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Campbell TM, Finzel S, Siddle H, Christensen R, Nielsen SM, Najm A, Otobo TM, Sahbudin I, Sinnathurai P, Stok KS, Touma Z, April KT, Grosskleg S, Tugwell P, Richards B. Navigating the path of progress: The OMERACT 2023 emerging leaders program. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2024; 66:152414. [PMID: 38447468 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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OBJECTIVES The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials (OMERACT) Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) aims to cultivate a cohort of skilled leaders within the OMERACT community empowering them with expertise and knowledge to help shape and steer the organization into the future. This publication highlights the significance of the ELP in driving leadership excellence, its impact on OMERACT's evolution, and the outcomes and learnings from the OMERACT 2023 ELP. METHODS Insights from the 2018 ELP report informed 2023 program improvements. Engagement was measured by attendance and WhatsApp interactions. Positive program aspects, areas for improvement and ideas for enhancing future ELPs were captured via anonymous survey and participant focus groups. RESULTS Engagement with the ELP was high with 9 participants, 96 % attendance at all workshops, 154 WhatsApp interactions. All program components were highly rated, with the highest being the 'Psychological Safety' and 'Methodology/Process/Politics' workshops. Future enhancements included creating further networking, connection and support activities, practical leadership and methodological skill development opportunities, and a new stream focussing on organisational advancement. CONCLUSIONS The 2023 OMERACT ELP was well received and successfully addressed areas previously identified as requiring improvement. New educational enhancements were valued, and the importance of fostering psychological safety at all levels was highlighted. The ELP fortifies OMERACT by nurturing a diverse array of skilled leaders who embody OMERACTs core values. Continuing to refine and evolve the ELP over time will help OMERACT sustain its global influence in patient-centered outcome research.
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- T Mark Campbell
- Elisabeth Bruyère Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Bone and Joint Research Lab, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- School of Infection & Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 263 McCaul Street 4th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1W7, Canada
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- NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Institute for Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney NSW Australia; Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- University of Toronto Lupus Clinic, Centre for Prognosis Studies in Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada; Institut du savoir Montfort, Ottawa, Canada
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- OMERACT, Toronto, Canada and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- University of Ottawa, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, K1H 8M5, Ottawa, Canada; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, K1Y 4E9, Ottawa, Canada; University of Ottawa, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, K1H 8M5, Ottawa, Canada; WHO Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment in Health Equity, Bruyère Research Institute, K1R 7G5, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Rheumatology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia; Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney Local Health District, Australia; Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney, Australia
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Kordkheili AM, Bekker C, Hoens AM, Voshaar M, Campbell W, Carmona L, de Wit M, March L, Nielsen SM, Shea BJ, Toupin-April K, Tugwell P, Tymms K, Kelly A. Strategies to promote implementation of core outcomes for medication adherence trials in rheumatology: A report from the OMERACT-Adherence Group. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2024; 66:152411. [PMID: 38537323 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 02/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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OBJECTIVES To identify barriers, facilitators, and strategies for future implementation of the OMERACT-Adherence Core Outcome Set (COS) in medication adherence trials for rheumatic conditions. METHODS Preliminary Delphi survey findings were discussed at OMERACT 2023, utilising the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research 2 to identify implementation barriers, facilitators, and solutions. RESULTS Implementation strategies included simplifying the COS definitions, making it adaptabile for clinical practice and drug trials, adherence trial training workshops, and collaborating with key stakeholders such as payers and other COS developers. CONCLUSION Ongoing collaboration with individuals and organisations within and beyond rheumatology ensures broader applicability of OMERACT-Adherence COS.
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- Aria Mohammadi Kordkheili
- Faculty of Medicine & Health, School of Clinical Medicine, South West Sydney Campuses, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Research Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; OMERACT Patient Research Partner, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacy and Department of Research & Innovation, Sint Maartenskliniek and Department of Pharmacy, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Instituto de Salud Musculoesquelética (InMusc), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney NSW, Australia
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Institut du savoir Montfort
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- University of Ottawa, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Canada; Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Canada; University of Ottawa, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Canada; WHO Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment in Health Equity, Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Canberra Rheumatology, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Department of Rheumatology, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australia; College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine & Health, School of Clinical Medicine, South West Sydney Campuses, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Department of Rheumatology, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Sydney Australia.
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Décary S, de Wit M, Naye F, Barton JL, Fraenkel L, Li LC, Brooks P, Stacey D, Maxwell LJ, Campbell W, Hofstetter C, Voshaar M, Meara A, Christensen R, Boonen A, Suarez-Almazor ME, Meade T, March L, Jull JE, Alten R, Morgan EM, Stewart Hazlewood G, Barber CEH, Guillemin F, El-Miedany Y, Mittoo S, Robertson TW, Bartlett SJ, Singh JA, Mannion M, Nasef SI, Boel A, Adebajo A, Arnaud L, Gill TK, Moholt E, Burt J, Jayatilleke A, Hmamouchi I, Berthelsen DB, Blanco FJ, Mather K, Maharaj A, Sharma S, Caso F, Beaton D, Shea B, Fong C, Fernandez AP, Mackie S, Nikiphorou E, Jones A, Greer-Smith R, Sloan VS, Akpabio A, Strand V, Lee RR, Umaefulam V, Monti S, Abaza N, Schultz G, Stones S, Gossec L, Nielsen SM, Cavallo S, Srinivasalu H, Constien D, Evans V, Tugwell P, Toupin-April K. Consensus on the definitions and descriptions of the domains of the OMERACT Core Outcome Set for shared decision making interventions in rheumatology trials. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2024; 65:152381. [PMID: 38306813 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To gain consensus on the definitions and descriptions of the domains of the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) core domain set for rheumatology trials evaluating shared decision making (SDM) interventions. METHODS Following the OMERACT Handbook methods, our Working Group (WG), comprised of 90 members, including 17 patient research partners (PRPs) and 73 clinicians and researchers, had six virtual meetings in addition to email exchanges to develop draft definitions and descriptions. The WG then conducted an international survey of its members to gain consensus on the definitions and descriptions. Finally, the WG members had virtual meetings and e-mail exchanges to review survey results and finalize names, definitions and descriptions of the domains. RESULTS WG members contributed to developing the definitions. Fifty-two members representing four continents and 13 countries completed the survey, including 15 PRPs, 33 clinicians and 37 researchers. PRPs and clinicians/researchers agreed with all definitions and descriptions with agreements ranging from 87% to 100%. Respondents suggested wording changes to the names, definitions and descriptions to better reflect the domains. Discussions led to further simplification and clarification to address common questions/concerns about the domains. CONCLUSION Our WG reached consensus on the definitions and descriptions of the domains of the core domain set for rheumatology trials of SDM interventions. This step is crucial to understand each domain and provides the foundation to identify instruments to measure each domain for inclusion in the Core Outcome Measurement Set. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE The current study provides consensus-based definitions and descriptions for the domains of the OMERACT core domain set for shared decision making interventions from patients/caregivers, clinicians and researchers. This is a crucial step to understand each domain and provides the foundation to identify instruments to measure each domain for inclusion in the Core Outcome Measurement Set for trials of SDM interventions.
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- Simon Décary
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Rehabilitation, Research Centre of the CHUS, CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Rehabilitation, Research Centre of the CHUS, CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
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- VA Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia; Arthritis Research Canada, Canada
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- School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne and Northern Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Nursing, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Centre for Practice Changing Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Canada
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- Patient Research Partner; Department of Pharmacy and Department of Research & Innovation, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Pharmacy, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Rheumatology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, & Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center and Caphri Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
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- Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital; The University of Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology Research Center, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington. Division of Rheumatology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury; King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Vanshavardhana Canada Integrated Health, Toronto, Canada
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- CEO, Patient research partner, International Foundation for Autoimmune & Autoinflammatory Arthritis (AiArthritis), USA
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- Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Unit, McGill University; Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre; Johns Hopkins Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre; UCB Pharma, B.V. Netherlands, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Rheumatology, CRMR RESO, University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Australia
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- Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Norway
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- Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services, St. Clare's Mercy Hospital, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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- Health Sciences Research Centre (CReSS), Faculty of Medicine, International University of Rabat (UIR), Rabat, Morocco
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense; Department of Rehabilitation, Municipality of Guldborgsund, Nykoebing F, Denmark
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- Departamento de Fisioterapia, Medicina y Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Centre for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Bruyère Research Institute; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Eastern Clinical Research Unit, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College Hospital, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London; Rheumatology Department, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Patient Research Partner, President/CEO, Healthcare Research Associates, LLC/S.T.A.R. Initiative; Ambassador, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Apple Valley, CA, USA
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- Sheng Consulting LLC, Flemington, New Jersey USA; The Peace Corps, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK; National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester, UK
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- George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Rheumatology, Policlinico S. Matteo, IRCCS Fondazione, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Professor of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Patient research partner, Envision Pharma Group, Wilmslow, UK
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- Professor of Rheumatology, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France; AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital, Rheumatology department, Paris, France
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, the Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, and University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal; Researcher Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Sainte-Justine University Health Center Research Center, Montreal, Canada
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- Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's National Hospital; GW School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Patient Research Partner, Central Regional Lead, Advocacy Leadership Board Chair, International Foundation of Autoimmune Autoinflammatory Arthritis (AiArthritis), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Patient Research Partner and Discipline of Optometry, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Affiliate scientist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada; Institut du savoir Montfort, Ottawa, Canada.
