TG-2 transamidase activity was measured by ELISA. Immunohistochemistry was done to determine the expression of TGases. RESULTS: Immunohistochemistry and western blot confirmed the expression of TGs-1, 2, 3 and 5 proteins in cultured SFs and eye tissues. Real time PCR showed TG-1, 2, 5 transcript levels to be down regulated 3 fold (p
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15. Effect of hydrolyzed infant formula vs conventional formula on risk of type 1 diabetes the TRIGR randomized clinical trial

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C., Salerno D., Smith M.E., Vats K., Pfaff D.J., Malone P., Mansfield P., Munns M., Nickel K., Pompilio K., Siemion W., Taculad R., Van Horn K., Zdanadewic M., Chambliss C., Jones J., Sadler M., Tanner-Blasiar M., Bell C., Camper N., Devaskar S., Devaskar U., Horowitz H., Rogers L., Shannahan R., Silk K., Bermudez Z., Colon R., Frazer T., Martinez-Nieves B., Torres J., Vega J., Chan M., Cook S., Goland R., Greenberg E., Jules N., Montes J., Nelson M., Parra-Valencia Z., Schachner H., Softness B., Kiviniemi M., Suomenin R., Alexander A., Hyrckowian E., Nichol L., Trucco M., Karjalainen E., Louhio T., Sarnesto A., Valtonen E., Davydova B., Helander S., Hamalainen J., Harkonen T., Joutsjoki L., Kararic M., Latva-Koivisto M., Lonn E., Nurmi T., Ollila I., Rinkinen J., Ronkainen M., Tukiainen H., Cederlof A., Kiikeri M., Tsupari S., Cheng R., Bryant K., Chan Y., Maezawa Y., Paltser G., Rasavi R., Tsui H., Winer S., Wu P., Yantha J., University of Zurich, and Knip, Mikael
Subjects: Male, Risk, medicine.medical_specialty, Casein, Breastfeeding, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, 610 Medicine & health, 2700 General Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Disease-Free Survival, law.invention, Follow-Up Studie, Nutrition Policy, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, Double-Blind Method, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, law, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, medicine, Humans, Cumulative incidence, 030212 general & internal medicine, Child, Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Original Investigation, 2. Zero hunger, Type 1 diabetes, business.industry, Hazard ratio, Absolute risk reduction, Infant, Newborn, Caseins, General Medicine, ta3121, medicine.disease, Infant Formula, 3. Good health, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Infant formula, 10036 Medical Clinic, Endokrinologi och diabetes, Female, business, Human, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: IMPORTANCE Early exposure to complex dietary proteins may increase the risk of type 1 diabetes in children with genetic disease susceptibility. There are no intact proteins in extensively hydrolyzed formulas. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that weaning to an extensively hydrolyzed formula decreases the cumulative incidence of type 1 diabetes in young children. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS An international double-blind randomized clinical trial of 2159 infants with human leukocyte antigen-conferred disease susceptibility and a first-degree relative with type 1 diabetes recruited from May 2002 to January 2007 in 78 study centers in 15 countries; 1081 were randomized to be weaned to the extensively hydrolyzed casein formula and 1078 to a conventional formula. The follow-up of the participants ended on February 28, 2017. INTERVENTIONS The participants received either a casein hydrolysate or a conventional adapted cows milk formula supplemented with 20% of the casein hydrolysate. The minimum duration of study formula exposure was 60 days by 6 to 8 months of age. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Primary outcome was type 1 diabetes diagnosed according to World Health Organization criteria. Secondary outcomes included age at diabetes diagnosis and safety (adverse events). RESULTS Among 2159 newborn infants (1021 female [47.3%]) who were randomized, 1744 (80.8%) completed the trial. The participants were observed for a median of 11.5 years (quartile [Q] 1-Q3, 10.2-12.8). The absolute risk of type 1 diabetes was 8.4% among those randomized to the casein hydrolysate (n = 91) vs 7.6% among those randomized to the conventional formula (n = 82) (difference, 0.8%[95% CI, -1.6% to 3.2%]). The hazard ratio for type 1 diabetes adjusted for human leukocyte antigen risk group, duration of breastfeeding, duration of study formula consumption, sex, and region while treating study center as a random effect was 1.1 (95% CI, 0.8 to 1.5; P = .46). The median age at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes was similar in the 2 groups (6.0 years [Q1-Q3, 3.1-8.9] vs 5.8 years [Q1-Q3, 2.6-9.1]; difference, 0.2 years [95% CI, -0.9 to 1.2]). Upper respiratory infections were the most common adverse event reported (frequency, 0.48 events/year in the hydrolysate group and 0.50 events/year in the control group). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Among infants at risk for type 1 diabetes, weaning to a hydrolyzed formula compared with a conventional formula did not reduce the cumulative incidence of type 1 diabetes after median follow-up for 11.5 years. These findings do not support a need to revise the dietary recommendations for infants at risk for type 1 diabetes. Funding Agencies|Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD); National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health [HD040364, HD042444, HD051997]; Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Commission of the European Communities [QLK1-2002-00372]; European Foundation for the Study of Diabates/JDRF/Novo Nordisk; Academy of Finland (Centre of Excellence in Molecular Systems Immunology and Physiology Research) [250114]; Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation; Finnish Diabetes Research Foundation; JDRF
Published: 2018