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Munkholm K, Ussing A, Brink M, Edemann-Callesen H, Canbolat SS, Christensen R, Dahl KS, Ebdrup BH, Jensen MEJ, Kierulf-Lassen C, Madsen GK, Nielsen SM, Paulsen CP, Rohde JF, Tarp S, Baandrup L. Minor tranquillizers for short-term treatment of newly onset symptoms of anxiety and distress: a systematic review with network meta-analysis of randomized trials. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2024; 274:475-486. [PMID: 37624378 PMCID: PMC10995039 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-023-01680-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Unspecific symptoms of anxiety and distress are frequently encountered in patients in both general practice and acute psychiatric services. Minor tranquillizers may be a treatment option when non-pharmacological interventions are insufficient or unavailable. We conducted a systematic review with network meta-analysis of the evidence for short-term (1-4 weeks) pharmacological treatment of newly onset symptoms of anxiety and distress. We searched the PsycInfo, MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane Library databases and extracted data following a predefined hierarchy of outcomes. We assessed risk of bias using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool and the certainty of the evidence using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation framework (GRADE). We included 34 randomized trials comprising a total of 7044 patients with adjustment disorders or anxiety spectrum disorders. The network meta-analysis showed that regarding the critical outcome symptoms of anxiety within 1-4 weeks benzodiazepines (SMD - 0.58, 95% CI - 0.77 to - 0.40), quetiapine (SMD - 0.51, 95% CI - 0.90 to - 0.13) and pregabalin (SMD - 0.58, 95% CI - 0.87 to - 0.28) all performed better than placebo with no statistically significant difference between the drugs. Data on other important outcomes were inconsistently reported. Adverse effects varied, but overall, it was uncertain whether adverse effects differed between interventions. The evidence regarding the risk of dependence was uncertain, but dependence may be a concern in susceptible individuals even with short-term treatment. Overall, the certainty of the evidence according to GRADE was rated as low to very low across outcomes. Despite the limitations in the evidence, the results of this review can inform treatment guidelines, supporting clinicians in the choice of minor tranquillizer in this prevalent and help-seeking, clinically heterogeneous population.
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- Klaus Munkholm
- Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Hovedvejen 17, 1st Floor, 2000, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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- Danish Health Authority, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Psychiatry Odense, Mental Health Services in the Region of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Mental Health Centre Sct. Hans, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR), Mental Health Centre Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Danish Health Authority, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit for Dietary Studies, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Danish Health Authority, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Naye F, Toupin-April K, de Wit M, LeBlanc A, Dubois O, Boonen A, Barton JL, Fraenkel L, Li LC, Stacey D, March L, Barber CEH, Hazlewood GS, Guillemin F, Bartlett SJ, Berthelsen DB, Mather K, Arnaud L, Akpabio A, Adebajo A, Schultz G, Sloan VS, Gill TK, Sharma S, Scholte-Voshaar M, Caso F, Nikiphorou E, Nasef SI, Campbell W, Meara A, Christensen R, Suarez-Almazor ME, Jull JE, Alten R, Morgan EM, El-Miedany Y, Singh JA, Burt J, Jayatilleke A, Hmamouchi I, Blanco FJ, Fernandez AP, Mackie S, Jones A, Strand V, Monti S, Stones SR, Lee RR, Nielsen SM, Evans V, Srinivasalu H, Gérard T, Demers JL, Bouchard R, Stefan T, Dugas M, Bergeron F, Beaton D, Maxwell LJ, Tugwell P, Décary S. OMERACT Core outcome measurement set for shared decision making in rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions: a scoping review to identify candidate instruments. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2024; 65:152344. [PMID: 38232625 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Shared decision making (SDM) is a central tenet in rheumatic and musculoskeletal care. The lack of standardization regarding SDM instruments and outcomes in clinical trials threatens the comparative effectiveness of interventions. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) SDM Working Group is developing a Core Outcome Set for trials of SDM interventions in rheumatology and musculoskeletal health. The working group reached consensus on a Core Outcome Domain Set in 2020. The next step is to develop a Core Outcome Measurement Set through the OMERACT Filter 2.2. METHODS We conducted a scoping review (PRISMA-ScR) to identify candidate instruments for the OMERACT Filter 2.2 We systematically reviewed five databases (Ovid MEDLINE®, Embase, Cochrane Library, CINAHL and Web of Science). An information specialist designed search strategies to identify all measurement instruments used in SDM studies in adults or children living with rheumatic or musculoskeletal diseases or their important others. Paired reviewers independently screened titles, abstracts, and full text articles. We extracted characteristics of all candidate instruments (e.g., measured construct, measurement properties). We classified candidate instruments and summarized evidence gaps with an adapted version of the Summary of Measurement Properties (SOMP) table. RESULTS We found 14,464 citations, read 239 full text articles, and included 99 eligible studies. We identified 220 potential candidate instruments. The five most used measurement instruments were the Decisional Conflict Scale (traditional and low literacy versions) (n=38), the Hip/Knee-Decision Quality Instrument (n=20), the Decision Regret Scale (n=9), the Preparation for Decision Making Scale (n=8), and the CollaboRATE (n=8). Only 44 candidate instruments (20%) had any measurement properties reported by the included studies. Of these instruments, only 57% matched with at least one of the 7-criteria adapted SOMP table. CONCLUSION We identified 220 candidate instruments used in the SDM literature amongst people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. Our classification of instruments showed evidence gaps and inconsistent reporting of measurement properties. The next steps for the OMERACT SDM Working Group are to match candidate instruments with Core Domains, assess feasibility and review validation studies of measurement instruments in rheumatic diseases or other conditions. Development and validation of new instruments may be required for some Core Domains.
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- Florian Naye
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Rehabilitation, Research Centre of the CHUS, CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada; Institut du savoir Montfort, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada; VITAM Centre de recherche en santé durable, Quebec City, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Rehabilitation, Research Centre of the CHUS, CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center and Caphri Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- VA Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Unit, McGill University, Canada; Research Institute - McGill University Health Centre, Canada; Johns Hopkins Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Montreal, Canada
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen & Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, Odense & Department of Rehabilitation, Municipality of Guldborgsund, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Nykoebing, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, CRMR RESO, University Hospitals of Strasbourg, France
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- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, University of Sheffield, UK
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- Sheng Consulting LLC, Flemington, NJ, USA; The Peace Corps, Washington, DC, USA
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Centre for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- Patient Research Partner, Department of Pharmacy and Department of Research & Innovation, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Pharmacy, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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- Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College Hospital, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, UK; Rheumatology Department, King's College Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Patient research partner, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Canada
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- Division of Rheumatology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, & Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology Research Center, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Division of Rheumatology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services, St. Clare's Mercy Hospital, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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- Health Sciences Research Centre (CReSS), Faculty of Medicine, International University of Rabat (UIR), Rabat, Morocco
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- Departamento de Fisioterapia, Medicina y Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Rheumatology, Policlinico S. Matteo, IRCCS Fondazione, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Patient research partner, Envision Pharma Group, Wilmslow, UK
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- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, and University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Demark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Patient Research Partner and Discipline of Optometry, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
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- Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's National Hospital, Washington DC, USA; GW School of Medicine, Washington DC, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Rehabilitation, Research Centre of the CHUS, CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada
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- Centre for Practice Changing Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Rehabilitation, Research Centre of the CHUS, CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5N4, Canada.
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Weinbrecht-Mischkewitz M, Kamal M, Asim F, Guillemin F, Goel N, Voshaar M, Boonen A, Berthelsen DB, Toupin-April K, Lopez-Olivo MA, Sloan VS, Boers M, Jones CA, van der Horst-Bruinsma I, Cashin AG, Sharma S, Leong A, Alten R, Shea B, March L, Tugwell P, Christensen R, Nielsen SM. Generating a list of potentially important contextual factors covering randomized trials, cohorts, and measurement property studies: An OMERACT initiative. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2024; 65:152370. [PMID: 38290371 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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OBJECTIVES To generate candidates for contextual factors (CFs) for each CF type (i.e., Effect Modifying Contextual Factors (EM-CFs), Outcome Influencing Contextual Factors (OI-CFs), and Measurement Affecting Contextual Factors (MA-CFs)) considered important within rheumatology. METHODS We surveyed OMERACT working groups and conducted a Special Interest Group (SIG) session at the OMERACT 2023 meeting, where the results were reviewed, and additional CFs suggested. RESULTS The working groups suggested 44, 49, and 21 generic EM-CFs, OI-CFs, and MA-CFs, respectively. SIG participants added 49, 44, and 55 factors, respectively. CONCLUSION Candidate CFs were identified, next step is a consensus-based set of endorsed (important) CFs.
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- Max Weinbrecht-Mischkewitz
- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Osteology, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Heubnerweg 2, 14059 Berlin, Germany.
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Health Services Research and Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Internal Medicine, Piedmont Hospital, Macon, GA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Sint Maartenskliniek, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, Research Unit of Rheumatology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; Department of Rehabilitation, Municipality of Guldborgsund, Nykoebing F, Denmark
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- School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada; Institut du savoir Montfort, Ottawa, Canada
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- Sheng Consulting, LLC, USA; The Peace Corps, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- Healthy Motivation, and Bone and Joint Decade, the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Osteology, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Heubnerweg 2, 14059 Berlin, Germany
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Florance and Cope Professorial Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital and Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, Research Unit of Rheumatology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, Research Unit of Rheumatology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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Møller-Bisgaard S, Hørslev-Petersen K, Ørnbjerg LM, Ejbjerg B, Hetland ML, Møller JM, Nielsen SM, Glinatsi D, Boesen M, Stengaard-Pedersen K, Madsen OR, Jensen B, Villadsen JA, Hauge EM, Hendricks O, Lindegaard H, Krogh NS, Jurik AG, Thomsen H, Christensen R, Østergaard M. Long-term efficacy of a 2-year MRI treat-to-target strategy on disease activity and radiographic progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in clinical remission: 5-year follow-up of the IMAGINE-RA randomised trial. RMD Open 2024; 10:e003945. [PMID: 38490697 PMCID: PMC10946351 DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether a 2-year MRI treat-to-target strategy targeting the absence of osteitis combined with clinical remission, compared with a conventional treat-to-target strategy targeting clinical remission only (IMAGINE-rheumatoid arthritis (RA) trial) improves clinical and radiographic outcomes over 5 years in patients with RA in clinical remission. METHODS IMAGINE-more was an observational extension study of the original 2-year IMAGINE-RA randomised trial (NCT01656278). Clinical examinations and radiographs (hands and feet) were obtained yearly. Prespecified coprimary outcomes at year 5 were Disease Activity Score in 28 joints C reactive protein (DAS28-CRP) remission rate (DAS28-CRP<2.6) and no radiographic progression (van der Heijde-modified Sharp score (vdHSS) ≤0) from baseline. Secondary outcomes included 5-year changes in radiographic, MRI and clinical measures of disease activity and physical function. RESULTS In total 131 patients, 86 women (67%), mean age 61.2, disease duration 9.5 years, median baseline DAS28-CRP 1.9 (IQR 1.6-2.2) and vdHSS 16.0 (IQR 7.0-36.0) were included in the study; 59 (59%) patients from the original MRI treat-to-target group and 72 (72%) from the conventional group. At year 5, 47 patients (80%) in the MRI treat-to-target group vs 54 patients (75%) in the conventional treat-to-target group were in DAS28-CRP remission (OR 2.00 (95% CI 0.76 to 5.28); p=0.16) while 14 patients (24%) vs 19 patients (26%) had no radiographic progression (OR 0.70, (95% CI 0.28 to 1.71); p=0.43). CONCLUSION A 2-year combined MRI and clinical treat-to-target strategy, compared with a conventional clinical treat-to-target strategy alone, had no effect on the long-term probability of achieving DAS28-CRP remission and of avoiding radiographic progression.
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- Signe Møller-Bisgaard
- Department of Rheumatology, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Sønderborg Sygehus, Sønderborg, Denmark
- Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark
- Department of Rheumatology, Skaraborg Hospital Skövde, Skövde, Sweden
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- Department of Radiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Frederiksberg University Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Sønderborg Sygehus, Sønderborg, Denmark
- Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bouazzi D, Andersen RK, Vinding GR, Medianfar CE, Nielsen SM, Saunte DML, Chandran NS, van der Zee HH, Zouboulis CC, Benhadou F, Villumsen B, Alavi A, Ibekwe PU, Hamzavi IH, Ingram JR, Naik HB, Garg A, Boer J, Christensen R, Jemec GBE. The Global Hidradenitis Suppurativa Atlas (GHiSA) Methodology: Combining Global Proportions in a Pooled Analysis. Dermatology 2024:000536389. [PMID: 38354718 DOI: 10.1159/000536389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Data concerning the global burden of Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) are limited. Reported prevalence estimates vary between 0.0003% and 4.1%, and data from various geographical regions are still to be collected. Previously reported prevalence rates have been limited by the methodological approach and source of data. This has resulted in great heterogeneity as prevalence data from physician-diagnosed cases poorly match those of self-reported apparent HS disease. METHODS The Global Hidradenitis Suppurativa Atlas (GHiSA) introduces an innovative approach to determine the global prevalence of HS. This approach involves using a previously validated questionnaire to screen apparently healthy adults accompanying a patient to a non-dermatological outpatient clinic visit in a hospital. The screening questionnaire (i.e., the index test) is combined with a subsequent physician-based in-person validation (i.e., the reference standard) of the participants who screen positive. Ten percent of the screen-negative participants are also clinically assessed to verify the diagnostic precision of the test. The local prevalence (pi) will be estimated from each country that submits the number of patients who are HS positive according to the index test and clinical examination (n), and the corresponding total number of observations (N). CONCLUSION The GHiSA Global Prevalence studies are currently running simultaneously in 58 countries across six continents (Africa, Europe, Australia, North America, South America, and Asia). The goal of the combined global proportion is the generation of a single summary (i.e., proportional meta-analysis), which will be done after a logit transformation, and synthesized using a random-effects model. The novel standardization of the Global Prevalence studies conducted through GHiSA enables direct international comparisons, which were previously not possible due to substantial heterogeneity in past HS prevalence studies.
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Stisen ZR, Nielsen SM, Ditlev SB, Skougaard M, Egeberg A, Mogensen M, Jørgensen TS, Dreyer L, Christensen R, Kristensen LE. Treatment-related changes in serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in psoriatic arthritis: results from the PIPA cohort study. Scand J Rheumatol 2024; 53:21-28. [PMID: 37339383 DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2023.2216046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Obesity and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have a complicated relationship. While weight alone does not cause PsA, it is suspected to cause worse symptoms. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is secreted through various cell types. Our objective was to assess the changes and trajectories in serum NGAL and clinical outcomes in patients with PsA during 12 months of anti-inflammatory treatment. METHOD This exploratory prospective cohort study enrolled PsA patients initiating conventional synthetic or biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (csDMARDs/bDMARDs). Clinical, biomarker, and patient-reported outcome measures were retrieved at baseline, and 4 and 12 months. Control groups at baseline were psoriasis (PsO) patients and apparently healthy controls. The serum NGAL concentration was quantified by a high-performance singleplex immunoassay. RESULTS In total, 117 PsA patients started a csDMARD or bDMARD, and were compared indirectly at baseline with a cross-sectional sample of 20 PsO patients and 20 healthy controls. The trajectory in NGAL related to anti-inflammatory treatment for all included PsA patients showed an overall change of -11% from baseline to 12 months. Trajectories in NGAL for patients with PsA, divided into treatment groups, showed no clear trend in clinically significant decrease or increase following anti-inflammatory treatment. NGAL concentrations in the PsA group at baseline corresponded to the levels in the control groups. No correlation was found between changes in NGAL and changes in PsA outcomes. CONCLUSION Based on these results, serum NGAL does not add any value as a biomarker in patients with peripheral PsA, either for disease activity or for monitoring.
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- Z R Stisen
- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Translational Research, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Copenhagen Center for Translational Research, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center of Rheumatic Research Aalborg (CERRA), Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Rimvall MK, Vassard D, Christensen R, Nielsen SM, Pagsberg AK, Correll CU, Jeppesen P. Do psychotic experiences act as effect modifiers in youths with common mental health problems allocated to transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy versus management as usual? Secondary analyses of the Mind-My-Mind randomized trial. Early Interv Psychiatry 2024; 18:26-33. [PMID: 37078563 DOI: 10.1111/eip.13423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Psychotic experiences (PEs) are common in help-seeking youths with non-psychotic mental health problems, yet the clinical importance of PEs as potential effect modifiers of psychotherapy interventions has been scarcely examined. We examined if PEs were associated with a differential response to transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) aimed at common emotional and behavioural problems. METHODS We present secondary analyses from the Mind My Mind (MMM) trial that randomized 396, 6-16-year-old youths to either 9-13 sessions of transdiagnostic modular community-based CBT (MMM) or community-based management as usual (MAU). MMM was superior to MAU in reducing parent-reported impact of mental health problems according to the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). PEs were assessed by semi-structured screening interviews at baseline. The contrast between subgroups (presence/absence of PEs) was calculated to test if PEs are potential effect modifiers regarding the change in parent-reported SDQ-impact (primary outcome, rated 0[low]-10[high]) and other SDQ-related outcomes. RESULTS Baseline PEs were present in 74 (19%) of youths. The superior effect of MMM on changes in SDQ-impact from baseline to week 18 was not effect modified by the presence of PEs (PEs[yes] -0.89 [95%CI -1.77;-0.01] vs. PEs[no] -1.10 [95%CI -1.52;-0.68], p-value for interaction .68). For secondary outcomes similar patterns were observed. Limitations Statistical power was limited to show if PEs modified treatment response. Replication and meta-analytic evidence are needed. CONCLUSIONS The beneficial effects of MMM transdiagnostic CBT did not differ by PE-status, indicating that youths with emotional and behavioural problems could be offered such psychotherapy irrespective of co-occurring PEs.