16. Post-Traumatic Sarcomas: Do They Exist?

Author: Corey O. Montgomery, Jerad M. Gardner, Richard W. Nicholas, Issac Majors, and Kwan J Park
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Soft Tissue Injuries, Databases, Factual, Bone Neoplasms, Disease, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Tertiary Care Centers, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Humans, Surgical Wound Infection, Orthopedic Procedures, Musculoskeletal System, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Muscle Neoplasms, business.industry, Soft tissue, Sarcoma, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Wound infection, Survival Analysis, Surgery, 030104 developmental biology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, Anatomy, business, Musculoskeletal trauma
Abstract: Patients often cite a history of trauma prior to the diagnosis of a sarcoma. Sparse literature suggests that there may be a link between sarcoma development and trauma. A 10-year review of academic tertiary-referral sarcoma center database was examined to identify patients who developed a sarcoma after having a history of a significant musculoskeletal trauma. A total of 501 patients were treated for a sarcoma during this time period. Six patients were identified as previously having a significant musculoskeletal trauma at the site of sarcoma development. Half of the sarcomas arose in bone and the other half in soft tissue. Five (83%) patients had multiple operations for the injury with 3 (50%) patients having a postoperative wound infection. The average time from injury to development of the sarcoma was 19.8 years. Survival after diagnosis was poor, and 4 (67%) of the patients died due to their metastatic disease within 3 years of diagnosis. Our findings suggest the possibility of post-traumatic sarcomas.
Published: 2019

17. Letter to the Editor on 'Do Antibiotic Intramedullary Dowels Assist in Eradicating Infection in Two-Stage Resection for Septic Total Knee Arthroplasty?'

Author: Stephen J. Incavo, Kwan J Park, and Julien Chapleau
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Letter to the editor, business.industry, medicine.drug_class, Antibiotics, Total knee arthroplasty, Surgery, law.invention, Resection, Intramedullary rod, law, Medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Stage (cooking), business
Published: 2020