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- Martin Køster Rimvall
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Copenhagen University Hospital-Psychiatry Region Zealand, Roskilde, Denmark
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Copenhagen University Hospital-Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Copenhagen University Hospital-Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Copenhagen University Hospital-Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, New York, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Molecular Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York, USA
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Copenhagen University Hospital-Psychiatry Region Zealand, Roskilde, Denmark
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Copenhagen University Hospital-Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Amiri Khosroshahi R, Zeraattalab-Motlagh S, Sarsangi P, Nielsen SM, Mohammadi H. Effect of probiotic supplementation on chemotherapy- and radiotherapy-related diarrhoea in patients with cancer: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Br J Nutr 2023; 130:1754-1765. [PMID: 37072129 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114523000910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/20/2023]
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To date, several systematic reviews and meta-analyses (SRMA) have investigated the effects of probiotics, but the certainty of the evidence for an effect on chemotherapy and radiotherapy-related diarrhoea has not been assessed. We conducted an overview of SRMA, searching MEDLINE, Scopus, and ISI Web of Science from inception up to February 2022. We summarised the findings of eligible SRMA. Subsequently, we included randomised clinical trials (RCT) from the SRMA in meta-analyses, using a quality effects model to calculate the OR and 95 % CI for each outcome. We used ‘A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews’ and the Cochrane risk of bias tool to assess the methodological quality of the SRMA and their RCT, respectively. We used the ‘Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation’.We included thirteen SRMA, which reported pooled effect sizes for chemotherapy and radiotherapy-related diarrhoea based on a total of eighteen RCT. Our meta-analyses demonstrated statistically significant beneficial effects from probiotics on all outcomes, except stool consistency; diarrhoea (any grade) OR 0·35 (95 % CI 0·22, 0·54), grade ≥ 2 diarrhoea 0·43 (0·25, 0·74), grade ≥ 3 diarrhoea 0·30 (0·15, 0·59), use of medication 0·49 (0·27, 0·88), soft stool 1·10 (0·44, 2·76) and watery stool 0·52 (0·29, 1·29). Probiotics use can reduce the incidence of diarrhoea in cancer patients in chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but the certainty of evidence for significant outcomes was very low and low.
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- Reza Amiri Khosroshahi
- Students' Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Students' Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Students' Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Duhn PH, Wæhrens EE, Pedersen MB, Nielsen SM, Locht H, Bliddal H, Christensen R, Amris K. Effectiveness of patient education as a stand-alone intervention for patients with chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. Scand J Rheumatol 2023; 52:654-663. [PMID: 37162478 DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2023.2192450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Patient education is recommended as an integral component of the therapeutic plan for the management of chronic widespread pain (CWP) and fibromyalgia (FM). The key purpose of patient education is to increase the patient's competence to manage his or her own health requirements, encouraging self-management and a return to desired everyday activities and lifestyle. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the evidence for the benefits and potential harms associated with the use of patient education as a stand-alone intervention for individuals with CWP and FM through randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHOD On 24 November 2021 a systematic search of PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ClinicalTrials.gov, American College of Rheumatology, European League Against Rheumatism, and the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform identified 2069 studies. After full-text screening, five RCT studies were found to be eligible for the qualitative evidence synthesis. RESULTS Patient education as a stand-alone intervention presented an improvement in patients' global assessment (standardized mean difference 0.79, 95% confidence interval 0.13 to 1.46). When comparing patient education with usual care, no intervention, or waiting list, no differences were found for functioning, level of pain, emotional distress in regard to anxiety and depression, or pain cognition. CONCLUSION This review reveals the need for RCTs investigating patient education as a stand-alone intervention for patients with FM, measuring outcomes such as disease acceptance, health-related quality of life, enhancement of patients' knowledge of pain, pain coping skills, and evaluation of prioritized learning outcomes.
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- P H Duhn
- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, User Perspectives, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Orthopaedic Research Unit at Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark
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Rimvall MK, Vassard D, Nielsen SM, Wolf RT, Plessen KJ, Bilenberg N, Thomsen PH, Thastum M, Neumer SP, Puggaard LB, Pedersen MMA, Pagsberg AK, Silverman WK, Correll CU, Christensen R, Jeppesen P. Effect modification of an effective transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral psychotherapy in youths with common mental health problems: Secondary analyses of the randomized mind-my-mind trial. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2023; 74:64-75. [PMID: 37279641 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Mind My Mind (MMM) cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) manualized treatment is effective in the management of common emotional and behavioral mental health problems in youth, yet not all individuals respond satisfactorily to treatment. This study explored potential effect modifiers, i.e., baseline factors associated with a differential treatment effect. We conducted secondary effect modifier analyses with MMM trial data, which involved randomization of 396 youths aged 6-16 years to either MMM CBT treatment (9-13 sessions) or management as usual in local community settings. We examined sociodemographic- (sex, age, family composition, ethnicity, parental education, and income) and clinical variables (mental disorders and duration of mental health problems) as potential effect modifiers of the a) change in parent-rated impact of mental health problems measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) or b) response (reduction of ≥1 on SDQ-impact). In intention-to-treat analyses, superior treatment (net) benefits from the MMM intervention were found among youths who met criteria for any mental disorder at baseline (-1.25 [95%CI: -1.67;-0.82]) compared to youths that did not meet diagnostic criteria (-0.22 [95%CI:-1.09;0.65]). Comorbidity vs no comorbidity (-1.84 [95%CI:-2.58;-1.10] vs -0.72 [95%CI:-1.15;-0.29]) and longer duration of untreated mental health problems, i.e., more vs less than 6 months (-1.16 [95%CI:-1.55;-0.78] vs 0.43 [95%CI:-1.01;1.86]) were also associated with superior treatment benefits. The sociodemographic factors were not associated with differential treatment effects in the intention-to-treat analyses. These findings suggest that community-based programs like the MMM are well-suited for youths with substantial mental health problems. Clinical Trials Identifier: NCT03535805.
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- Martin Køster Rimvall
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Copenhagen University Hospital - Psychiatry Region Zealand, Roskilde, Denmark; Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital - Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital - Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital - Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mental Health Services in the Region of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Research Center at Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Centre for the Psychological Treatment of Children and Adolescents, Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University, Denmark
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- Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Oslo, Norway; The Arctic University of Norway, Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare, North Norway (RKBU North), Tromsø, Norway
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital - Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital - Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital - Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program, Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Department of Psychiatry and Molecular Medicine, Hempstead, New York, United States; The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Glen Oaks, New York, United States; Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Manhasset, New York, United States; Charité Universitätsmedizin, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Berlin, Germany
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Copenhagen University Hospital - Psychiatry Region Zealand, Roskilde, Denmark; Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital - Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Døssing A, Nielsen SM, Kroon FP, Balsby IM, Tarp S, Kloppenburg M, Stamp L, Haugen IK, Altman RD, Henriksen M, Boesen M, Bliddal H, Berg S, Christensen R. Comparative effectiveness of pharmacological interventions for hand osteoarthritis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials. RMD Open 2023; 9:e003030. [PMID: 37734873 PMCID: PMC10537980 DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To explore the comparative effectiveness of pharmacological interventions for hand osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS We systematically searched Embase, MEDLINE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials from inception until 26 December 2021, for randomised trials of pharmacological interventions for people with hand OA. Two reviewers independently extracted study data and assessed the risk of bias. We calculated the effect sizes for pain (standardised mean differences) using Bayesian random effects models for network meta-analysis (NMA) and pairwise meta-analysis. Based on a pre-specified protocol, we prospectively registered the study at PROSPERO, CRD42021215393. RESULTS We included 72 trials with 7609 participants. 65 trials (n=5957) were eligible for the quantitative synthesis, investigating 29 pharmacological interventions. Oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and oral glucocorticoids' NMA effect sizes were -0.18 (95% credible interval -0.36 to 0.02) and -0.54 (-0.83 to -0.24), respectively, compared with placebo, and the result was consistent when limiting evidence to the pairwise meta-analysis of trials without high risk of bias. Intra-articular hyaluronate, intra-articular glucocorticoids, hydroxychloroquine, and topical NSAIDs' NMA effect sizes were 0.22 (-0.08 to 0.51), 0.25 (0.00 to 0.51), -0.01 (-0.19 to 0.18), and -0.14 (-0.33 to 0.08), respectively, compared with placebo. Oral NSAIDs were inferior to oral glucocorticoids with an NMA effect size of 0.36 (0.01 to 0.72). No intervention was superior to placebo when stratifying for thumb and finger OA. CONCLUSION Oral NSAIDs and glucocorticoids are apparently effective pharmacological interventions in hand OA. Intra-articular therapies and topical NSAIDs were not superior to placebo.
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- Anna Døssing
- Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
- Department of Rheumatology, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands
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- Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, Christchurch, University of Otago, Christcurch, Christcurch, New Zealand
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- Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Händel MN, Cardoso I, von Bülow C, Rohde JF, Ussing A, Nielsen SM, Christensen R, Body JJ, Brandi ML, Diez-Perez A, Hadji P, Javaid MK, Lems WF, Nogues X, Roux C, Minisola S, Kurth A, Thomas T, Prieto-Alhambra D, Ferrari SL, Langdahl B, Abrahamsen B. Fracture risk reduction and safety by osteoporosis treatment compared with placebo or active comparator in postmenopausal women: systematic review, network meta-analysis, and meta-regression analysis of randomised clinical trials. BMJ 2023; 381:e068033. [PMID: 37130601 PMCID: PMC10152340 DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2021-068033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To review the comparative effectiveness of osteoporosis treatments, including the bone anabolic agents, abaloparatide and romosozumab, on reducing the risk of fractures in postmenopausal women, and to characterise the effect of antiosteoporosis drug treatments on the risk of fractures according to baseline risk factors. DESIGN Systematic review, network meta-analysis, and meta-regression analysis of randomised clinical trials. DATA SOURCES Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Library to identify randomised controlled trials published between 1 January 1996 and 24 November 2021 that examined the effect of bisphosphonates, denosumab, selective oestrogen receptor modulators, parathyroid hormone receptor agonists, and romosozumab compared with placebo or active comparator. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES Randomised controlled trials that included non-Asian postmenopausal women with no restriction on age, when interventions looked at bone quality in a broad perspective. The primary outcome was clinical fractures. Secondary outcomes were vertebral, non-vertebral, hip, and major osteoporotic fractures, all cause mortality, adverse events, and serious cardiovascular adverse events. RESULTS The results were based on 69 trials (>80 000 patients). For clinical fractures, synthesis of the results showed a protective effect of bisphosphonates, parathyroid hormone receptor agonists, and romosozumab compared with placebo. Compared with parathyroid hormone receptor agonists, bisphosphonates were less effective in reducing clinical fractures (odds ratio 1.49, 95% confidence interval 1.12 to 2.00). Compared with parathyroid hormone receptor agonists and romosozumab, denosumab was less effective in reducing clinical fractures (odds ratio 1.85, 1.18 to 2.92 for denosumab v parathyroid hormone receptor agonists and 1.56, 1.02 to 2.39 for denosumab v romosozumab). An effect of all treatments on vertebral fractures compared with placebo was found. In the active treatment comparisons, denosumab, parathyroid hormone receptor agonists, and romosozumab were more effective than oral bisphosphonates in preventing vertebral fractures. The effect of all treatments was unaffected by baseline risk indicators, except for antiresorptive treatments that showed a greater reduction of clinical fractures compared with placebo with increasing mean age (number of studies=17; β=0.98, 95% confidence interval 0.96 to 0.99). No harm outcomes were seen. The certainty in the effect estimates was moderate to low for all individual outcomes, mainly because of limitations in reporting, nominally indicating a serious risk of bias and imprecision. CONCLUSIONS The evidence indicated a benefit of a range of treatments for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women for clinical and vertebral fractures. Bone anabolic treatments were more effective than bisphosphonates in the prevention of clinical and vertebral fractures, irrespective of baseline risk indicators. Hence this analysis provided no clinical evidence for restricting the use of anabolic treatment to patients with a very high risk of fractures. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION PROSPERO CRD42019128391.
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- Mina Nicole Händel
- Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Research, Odense Patient Data Explorative Network, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
- Occupational Science, User Perspectives and Community-Based Interventions, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark
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- Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, CHU Brugmann, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Institut Hospital del Mar of Medical Investigation, Autonomous University of Barcelona and CIBERFES (Frailty and Healthy Aging Research Network), Instituto Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
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- Frankfurt Centre of Bone Health, Frankfurt and Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Parc de Salut Mar, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
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- INSERM U 1153, Hospital Paris-Centre, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical, Internal, Anaesthesiologic, and Cardiovascular Sciences, Rome University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Marienhaus Klinikum Mainz, Major Teaching Hospital, University Medicine Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne, CHU de Saint-Etienne, Rheumatology Department, INSERM U1059, F-42023, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Departments of Clinical Medicine and of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Research, Odense Patient Data Explorative Network, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Medicine, Holbæk Hospital, Holbæk, Denmark
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Døssing A, Henriksen M, Ellegaard K, Nielsen SM, Stamp LK, Müller FC, Kloppenburg M, Haugen IK, McCarthy GM, Conaghan PG, Ulff-Møller Dahl L, Terslev L, Altman RD, Becce F, Ginnerup-Nielsen E, Jensen L, Boesen M, Christensen R, Dal U, Bliddal H. Colchicine twice a day for hand osteoarthritis (COLOR): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Rheumatol 2023; 5:e254-e262. [PMID: 38251589 DOI: 10.1016/s2665-9913(23)00065-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Colchicine has been suggested for osteoarthritis treatment, but evidence is contradictory. We aimed to investigate colchicine's efficacy and safety compared with placebo in people with hand osteoarthritis. METHODS In this single-centre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial we recruited adults with symptomatic hand osteoarthritis and finger pain of at least 40 mm on a 100 mm visual analogue scale from an outpatient clinic in Denmark. The hand with the most severe finger pain at inclusion was the target hand. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to 0·5 mg colchicine or placebo taken orally twice a day for 12 weeks, stratified by BMI (≥30 kg/m2), sex, and age (≥75 years). Participants, outcome assessors, and data analysts were masked to treatment allocation. The primary endpoint was change from baseline to week 12 in target hand finger pain, assessed on a 100 mm visual analogue scale with a pre-specified minimal clinically important difference of 15 mm, in the intention-to-treat population. Safety was assessed at week 12 in the intention-to-treat population. The study was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04601883, and with EudraCT, 2020-002803-20. FINDINGS Between Jan 15, 2021, and March 3, 2022, 186 people were screened for eligibility, and 100 were randomly assigned to receive colchicine (n=50) or placebo (n=50). Participants had a mean age of 70·9 (SD 7·5) years, 69 (69%) of 100 were women and 31 (31%) were men. All participants completed the study. The mean change from baseline to week 12 in finger pain were -13·9 mm (SE 2·8) in the colchicine group and -13·5 mm (2·8) in the placebo group, with a between-group difference (colchicine vs placebo) of -0·4 mm (95% CI -7·6 to 6·7; p=0·90). In the colchicine group, there were 76 adverse events in 36 (72%) of 50 participants and one serious adverse advent (migraine attack leading to hospital admission). In the placebo group, there were 42 adverse events in 22 (44%) of 50 participants and two serious adverse events (cholecystitis and elevated alanine aminotransferase concentrations, in the same patient). INTERPRETATION In people with painful hand osteoarthritis, treatment with 0·5 mg of colchicine twice day for 12 weeks did not effectively relieve pain, and treatment with colchicine was associated with more adverse events. FUNDING The Oak Foundation, IMK Almene Fond, Minister Erna Hamilton's Scholarship for Science and Art, AP Moller and Wife Chastine McKinney Moller's Foundation for Medical Science Advancement, The Danish Medical Association, the Velux Foundation, Aase and Ejnar Danielsen's Foundation, and Director Emil C Hertz and Wife Inger Hertz's foundation.
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- Anna Døssing
- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Radiology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Departments of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and National Institute for Health and Care Research Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, UK
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, The David Geffen School of Medicines at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Talebi S, Zeraattalab-Motlagh S, Vajdi M, Nielsen SM, Talebi A, Ghavami A, Moradi S, Sadeghi E, Ranjbar M, Habibi S, Sadeghi S, Mohammadi H. Early vs delayed enteral nutrition or parenteral nutrition in hospitalized patients: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized trials. Nutr Clin Pract 2023; 38:564-579. [PMID: 36906848 DOI: 10.1002/ncp.10976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/13/2023] Open
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We conducted an umbrella review to summarize the existing evidence on the effect of early enteral nutrition (EEN) compared with other approaches, including delayed enteral nutrition (DEN), parenteral nutrition (PN), and oral feeding (OF) on clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients. We performed a systematic search up to December 2021, in MEDLINE (via PubMed), Scopus, and Institute for Scientific Information Web of Science. We included systematic reviews with meta-analyses (SRMAs) of randomized trials investigating EEN compared with DEN, PN, or OF for any clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients. We used "A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews" (AMSTAR2) and the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for assessing the methodological quality of the systematic reviews and their included trial, respectively. The certainty of the evidence was rated using the "Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation" (GRADE) approach. We included 45 eligible SRMAs contributing with a total of 103 randomized controlled trials. The overall meta-analyses showed that patients who received EEN had statistically significant beneficial effects on most outcomes compared with any control (ie, DEN, PN, or OF), including mortality, sepsis, overall complications, infection complications, multiorgan failure, anastomotic leakage, length of hospital stay, time to flatus, and serum albumin levels. No statistically significant beneficial effects were found for risk of pneumonia, noninfectious complications, vomiting, wound infection, as well as number of days of ventilation, intensive care unit days, serum protein, and pre-serum albumin levels. Our results indicate that EEN may be preferred over DEN, PN, and OF because of the beneficial effects on many clinical outcomes.
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- Sepide Talebi
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Students' Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Isfahan, Iran
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Clinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Halal Research Center of IRI, FDA, Tehran, Iran.,Nutritional Sciences Department, School of Nutritional Sciences and Food Technology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Research Consultation Center (RCC), Shiraz University Of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Henriksen M, Nielsen SM, Christensen R, Kristensen LE, Bliddal H, Bartholdy C, Boesen M, Ellegaard K, Hunter DJ, Altman R, Bandak E. Who are likely to benefit from the Good Life with osteoArthritis in Denmark (GLAD) exercise and education program? An effect modifier analysis of a randomised controlled trial. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2023; 31:106-114. [PMID: 36089229 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2022.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To identify contextual factors that modify the treatment effect of the 'Good Life with osteoArthritis in Denmark' (GLAD) exercise and education programme compared to open-label placebo (OLP) on knee pain in individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS Secondary effect modifier analysis of a randomised controlled trial. 206 participants with symptomatic and radiographic knee OA were randomised to either the 8-week GLAD programme (n = 102) or OLP given as 4 intra-articular saline injections over 8 weeks (n = 104). The primary outcome was change from baseline to week 9 in the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score questionnaire (KOOS) pain subscale (range 0 (worst) to 100 (best)). Subgroups were created based on baseline information: BMI, swollen study knee, bilateral radiographic knee OA, sports participation as a young adult, sex, median age, a priori treatment preference, regular use of analgesics (NSAIDs or paracetamol), radiographic disease severity, and presence of constant or intermittent pain. RESULTS Participants who reported use of analgesics at baseline seem to benefit from the GLAD programme over OLP (subgroup contrast: 10.3 KOOS pain points (95% CI 3.0 to 17.6)). Participants with constant pain at baseline also seem to benefit from GLAD over OLP (subgroup contrast: 10.0 points (95% CI 2.8 to 17.2)). CONCLUSIONS These results imply that patients who take analgesics or report constant knee pain, GLAD seems to yield clinically relevant benefits on knee pain when compared to OLP. The results support a stratified recommendation of GLAD as management of knee OA. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03843931. EudraCT number 2019-000809-71.