18. Effect of Cinacalcet on Cardiovascular Disease in Patients Undergoing Dialysis

Author: Chertow GM, Block GA, Correa-Rotter R, Drüeke TB, Floege J, Goodman WG, Herzog CA, Kubo Y, London GM, Mahaffey KW, Mix TC, Moe SM, Trotman ML, Wheeler DC, Parfrey PS., Evolve Team, Chertow G, Parfrey P, Block G, Drüeke T, Goodman W, Herzog C, London G, Mahaffey K, Moe S, Wheeler D, Hennekens C, Baigent C, Brown W, O'Brien P, Anderson S, Hoel J, Szczech L, Patel U, Wampole J, Pun P, Felker M, Inrig J, Shah S, Hernandez A, Patel C, Brennan M, Albizem M, Capper E, Cauchi L, Cheng S, Dehmel B, Dhami K, Durham C, Francioni M, Gadd S, Goodman B, Guimaraes L, Grey N, Hamlin R, Harris C, Harris E, Heavey S, Heiges T, Heiser D, Jaeger P, James M, James P, Karimi S, Kewalramani R, Kraszewski A, Liang J, Maguire J, McCormick K, McFarlane K, Mix C, Modafferi D, Prathikanti R, Ryan C, Santiago N, Schumacher J, Seder C, Shahinfar S, Soares B, Stolman D, Tisher C, Trotman M, Tseng S, Ulias G, Unger P, Vyshenskaya A, Walsh L, White C, Wilde K, Santos J, Zarazaga C, Marin I, Garrote N, Cusumano A, Penalba N, Del Valle E, Juncos L, Saye J, Lef L, Altobelli V, Petraglia G, Rosa-Diez G, Douthat W, Lobo J, Gallart C, Lafalla A, Diez G, Linares B, Lopez N, Ramirez N, Gonzalez R, Valtuille R, Beresan H, Hermida O, Rudolf G, Marchetta N, Rano M, Ramirez M, Garcia N, Gillies A, Jones B, Pedagogos E, Walker R, Talaulikar G, Bannister K, Suranyi M, Kark A, Roger S, Kerr P, Disney A, Mount P, Fraenkel M, Mathew M, Fassett R, Jose M, Hawley C, Lonergan M, Mackie J, Ferrari P, Menahem S, Sabto J, Hutchison B, Langham R, Pollock C, Holzer H, Oberbauer R, Arias I, Graf H, Mayer G, Lhotta K, Neyer U, Klauser-Braun R, Hoerl W, Horn S, Kovarik J, Kramar R, Eigner M, Dhaene M, Billiouw J, De Meester J, Warling X, Cambier-Dwelschauwers P, Evenepoel P, Daelemans R, Dratwa M, Maes B, Stolear J, Dejagere T, Vanwalleghem J, Bouman K, Jadoul M, Peeters J, Vanholder R, Tielemans C, Donck J, Almeida F, de Oliveira J, Burdmann E, Garcia V, Thome F, Deboni L, Bregman R, Lugon J, Araújo S, Ferreira Filho S, Daher Ede F, Baptista M, Carvalho A, d'Avila D, Moyses Neto M, Yu L, Bastos M, Lacativa P, Jorgetti V, Romão Ede A, da Costa JC, Pecoits Filho R, Gordan P, Salgado N, Araújo M, Coelho S, Oliveira I, Moysés R, Vasconcellos L, Batista P, Gross J, Pedrosa A, Cournoyer S, LeBlanc M, Chow S, Karunakaran S, Wong G, Tobe S, Desmeules S, Zimmerman D, Murphy S, Montambault P, Donnelly S, MacRae J, Culleton B, Soroka S, Rabbat C, Jindal K, Vasilevsky M, Michaud M, Wijeyesinghe E, Zacharias J, Lok C, Muirhead N, Verrelli M, Da Roza G, Sapir D, Olgaard K, Daugaard H, Brandi L, Jensen P, Boulechfar H, Ang K, Simon P, Rieu P, Brunet P, Touchard G, Torres P, Combe C, Durrbach A, Ortiz J, Hannedouche T, Vela C, Lionet A, Ryckelynck P, Zaoui P, Choukroun G, Fessi H, Lang P, Stroumza P, Joly D, Mousson C, Laville M, Dellanna F, Erley C, Braun J, Rambausek M, Riegel W, Klingberg M, Schwertfeger E, Wizemann V, Eckardt K, Reichel H, Passauer J, Hübel E, Frischmuth N, Liebl R, Fiedler R, Schwenger V, 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Subjects: Adult, Male, Dialysis, Cinacalcet, Cardiovascular Disease, medicine.medical_specialty, Calcimimetic, medicine.medical_treatment, Naphthalenes, Coronary artery disease, Renal Dialysis, Internal medicine, Odds Ratio, medicine, Humans, Intensive care medicine, Aged, Etelcalcetide, Hyperparathyroidism, Hypocalcemia, business.industry, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Intention to Treat Analysis, Cardiovascular Diseases, Parathyroid Hormone, Cinacalcet Hydrochloride, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Female, Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary, Secondary hyperparathyroidism, business, medicine.drug
Abstract: Disorders of mineral metabolism, including secondary hyperparathyroidism, are thought to contribute to extraskeletal (including vascular) calcification among patients with chronic kidney disease. It has been hypothesized that treatment with the calcimimetic agent cinacalcet might reduce the risk of death or nonfatal cardiovascular events in such patients.In this clinical trial, we randomly assigned 3883 patients with moderate-to-severe secondary hyperparathyroidism (median level of intact parathyroid hormone, 693 pg per milliliter [10th to 90th percentile, 363 to 1694]) who were undergoing hemodialysis to receive either cinacalcet or placebo. All patients were eligible to receive conventional therapy, including phosphate binders, vitamin D sterols, or both. The patients were followed for up to 64 months. The primary composite end point was the time until death, myocardial infarction, hospitalization for unstable angina, heart failure, or a peripheral vascular event. The primary analysis was performed on the basis of the intention-to-treat principle.The median duration of study-drug exposure was 21.2 months in the cinacalcet group, versus 17.5 months in the placebo group. The primary composite end point was reached in 938 of 1948 patients (48.2%) in the cinacalcet group and 952 of 1935 patients (49.2%) in the placebo group (relative hazard in the cinacalcet group vs. the placebo group, 0.93; 95% confidence interval, 0.85 to 1.02; P=0.11). Hypocalcemia and gastrointestinal adverse events were significantly more frequent in patients receiving cinacalcet.In an unadjusted intention-to-treat analysis, cinacalcet did not significantly reduce the risk of death or major cardiovascular events in patients with moderate-to-severe secondary hyperparathyroidism who were undergoing dialysis. (Funded by Amgen; EVOLVE ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00345839.).
Published: 2012

19. Cinacalcet, fibroblast growth factor-23, and cardiovascular disease in hemodialysis: The evaluation of cinacalcet HCl therapy to lower cardiovascular events (EVOLVE) trial

Author: Moe S. M., Chertow G. M., Parfrey P. S., Kubo Y., Block G. A., Correa-Rotter R., Drueke T. B., Herzog C. A., London G. M., Mahaffey K. W., Wheeler D. C., Stolina M., Dehmel B., Goodman W. 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Subjects: Adult, Male, Fibroblast growth factor 23, medicine.medical_specialty, Cinacalcet, Calcimimetic, medicine.medical_treatment, Naphthalenes, Hyperthyroidism, Gastroenterology, ventricular remodeling, Renal Dialysis, Cinacalcet Hydrochloride, Physiology (medical), Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, renal insufficiency, chronic, Aged, Etelcalcetide, calcium, business.industry, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, death, sudden, cardiac, Middle Aged, arrhythmias, cardiac, Cardiovascular Diseases, Female, Fibroblast Growth Factors, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, medicine.disease, Fibroblast Growth Factor-23, Endocrinology, Randomized Controlled Trial, Secondary hyperparathyroidism, Hemodialysis, business, medicine.drug, Kidney disease
Abstract: Background— Patients with kidney disease have disordered bone and mineral metabolism, including elevated serum concentrations of fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23). These elevated concentrations are associated with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. The objective was to determine the effects of the calcimimetic cinacalcet (versus placebo) on reducing serum FGF23 and whether changes in FGF23 are associated with death and cardiovascular events. Methods and Results— This was a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial comparing cinacalcet to placebo in addition to conventional therapy (phosphate binders/vitamin D) in patients receiving hemodialysis with secondary hyperparathyroidism (intact parathyroid hormone ≥300 pg/mL). The primary study end point was time to death or a first nonfatal cardiovascular event (myocardial infarction, hospitalization for angina, heart failure, or a peripheral vascular event). This analysis included 2985 patients (77% of randomized) with serum samples at baseline and 2602 patients (67%) with samples at both baseline and week 20. The results demonstrated that a significantly larger proportion of patients randomized to cinacalcet had ≥30% (68% versus 28%) reductions in FGF23. Among patients randomized to cinacalcet, a ≥30% reduction in FGF23 between baseline and week 20 was associated with a nominally significant reduction in the primary composite end point (relative hazard, 0.82; 95% confidence interval, 0.69–0.98), cardiovascular mortality (relative hazard, 0.66; 95% confidence interval, 0.50–0.87), sudden cardiac death (relative hazard, 0.57; 95% confidence interval, 0.37–0.86), and heart failure (relative hazard, 0.69; 95% confidence interval, 0.48–0.99). Conclusions— Treatment with cinacalcet significantly lowers serum FGF23. Treatment-induced reductions in serum FGF23 are associated with lower rates of cardiovascular death and major cardiovascular events. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov . Unique identifier: NCT00345839.
Published: 2015

20. Perioperative Periprosthetic Fractures Associated With Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty

Author: C. Lowry Barnes, Mariano E. Menendez, and Kwan J. Park
Subjects: Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip, Periprosthetic, Comorbidity, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Epidemiology, Odds Ratio, Medicine, Humans, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Aged, Retrospective Studies, 030222 orthopedics, business.industry, Incidence (epidemiology), Incidence, Odds ratio, Perioperative, Middle Aged, Confidence interval, United States, Surgery, Population study, Female, Periprosthetic Fractures, business, Complication
Abstract: Background Periprosthetic fracture (PPF) is a rare but devastating complication of primary total hip arthroplasty (THA). While PPF is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, early revision rate, and poor patient outcome, there is a paucity of data on patient and hospital-dependent risk factors. Using a large administrative database, we investigated epidemiology and the risk factors associated with perioperative PPF after primary THA. Methods We performed a retrospective review of the National Inpatient Sample records from 2006 to 2011 and identified 1062 PPFs of 1,187,969 patients using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision code for PPF (996.44). We then analyzed sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidities, and hospital characteristics of our study population. Results The overall incidence of PPF in National Inpatient Sample database was 0.089% (8.9 per 10,000 THAs). Patient-dependent risk factors were: female (odds ratio [OR] 1.93, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.67-2.22), low household income (OR 1.4, 95% CI 1.18-1.65), Medicaid (OR 1.89, 95% CI 1.39-2.57), and uninsured (OR 2.74, 95% CI 1.63-4.61). Patients with malnutrition and hemiparesis/hemiplegia were associated 10-fold and 6-fold risk of PPF. Nonteaching hospitals (OR 1.15, 95% CI 1.01-1.32), hospitals in northeast (OR 1.29, 95% CI 1.04-1.59), and rural hospitals (OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.06-1.53) had higher incidence of PPF. Conclusion Our study demonstrates that the incidence of PPF was low in our study population, and greater awareness is needed when performing primary THAs in patients with risk factors identified in our study to prevent PPF.
Published: 2016