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- M Henriksen
- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Australia; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Kassem N, Althouse SK, Monahan P, Hayes L, Nielsen SM, Heald B, Esplin E, Hatchell KE, Ballinger TJ. Racial Disparities in Family Variant Testing for Cancer Predisposition Genes. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2022. [PMID: 35775219 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-22-0476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Despite the substantial clinical impact of genetic testing, racial disparities exist in the delivery of this service. Here, we partnered with a commercial laboratory (Invitae) to establish whether there are racial disparities in the uptake of family variant testing (FVT). We also investigated if providing FVT at no cost impacts rates of cascade testing in Black and White families. METHODS This is a retrospective analysis comparing rates of FVT in self-reporting Black probands to self-reporting White probands who underwent germline genetic testing for genes associated with hereditary cancer through Invitae. All Black and White patients found to have a pathogenic/likely pathogenic variant P/LPV) in a hereditary cancer syndrome gene were identified up to one year before and up to one year after FVT became no-charge in 1/2017. The proportion of probands with at least one at- risk family member who underwent FVT was compared between Black and White probands using logistic regression, including the interaction between covariates of cost and race. RESULTS Between 1/2016 and 1/2018, 8,530 Black and 87,846 White probands underwent genetic testing. Of these, 9.3% (n =791) Black probands and 11.4% (n=9,998) White probands had a P/LPV identified. The uptake of FVT, defined by percentage of positive probands with at least one family member undergoing testing, was significantly lower in Black participants compared to White participants (11.9% versus 21.7%, odds ratio 0.5, 95% CI 0.4-0.6, p<0.001). Period of testing before or after FVT was no-charge did not impact this difference (p=0.23 for the interaction). FVT rates were significantly lower in Black patients compared to White patients both before (8.1% versus 18.7%, OR 0.4, 95% CI 0.2-0.6, p<0.001) and after (13.6% versus 23.1%, OR 0.5, 95% CI 0.4-0.7, p<0.001) testing became no-charge. CONCLUSION While FVT rates were low overall, they were significantly lower in Black families compared to White families. Cost of FVT did not have a significant impact on the racial disparity seen, suggesting additional barriers exist. Recognizing these disparities and determining the contributing factors are crucial to developing tailored interventions that would ultimately advance racial equity in cancer care.
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Kampe RT, Nielsen SM, Hotea I, van Durme C, Christensen R, Boonen A. Effect modification by contextual factors of urate-lowering therapy on serum urate in people with gout: A systematic review with meta-regression analysis. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2022; 56:152049. [PMID: 35728446 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To synthesize evidence of the effect of contextual factors (CFs) on efficacy of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) on serum urate (SU) as outcome in gout patients. METHODS Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) from (updated) Cochrane reviews were the starting point. RCTs were included if they explored the role of any CF on efficacy of ULT on SU in gout patients. For CFs with sufficient data (i.e. ≥3 trials), a mixed-effects meta-regression analysis was performed with trial and comparison as random effects, whereas specific CFs were modelled as fixed factors. RESULTS Eight RCTs were included. Effect modification by CFs was explored for age, sex, race, renal function, cardiovascular comorbidity, tophi, thiazide-diuretic use, and previous ULT use. Crude data stratified by renal function were available for four trials (36 randomised comparisons), and suitable for meta-analysis. Pooled estimates revealed that gout patients with a normal, mildly-, or moderately impaired renal function were consistently more likely to achieve SU target with ULT compared to control. Among RCTs comparing ULT to placebo (30 comparisons), effects of ULT on achieving SU target were not statistically different for those with normal (OR:66.87;[11.39-392.75]) compared to mildly (OR:28.54;[5.11-159.46]) and moderately (OR:21.45;[3.20-143.64]) impaired renal function, but seemed lower in those with severely impaired (OR:9.13;[0.96-86.97]) renal function. Data were insufficient to draw conclusions on effect modification by other CFs. CONCLUSION Few RCTs report stratified analyses exploring the role of CFs. ULT seemed effective in reaching the SU target in all levels of renal function, though severely impaired renal function appeared to render a slight disadvantage.
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- Ritch Te Kampe
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 5800, Maastricht, AZ 6202, the Netherlands; Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Rheumatology, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, the Netherlands.
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 5800, Maastricht, AZ 6202, the Netherlands; Centre Hospitalier Chrétien, Liège, Belgium
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 5800, Maastricht, AZ 6202, the Netherlands; Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Morillon MB, Christensen R, Singh JA, Dalbeth N, Saag K, Taylor WJ, Neogi T, Kennedy MA, Pedersen BM, McCarthy GM, Shea B, Diaz-Torne C, Tedeschi SK, Grainger R, Abhishek A, Gaffo A, Nielsen SM, Noerup A, Simon LS, Lassere M, Tugwell P, Stamp LK, Gout Working Group FTO. Serum urate as a proposed surrogate outcome measure in gout trials: From the OMERACT working group. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2021; 51:1378-1385. [PMID: 34839932 PMCID: PMC10401605 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Serum urate (SU) is the most common primary efficacy outcome in trials of urate-lowering therapies for gout. Despite this, it is not formally considered a validated surrogate outcome. In this paper we will outline the definitions of biomarkers and surrogate outcome measures, respectively as well as the available frameworks and challenges in the assessment of the validity of serum urate as a surrogate in gout (i.e. a reasonable replacement for gout symptoms).
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- Melanie Birger Morillon
- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; Department of Medicine, Svendborg, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Birmingham Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Birmingham Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Rheumatology Department. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Barcelona
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Boston, USA
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- Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Birmingham Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, St George Hospital, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Malm E, Nielsen SM, Berg J, Ioannidis JPA, Furst D, Smolen JS, Taylor PC, Kristensen LE, Tarp S, Ellingsen T, Christensen R. Risk of harm in synthetic and biological intervention trials in patients with inflammatory arthritis: protocol for a metaepidemiological study focusing on contextual factors. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e049850. [PMID: 34489286 PMCID: PMC8422485 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Inflammatory arthritis (IA) conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis, are characterised by inflammatory infiltration of the joints. Biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (tsDMARDs), respectively, reduce the effects of proinflammatory cytokines and immune cells to ameliorate disease. However, immunosuppression can be associated with high rates of serious adverse events (SAEs), including serious infections, and maybe an increased risk of malignancies and cardiovascular events. Currently, there is no empirical evidence on the extent to which contextual factors and risk of bias (RoB) domains may modify these harm signals in randomised trials. METHODS AND ANALYSIS We will search MEDLINE (via PubMed) for systematic reviews published since April 2015 and all Cochrane reviews. From these reviews, randomised trials will be eligible if they include patients with an IA condition with at least one group randomly allocated to bDMARD and/or tsDMARD treatments. A predefined form will be used for extracting data on population characteristics (eg, baseline characteristics or eligibility criteria, such as medication background) and specific harm outcome measures, such as number of withdrawals, numbers of patients discontinuing due to adverse events and number of patients having SAEs. RoB in individual trials will be assessed using a modified Cochrane RoB tool. We will estimate the potentially causal harm effects related to the experimental intervention compared with control comparator as risk ratios, and heterogeneity across randomised comparisons will be assessed statistically and evaluated as inconsistency using the I2 Index. Our metaregression analyses will designate population and trial characteristics and each RoB domain as independent variables, whereas the three harm domains will serve as dependent variables. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval is not required for this study. Results will be disseminated through publication in international peer-reviewed journals. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42020171124.
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- Esben Malm
- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- 3Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Department of Statistics, and Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, LA, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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Asoudeh F, Jayedi A, Kavian Z, Ebrahimi-Mousavi S, Nielsen SM, Mohammadi H. A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies on the association between animal protein sources and risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Nutr 2021; 40:4644-4652. [PMID: 34237693 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the linear and nonlinear dose-response associations of animal-based dietary protein intake and risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS A systematic search of MEDLINE, Scopus and Embase was conducted up to October 2020. Observational studies that report risk estimates of RA for animal-based protein consumption were included. We calculated pooled relative risks (RRs) by using a random-effects model. Linear and non-linear dose-response analyses were performed to examine the dose-response relations between animal-based protein consumption and RA. RESULTS Seven cohort studies (n = 457,554) with 3545 incident cases and six case-control studies with 3994 cases and 5252 controls were identified. Highest compared with the lowest category of fish consumption was inversely associated with risk of RA (RR: 0.89; 95% CI, 0.80 to 0.99; I2 = 0%, n = 10). Also, a 100 g/day increment in fish intake was associated with a 15% decreased risk of RA. Dose-response analysis showed a modest U-shaped association between fish consumption and incidence of RA, with the lowest risk at a fish intake of 20-30 g/day (Pnon-linearity = 0.04). We found no significant association between consumption of red meat, poultry or dairy and the risk of RA. CONCLUSION The present study revealed a significant reverse association between fish consumption and risk of RA. While we observed no association between red meat, dairy or poultry consumption and risk of RA. Further well-designed prospective studies are needed to support our findings.