21. Early Postoperative Outcomes After Total Joint Arthroplasty in Patients With Multiple Myeloma

Author: Mariano E. Menendez, C. Lowry Barnes, and Kwan J. Park
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Chronic condition, Blood transfusion, Databases, Factual, medicine.medical_treatment, Malignancy, Logistic regression, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Medicine, Humans, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Hospital Mortality, Postoperative Period, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Multiple myeloma, Aged, Retrospective Studies, 030222 orthopedics, business.industry, Perioperative, Odds ratio, Length of Stay, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Arthroplasty, Patient Discharge, Surgery, Cross-Sectional Studies, Treatment Outcome, Elective Surgical Procedures, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, Joint Diseases, business, Multiple Myeloma
Abstract: Background Multiple myeloma is the most common primary bone malignancy and is increasingly becoming a chronic condition, but little is known about its impact in the perioperative arthroplasty setting. We sought to determine whether patients with multiple myeloma undergoing elective total joint arthroplasty would be at increased risk for in-hospital complications and death, prolonged length of stay, and nonroutine discharge. Methods Using discharge records from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2002-2011), we identified 6,054,344 patients undergoing elective primary total joint arthroplasty, of whom 2381 (0.039%) with multiple myeloma. Comparisons of perioperative outcomes were performed by multivariable logistic regression modeling. Results Patients with multiple myeloma were more likely to suffer several postoperative complications, including thromboembolic events (odds ratio [OR]: 2.97, 95% CI: 2.32-3.81), surgical site infection (OR: 2.82, 95% CI: 1.59-5.01), acute renal failure (OR: 1.93, 95% CI: 1.59-2.37), and induced mental disorder (OR: 1.57, 95% CI: 1.21-2.04). A diagnosis of multiple myeloma was also associated with higher risk for blood transfusion (OR: 2.14, 95% CI: 1.97-2.33), prolonged hospital stay (OR: 2.04, 95% CI: 1.86-2.23), and nonroutine discharge (OR: 1.33, 95% CI: 1.21-1.45) but was not associated with greater in-hospital mortality. Conclusion Patients with multiple myeloma are at increased risk for early postoperative complications (especially surgical site infection and thromboembolic events) and resource utilization after elective joint arthroplasty. Greater awareness of multiple myeloma and its health consequences may contribute to improvements in the perioperative management of total joint arthroplasty patients.
Published: 2015

22. Tranexamic Acid Reduces Blood Transfusions in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty

Author: Eric R. Siegel, C. Lowry Barnes, Paul K. Edwards, Simon C. Mears, Kwan J. Park, and Cory G. Couch
Subjects: Adult, Male, musculoskeletal diseases, medicine.medical_specialty, Transfusion rate, Joint arthroplasty, Blood transfusion, Acute blood loss anemia, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip, medicine.medical_treatment, Patient Readmission, complex mixtures, Hemoglobins, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Humans, Blood Transfusion, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Postoperative Period, 030212 general & internal medicine, Contraindication, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Aged, 80 and over, 030222 orthopedics, business.industry, food and beverages, Anemia, Length of Stay, Middle Aged, medicine.icd_9_cm_classification, Antifibrinolytic Agents, Surgery, Treatment Outcome, Tranexamic Acid, Anesthesia, Multivariate Analysis, Standard protocol, Female, business, Tranexamic acid, Total hip arthroplasty, medicine.drug
Abstract: The use of tranexamic acid (TEA) can significantly reduce the need for allogenic blood transfusions in elective primary joint arthroplasty. Revision total hip arthroplasty (THA) requires increased utilization of postoperative blood transfusions for acute blood loss anemia compared with elective primary hip arthroplasty. There is limited literature to support the routine use of TEA in revision THA.We performed a retrospective review of 161 consecutive patients who underwent revision THA from 2012 to 2014 at a single institution by 2 fellowship-trained surgeons. We compared the transfusion requirements and the postoperative hemoglobin drop of the TEA group (109 patients, 114 hips) vs the no-TEA group (52 patients, 56 hips). Our standard protocol for administering TEA is 1000 mg IV at incision and the same dose repeated 2 hours later. The no-TEA group did not receive the medication because of previous hospital contraindication criteria.The transfusion rate was significantly less for the TEA group (7%) compared with the no-TEA group (34%; P.0001). The mean hemoglobin delta was also significantly less for the TEA group (2.0 ± 1.3 g/dL) compared with the no-TEA group (3.5 ± 1.4 g/dL, P.0001). No adverse thromboembolic events occurred in the patients who received TEA.The routine use of TEA during revision THA demonstrated a significant reduction in allogenic blood transfusion rates. The postoperative hemoglobin drop was also significantly less with the use of TEA. We recommend the routine use of TEA during revision THA.
Published: 2016

23. Transglutaminases (TGs) in ocular and periocular tissues: effect of muscarinic agents on TGs in scleral fibroblasts

Author: Louis Tong, Roger W. Beuerman, S. R. Weon, Queenie S. W. Tan, Kwan J. Lin, and Veluchamy A Barathi
Subjects: Atropine, Pathology, Mouse, Cholinergic Agents, Gene Expression, lcsh:Medicine, Mice, Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor, Molecular Cell Biology, lcsh:Science, Corneal epithelium, Connective Tissue Cells, Aged, 80 and over, Multidisciplinary, medicine.diagnostic_test, Genomics, Animal Models, Middle Aged, Extracellular Matrix, Protein Transport, medicine.anatomical_structure, Real-time polymerase chain reaction, Organ Specificity, Immunohistochemistry, Medicine, Cellular Types, Sclera, medicine.drug, Research Article, medicine.medical_specialty, Carbachol, Histology, Blotting, Western, Biology, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, Molecular Genetics, Model Organisms, Western blot, medicine, Genetics, Animals, Humans, RNA, Messenger, Eye Proteins, Aged, Transglutaminases, lcsh:R, Muscarinic antagonist, Computational Biology, Reproducibility of Results, Epithelial Cells, Fibroblasts, Molecular biology, Extracellular Matrix Composition, Ophthalmology, lcsh:Q, sense organs, Extracellular Space
Abstract: Objective To investigate the expression of transglutaminases (TGs) in the ocular surface, the eyelid margin and associated glands and to determine effect of muscarinic agents on TGs in scleral fibroblasts (SF). Materials and Methods Primary SFs cultured from mouse and human sclera were treated with atropine and carbachol for 5 days. Lysed cell RNA was used for real-time PCR, protein was used for Western blot analysis and TG-2 transamidase activity was measured by ELISA. Immunohistochemistry was done to determine the expression of TGases. Results Immunohistochemistry and western blot confirmed the expression of TGs-1, 2, 3 and 5 proteins in cultured SFs and eye tissues. Real time PCR showed TG-1, 2, 5 transcript levels to be down regulated 3 fold (p
Published: 2011

24. Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene

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Shaw, Christopher E, Traynor, Bryan J, Landers, John E, Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU TOURS), and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM)
Subjects: Male, Als gene, Genome-wide association study, FAMILIAL ALS, ALS, axonal transport, cargo, GWAS, KIF5A, WES, WGS, 0302 clinical medicine, 80 and over, Psychology, Aetiology, Aged, 80 and over, 0303 health sciences, French ALS Consortium, Kinesin, KINESIN HEAVY-CHAIN, Cognitive Sciences, Human, Hereditary spastic paraplegia, Neuroscience(all), Single-nucleotide polymorphism, TARGETED DISRUPTION, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Genetics, Humans, Amino Acid Sequence, Loss function, Aged, HEXANUCLEOTIDE REPEAT, Neuroscience (all), MUTATIONS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 3112 Neurosciences, 1702 Cognitive Science, medicine.disease, ITALSGEN Consortium, Answer ALS Foundation, 030104 developmental biology, ALS Sequencing Consortium, Human medicine, 1109 Neurosciences, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, 0301 basic medicine, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Kinesins, Neurodegenerative, Genetic analysis, Genome, AMYOTROPHIC-LATERAL-SCLEROSIS, 3124 Neurology and psychiatry, Cohort Studies, Pathogenesis, Loss of Function Mutation, Missense mutation, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, NYGC ALS Consortium, General Neuroscience, ALS, axonal transport, cargo, GWAS, KIF5A, WES, WGS, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Settore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIA, Neurological, Project MinE ALS Sequencing Consortium, Female, Adult, Biology, GENOTYPE IMPUTATION, Genome-Wide Association Study, Young Adult, NO, Rare Diseases, medicine, SLAGEN Consortium, Gene, 030304 developmental biology, Clinical Research in ALS and Related Disorders for Therapeutic Development (CReATe) Consortium, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Human Genome, Neurosciences, AXONAL-TRANSPORT, Brain Disorders, Family member, DNA-DAMAGE, MOTOR-NEURONS, 3111 Biomedicine, Cohort Studie, Genomic Translation for ALS Care (GTAC) Consortium, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosi
Abstract: © 2018 Elsevier Inc., To identify novel genes associated with ALS, we undertook two lines of investigation. We carried out a genome-wide association study comparing 20,806 ALS cases and 59,804 controls. Independently, we performed a rare variant burden analysis comparing 1,138 index familial ALS cases and 19,494 controls. Through both approaches, we identified kinesin family member 5A (KIF5A) as a novel gene associated with ALS. Interestingly, mutations predominantly in the N-terminal motor domain of KIF5A are causative for two neurodegenerative diseases: hereditary spastic paraplegia (SPG10) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2 (CMT2). In contrast, ALS-associated mutations are primarily located at the C-terminal cargo-binding tail domain and patients harboring loss-of-function mutations displayed an extended survival relative to typical ALS cases. Taken together, these results broaden the phenotype spectrum resulting from mutations in KIF5A and strengthen the role of cytoskeletal defects in the pathogenesis of ALS.
Published: 2018