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- Farzaneh Asoudeh
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Food Safety Research Center (salt), Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
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- Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Nielsen SM, Boers M, de Wit M, Shea B, van der Windt DA, Reeves BC, Beaton D, Alten R, Toupin April K, Boonen A, Escorpizo R, Flurey C, Furst DE, Guillemin F, Leong A, Pohl C, Rasmussen MU, Singh JA, Smolen JS, Strand V, Verstappen SMM, Voshaar M, Woodworth TG, Ellingsen T, March L, Wells GA, Tugwell P, Christensen R. OMERACT consensus-based operational definition of contextual factors in rheumatology clinical trials: A mixed methods study. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2021; 51:601-606. [PMID: 33875246 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To develop an operational definition of contextual factors (CF) [1]. METHODS Based on previously conducted interviews, we presented three CF types in a Delphi survey; Effect Modifying -, Outcome Influencing - and Measurement Affecting CFs. Subsequently, a virtual Special Interest Group (SIG) session was held for in depth discussion of Effect Modifying CFs. RESULTS Of 161 Delphi participants, 129 (80%) completed both rounds. After two rounds, we reached consensus (≥70% agreeing) for all but two statements. The 45 SIG participants were broadly supportive. CONCLUSION Through consensus we developed an operational definition of CFs, which was well received by OMERACT members.
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- Sabrina Mai Nielsen
- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology & Data Science, and Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- OMERACT Patient Research Partner, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Bristol Trials Centre, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Work and Health, and Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute and the Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Germany
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States; Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland
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- Department of Health and Social Sciences, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States; University of Washington, Seattle, California, United States; University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Healthy Motivation, and Bone and Joint Decade, the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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- Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Germany
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Medicine Service, VA Medical Center, 700 19th St S, Birmingham 35233, AL United States; Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), 1720 Second Ave. South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, United States; Department of Epidemiology at the UAB School of Public Health, 1665 University Blvd., Ryals Public Health Building, Room 220, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, United States
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United States
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- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom; NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacy, Sint Maartenskliniek, The Netherlands. Department of Pharmacy, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Florance and Cope Professorial Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital and Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
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Gudbergsen H, Overgaard A, Henriksen M, Wæhrens EE, Bliddal H, Christensen R, Nielsen SM, Boesen M, Knop FK, Astrup A, Rasmussen MU, Bartholdy C, Daugaard CL, Ellegaard K, Heitmann BL, Bartels EM, Danneskiold-Samsøe B, Kristensen LE. Liraglutide after diet-induced weight loss for pain and weight control in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr 2021; 113:314-323. [PMID: 33471039 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Weight loss is critical for preventing and managing obesity-related diseases. There is a notable lack of valid and reliable means to manage patients with overweight/obesity and knee osteoarthritis (KOA). OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy and safety of liraglutide in a 30 mg/d dosing in patients with overweight/obesity and KOA. METHODS The trial was designed as a randomized controlled trial including patients between the age of 18 and 74 y with KOA and a BMI ≥27 (measured in kg/m2).Patients underwent a pre-random assignment diet intervention (week -8 to 0). At week 0, patients having lost >5% of their body weight were randomly assigned to liraglutide 3 mg/d or placebo for 52 wk. The coprimary outcomes were changes in body weight and the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) pain subscale from week 0 to 52. RESULTS In total, 168 patients enrolled and 156 were randomly assigned to receive liraglutide or placebo. Patients experienced a significant reduction in body weight and KOOS pain during the pre-random assignment dietary intervention period (week -8 to 0). From week 0 to 52 there was a significant difference in body weight between the liraglutide and placebo group (mean changes: -2.8 and +1.2 kg, respectively; group difference, 3.9 kg; 95% CI: -6.9, -1.0; P = 0.008). There was, however, no group difference in KOOS pain (mean changes: 0.4 and -0.6 points, respectively; group difference, 0.9 points; 95% CI: -3.9, 5.7; P = 0.71). Treatment-emergent adverse events related to the gastrointestinal system were experienced by 50.2% and 39.2% of patients in the liraglutide and placebo groups, respectively. CONCLUSIONS In patients with KOA and overweight/obesity liraglutide added after an 8-wk pre-random assignment diet induced a significant weight loss at >52 wk but did not reduce knee pain compared to placebo. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02905864.
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- Henrik Gudbergsen
- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.,Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.,Research Initiative for Activity Studies and Occupational Therapy, Research Unit for General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.,Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.,Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.,Department of Radiology, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- NNF Center for Clinical Metabolic Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.,Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Research Unit for Dietary Studies at The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.,Department of Public Health, Section for General Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.,Department of Neurology, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Nielsen SM, Uggen Rasmussen M, Boers M, A van der Windt D, de Wit M, G Woodworth T, A Flurey C, Beaton D, Shea B, Escorpizo R, Furst DE, Smolen JS, Toupin-April K, Boonen A, Voshaar M, Ellingsen T, Wells GA, Reeves BC, March L, Tugwell P, Christensen R. Towards consensus in defining and handling contextual factors within rheumatology trials: an initial qualitative study from an OMERACT working group. Ann Rheum Dis 2020; 80:242-249. [PMID: 33055082 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Initiative established the Contextual Factors Working Group to guide the understanding, identification and handling of contextual factors for clinical trials. In clinical research, different uses of the term 'contextual factors' exist. This study explores the perspectives of researchers (including clinicians) and patients in defining 'contextual factor' and its related terminology, identifying such factors and accounting for them in trials across rheumatology. METHODS We conducted individual semistructured interviews with researchers (including clinicians) who have experience within the field of contextual factors in clinical trials or other potentially relevant areas, and small focus group interviews with patients with rheumatic conditions. We transcribed the interviews and applied qualitative content analysis. RESULTS We interviewed 12 researchers and 7 patients. Researcher's and patient's descriptions of contextual factors were categorised into two broad themes, each comprising two contextual factors types. The 'treatment effect' theme focused on factors explaining variations in treatment effects (A) among patients and (B) among studies. The 'outcome measurement' theme focused on factors that explain (C) variations in the measurement result itself (apart from actual changes/differences in the outcome) and (D) variations in the outcome itself (beside treatment of interest). Methods for identifying and handling contextual factors differed among these themes and types. CONCLUSIONS Two main themes for contextual factors with four types of contextual factors were identified based on input from researchers and patients. This will guide operationalisation of contextual factors. Further research should refine our findings and establish consensus among relevant stakeholders.
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- Sabrina Mai Nielsen
- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark .,Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology & Data Science; and Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- School of Medicine; Primary Care Centre Versus Arthritis; and Centre for Prognosis Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK
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- OMERACT Patient Research Partner, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Health and Social Sciences, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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- Institute for Work and Health, and Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute and the Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA.,Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland
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- Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.,University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- University of Twente, Enschede, Faculty of Behavioural Management and Social sciences, Department Psychology, Health and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Bristol Trials Centre, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Florance and Cope Professorial Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital and Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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Nielsen SM, Storgaard H, Ellingsen T, Shea BJ, Wells GA, Welch VA, Furst DE, de Wit M, Voshaar M, Juhl CB, Boers M, Escorpizo R, Woodworth TG, Boonen A, Bliddal H, March LM, Tugwell P, Christensen R. Population characteristics as important contextual factors in rheumatological trials: an exploratory meta-epidemiological study from an OMERACT Working Group. Ann Rheum Dis 2020; 79:1269-1276. [PMID: 32606042 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To explore whether trial population characteristics modify treatment responses across various interventions, comparators and rheumatic conditions. METHODS In this meta-epidemiological study, we included trials from systematic reviews available from the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group published up to 23 April 2019 in Cochrane Library with meta-analyses of five or more randomised controlled trials (RCTs) published from year 2000. From trial reports, we extracted data on 20 population characteristics. For characteristics with sufficient data (ie, available for ≥2/3 of the trials), we performed multilevel meta-epidemiological analyses. RESULTS We identified 19 eligible systematic reviews contributing 187 RCTs (212 comparisons). Only age and sex were explicitly reported in ≥2/3 of the trials. Using information about the country of the trials led to sufficient data for five further characteristics, that is, 7 out of 20 (35%) protocolised characteristics were analysed. The meta-regressions showed effect modification by economic status, place of residence, and, nearly, from healthcare system (explaining 4.8%, 0.9% and 1.5% of the between-trial variation, respectively). No effect modification was demonstrated from age, sex, patient education/health literacy or predominant religion. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates the scarce reporting of most population characteristics, hampering investigation of their impact with meta-research. Our sparse results suggest that place of residence (ie, continent of the trial), economic status (based on World Bank classifications) and healthcare system (based on WHO index for health system performance) may be important in explaining the variation in treatment response across trials. There is an urgent need for consistent reporting of important population characteristics in trials. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42019127642.