25. Long-term safety and efficacy of eculizumab in generalized myasthenia gravis

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Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Pediatrics, Exacerbation, Physiology, Heart Diseases/chemically induced, Myasthenia Gravis/drug therapy, 030105 genetics & heredity, THERAPY, DOUBLE-BLIND, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life, Monoclonal, Activities of Daily Living, Medicine and Health Sciences, Functional ability, Longitudinal Studies, Humanized, Angioedema/chemically induced, MG-ADL, QMG, Eculizumab, Middle Aged, myasthenia gravi, 3. Good health, Treatment Outcome, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/therapeutic use, Meningococcal Infections/epidemiology, Disease Progression, Female, eculizumab, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR ECULIZUMAB, medicine.drug, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, MG-QOL15, Heart Diseases, Clinical Neurology, Meningococcal Vaccines, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Placebo, Antibodies, ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTOR, Complement Inactivating Agents/therapeutic use, 03 medical and health sciences, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Refractory, Physiology (medical), Injection Site Reaction/epidemiology, Myasthenia Gravis, medicine, Aspergillosis, Aspergillosis/epidemiology, Humans, Muscle Strength, Angioedema, myasthenia gravis, Science & Technology, business.industry, MGC, Neurosciences, Meningococcal Vaccines/therapeutic use, medicine.disease, Interim analysis, Complement Inactivating Agents, Injection Site Reaction, Meningococcal Infections, Quality of Life, Myasthenia gravis, ANTIBODY, Neurosciences & Neurology, Neurology (clinical), business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Eculizumab is effective and well tolerated in patients with antiacetylcholine receptor antibody-positive refractory generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG; REGAIN; NCT01997229). We report an interim analysis of an open-label extension of REGAIN, evaluating eculizumab's long-term safety and efficacy. METHODS: Eculizumab (1,200 mg every 2 weeks for 22.7 months [median]) was administered to 117 patients. RESULTS: The safety profile of eculizumab was consistent with REGAIN; no cases of meningococcal infection were reported during the interim analysis period. Myasthenia gravis exacerbation rate was reduced by 75% from the year before REGAIN (P
Published: 2019

26. Microbial Risk Factors of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases: Potential Therapeutical Options

Author: Joseph Kwan, Francesco Corea, Gharib Fawi, Albrecht Guenther, Mohammed Abdalla Abbas, Giancarlo Comi, Sebastiano Galantucci, Abdalla Abbas, M, Guenther, A, Galantucci, S, Fawi, G, Comi, Giancarlo, Kwan, J, and Corea, F.
Subjects: Cytomegalovirus, Inflammation, Article, antibiotics, Pathogenesis, Microbial risk, Chlamydia pneumoniae, medicine, risk factors, Stroke, therapy, Helicobacter pylori, biology, business.industry, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, infection, Psychiatry and Mental health, Chronic infection, Neurology, Immunology, odontopathogens, Neurology (clinical), atherosclerosis, medicine.symptom, 1109 Neurosciences, business
Abstract: Infection and inflammation may have a crucial role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. This hypothesis is supported by an increasing number of reports on the interaction between chronic infection, inflammation, and atherogenesis. Assessment of serological and inflammatory markers of infection may be useful adjuncts in identifying those patients who are at a higher risk of developing vascular events, and in whom more aggressive treatments might be warranted.
Published: 2008

27. The effects of cinacalcet in older and younger patients on hemodialysis: The evaluation of cinacalcet HCL therapy to lower cardiovascular events (EVOLVE) trial

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Subjects: Parathyroidectomy, Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Cinacalcet, Epidemiology, medicine.medical_treatment, Calcimimetic Agents, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Lower risk, Severity of Illness Index, CKD, cardiovascular disease, hemodialysis, hyperparathyroidism, mineral metabolism, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cinacalcet Hydrochloride, Female, Humans, Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Kidney Transplantation, Middle Aged, Renal Dialysis, Nephrology, Transplantation, Internal medicine, medicine, Intensive care medicine, Hyperparathyroidism, business.industry, Original Articles, medicine.disease, Secondary hyperparathyroidism, Hemodialysis, business, medicine.drug
Abstract: Background andobjectivesThecalcimimeticcinacalcet reduced therisk of death or cardiovascular (CV) events in older, but not younger, patients with moderate to severe secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) who were receiving hemodialysis. To determine whether the lower risk in younger patients might be due to lower baseline CV risk and more frequent use of cointerventions that reduce parathyroid hormone (kidney transplantation, parathyroidectomy, and commercial cinacalcet use), this study examined the effects of cinacalcet in older ($65 years, n=1005) and younger (,65 years, n=2878) patients. Design, setting, participants, & measurements Evaluation of Cinacalcet HCl Therapy to Lower Cardiovascular Events (EVOLVE) was a global, multicenter, randomized placebo-controlled trial in 3883 prevalent patients on hemodialysis, whose outcomes included death, major CV events, and development of severe unremitting HPT. The age subgroup analysis was prespecified. ResultsOlderpatients hadhigher baselineprevalenceof diabetesmellitusandCV comorbidity. Annualizedrates of kidney transplantation and parathyroidectomy were .3-fold higher in younger relative to older patients and were more frequent in patients randomized to placebo. In older patients, the adjusted relative hazard (95% confidence interval) for the primary composite (CV) end point (cinacalcet versus placebo) was 0.70 (0.60 to 0.81); in younger patients, the relative hazard was 0.97 (0.86 to 1.09). Corresponding adjusted relative hazards for mortality were 0.68 (0.51 to 0.81) and 0.99 (0.86 to 1.13). Reduction in the risk of severe unremitting HPT was similar in both groups. Conclusions In the EVOLVE trial, cinacalcet decreased the risk of death and of major CV events in older, but not younger, patients with moderate to severe HPT who were receiving hemodialysis. Effect modification by age may be partly explained by differences in underlying CV risk and differential application of cointerventions that reduce parathyroid hormone. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 10: ccc–ccc, 2015. doi: 10.2215/CJN.07730814
Published: 2015

28. Fifth International Serum Exchange Workshop for Insulin Autoantibody (IAA) Standardization

Author: M. R. Julia, B. Vialettes, R. Humbel, Gian Franco Bottazzo, Peter G. Colman, H. Keilacker, B. Kuglin, F. Becker, O. Bouix, J. Karjalainen, M. S. Agopian, J. C. Sodoyez, Renato Zanchetta, Noel K. Maclaren, J. L. Molenaar, Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, D. J. Becker, T. J. Wilkin, Emanuele Bosi, Jerry P. Palmer, Umberto Dimario, Carla J. Greenbaum, R. L. Dawkins, B. M. Dean, Werner A. Scherbaum, C. Levy Marchal, W. Huang, George S. Eisenbarth, J. Kwan, A. Arnaiz Villena, F. K. Gorus, R. C. McEvoy, R. B. Elliot, A. de Leiva, K. M. Reinauer, Greenbaum, C. J., Wilkin, T. J., Palmer, J. P., Agopian, M. S., Arnaiz -Villena, A., Becker, D., Becker, F., Bosi, E., Bottazzo, G. F., Bouix, O., Colman, P., Dawkins, R. L., De Leiva, A., Dean, B. M., Dimario, U., Eisenbarth, G. S., Elliot, R. B., Gorus, F., Huang, W., Humbel, R., Julia, M. R., Karjalainen, J., Keilacker, H., Kuglin, B., Kwan, J., Levy -Marchal, C., Maclaren, N., Mcevoy, R. C., Molenaar, J. L., Reinauer, K. M., Scherbaum, W., Sodoyez, J. C., Vialettes, B., Zanchetta, R., and Ziegler, A. G.
Subjects: Quality Control, medicine.medical_specialty, Standardization, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Insulin Antibodies, MEDLINE, Radioimmunoassay, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Reference Values, Diabetes mellitus, Internal Medicine, Medicine, Humans, Metabolic disease, Insulin Autoantibody, Autoantibodies, Analysis of Variance, business.industry, Public health, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Human physiology, Reference Standards, medicine.disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Reference values, Immunology, business, Laboratories
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