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- Sabrina Mai Nielsen
- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark .,Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Bruyere Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.,University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.,University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- OMERACT Patient Research Partner, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands
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- Department Psychology, Health and Technology, University of Twente, Twente, The Netherlands
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- Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev & Gentofte, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA.,Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland
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- David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), 6229 ER Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Florance and Cope Professorial Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital and Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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Prill R, Singh JA, Seeber GH, Nielsen SM, Goodman S, Michel S, Kopkow C, Schulz R, Choong P, Hommel H. Patient, physiotherapist and surgeon endorsement of the core domain set for total hip and total knee replacement in Germany: a study protocol for an OMERACT initiative. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e035207. [PMID: 32595152 PMCID: PMC7322286 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION There is a lack of harmonising measures for clinical trials on total joint replacement (TJR) that would allow for results from TJR studies to be compared or pooled. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) TJR core domain set is already endorsed among patients and physicians in the USA and Australia. Physiotherapists use different types of measurements compared to orthopaedic surgeons while both make substantial contributions to research in the field of TJR. To achieve consensus on core measurements sets, patients, physiotherapists and orthopaedic surgeons need to achieve consensus on the core domains for TJR trials. METHODS AND ANALYSIS For this multistage study, first, the OMERACT TJR core domain set survey will be translated to German and validated according to WHO guidelines. Next, the TJR core domain set will be considered for endorsement in different German stakeholder groups including patients, physiotherapists and orthopaedic surgeons. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethical approval for this protocol was given by the ethics committee of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU-CS, EK 2019-2). This article is based on the protocol version 2.5 from 6 May 2020. Anonymous data will be presented only. We will publish the results in peer-reviewed publications and at international conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER German Clinical Trials Registry (DRKS00016015).
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- Robert Prill
- Therapy Sciences, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Senftenberg, Germany
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- Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Medicine Service, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- University Hospital of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery Pius-Hospital, Medical Campus University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Integrative Rheumatology and Orthopedics Center of Excellence, Weill Cornell Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA
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- Therapy Sciences, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Senftenberg, Germany
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- Therapy Sciences, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Senftenberg, Germany
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- Therapy Sciences, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Senftenberg, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Klinik für Orthopädie, Sportmedizin und Rehabilitation, Krankenhaus Markisch-Oderland GmbH, Wriezen, Germany
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Bandak E, Boesen M, Bliddal H, Riis RGC, Nielsen SM, Klokker L, Bartholdy C, Nybing JD, Henriksen M. Exercise-induced pain changes associate with changes in muscle perfusion in knee osteoarthritis: exploratory outcome analyses of a randomised controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2019; 20:491. [PMID: 31656173 PMCID: PMC6815355 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-019-2858-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Exercise therapy is recommended for knee osteoarthritis (OA), but the underlying mechanisms of pain relief are not fully understood. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of exercise on muscle perfusion assessed by dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) and its association with changes in pain in patients with knee OA. METHODS Exploratory outcome analyses of a randomised controlled study with per-protocol analyses ( ClinicalTrials.gov : NCT01545258) performed at an outpatient clinic at a public hospital in Denmark. We compared 12 weeks of supervised exercise therapy 3 times per week (ET) with a no attention control group (CG). Analyses of covariance (ANCOVA) were used to assess group mean differences in changes from baseline to week 12 in knee muscle perfusion quantified by DCE-MRI, patient-reported pain and function using the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) questionnaire, knee extensor and flexor muscle strength tests, and the six-minute walking test (6MWT). Spearman's correlation coefficients were used to determine the correlation between changes in DCE-MRI variables, KOOS, muscle strength, and 6MWT. The potential effect mediation of the DCE-MRI perfusion variables was investigated in a post-hoc mediation analysis. RESULTS Of 60 participants randomised with knee osteoarthritis, 33 (ET, n = 16, CG, n = 17) adhered to the protocol and had complete DCE-MRI data. At follow-up, there were significant group differences in muscle perfusion changes and clinically relevant group differences in KOOS pain changes (10.7, 95% CI 3.3 to 18.1, P = 0.006) in favor of ET. There were no significant between-group differences on muscle strength and function. The changes in pain and muscle perfusion were significantly correlated (highest Spearman's rho = 0.42, P = 0.014). The mediation analyses were generally not statistically significant. CONCLUSION The pain-reducing effects of a 12-week exercise program are associated with changes in knee muscle perfusion quantified by DCE-MRI in individuals with knee OA, but whether the effects are mediated by muscle perfusion changes remains unclear. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01545258 , first posted March 6, 2012.
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- Elisabeth Bandak
- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of physical and occupational therapy, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of physical and occupational therapy, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Händel MN, Cardoso I, Rasmussen KM, Rohde JF, Jacobsen R, Nielsen SM, Christensen R, Heitmann BL. Processed meat intake and chronic disease morbidity and mortality: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0223883. [PMID: 31622423 PMCID: PMC6797176 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Despite the nutritional value of meat, a large volume of reviews and meta-analyses suggests that processed meat intake is associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. However, assessments of the quality of these published reviews internal validity are generally lacking. We systematically reviewed and assessed the quality alongside summarizing the results of previously published systematic reviews and meta-analyses that examined the association between processed meat intake and cancers, type II diabetes (T2D), and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Reviews and meta-analyses published until May 2018 were identified through a systematic literature search in the databases MEDLINE and EMBASE, and reference lists of included reviews. The quality of the systematic reviews and meta-analyses was assessed using A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR). All eligible reviews had to comply with two quality requirements: providing sufficient information on quality assessment of the primary studies and a comprehensive search. The results were summarized for T2D, CVD, and each of the different cancer types. The certainty in the estimates of the individual outcomes was rated using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) method. In total, 22 systematic reviews were eligible and thus included in this review. More than 100 reviews were excluded because quality assessment of the primary studies had not been performed. The AMSTAR score of the included reviews ranged from 5 to 8 indicating moderate quality. Overall, the quality assessments of primary studies of the reviews are generally lacking; the scientific quality of the systematic reviews reporting positive associations between processed meat intake and risk of various cancers, T2D and CVD is moderate, and the results from case-control studies suggest more often a positive association than the results from cohort studies. The overall certainty in the evidence was very low across all individual outcomes, due to serious risk of bias and imprecision.
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- Mina Nicole Händel
- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Public Health, Section for General Practice, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Højgaard P, Ellegaard K, Nielsen SM, Christensen R, Guldberg-Møller J, Ballegaard C, Dreyer L, Mease P, de Wit M, Skov L, Glintborg B, Bliddal H, Bartels EM, Amris K, Kristensen LE. Pain Mechanisms and Ultrasonic Inflammatory Activity as Prognostic Factors in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis: A Prospective Cohort Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2019; 71:798-810. [PMID: 29975012 DOI: 10.1002/acr.23693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the prognostic value of widespread pain and of musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) examination for subsequent treatment outcomes in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHODS An exploratory prospective cohort study enrolled patients with PsA initiating biologic or conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in routine care. Clinical, US, and patient-reported measures were collected at baseline and after 4 months. Widespread nonarthritic pain (WP) was defined as a Widespread Pain Index score of ≥4 with pain in ≥4 of 5 regions. PsA activity by US was defined as color Doppler (yes/no) in selected entheses, joints, or tendons. The main response criteria included the American College of Rheumatology 20% improvement, the Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis 50% improvement, and minimal disease activity. The primary analyses were age- and sex-adjusted logistic regression. RESULTS WP was present in 24 of 69 included patients (35%) and was associated with worse patient-reported and composite baseline measures, while US and other objective findings were similar to those in patients without WP. The odds of reaching minimal disease activity after 4 months were significantly greater for patients enrolled without WP (odds ratio 18.43 [95% confidence interval 1.51, 224.41]; P = 0.022), while WP did not impair other response measures. Patients with baseline color Doppler activity (n = 42 [61%]) had a worse objective PsA burden, but their chance of treatment response was comparable to those without color Doppler. CONCLUSION More than one-third of patients with PsA presented with WP, which was associated with worse patient-reported scores and failure to achieve minimal disease activity following conventional synthetic or biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy. PsA activity by color Doppler US had no influence on subsequent treatment response in this PsA cohort.
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- Pil Højgaard
- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, and Rigshospitalet Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, and Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Aalborg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, and Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Aalborg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, and Rigshospitalet Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, and Rigshospitalet Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Rigshospitalet Gentofte, Hellerup, and Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Rigshospitalet Gentofte, Hellerup, and Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Møller-Bisgaard S, Hørslev-Petersen K, Ejbjerg B, Hetland ML, Ørnbjerg LM, Glinatsi D, Møller J, Boesen M, Christensen R, Stengaard-Pedersen K, Madsen OR, Jensen B, Villadsen JA, Hauge EM, Bennett P, Hendricks O, Asmussen K, Kowalski M, Lindegaard H, Nielsen SM, Bliddal H, Krogh NS, Ellingsen T, Nielsen AH, Balding L, Jurik AG, Thomsen HS, Østergaard M. Effect of Magnetic Resonance Imaging vs Conventional Treat-to-Target Strategies on Disease Activity Remission and Radiographic Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The IMAGINE-RA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2019; 321:461-472. [PMID: 30721294 PMCID: PMC6440221 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.21362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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IMPORTANCE Whether using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to guide treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) improves disease activity and slows joint damage progression is unknown. OBJECTIVE To determine whether an MRI-guided treat-to-target strategy vs a conventional clinical treat-to-target strategy improves outcomes in patients with RA in clinical remission. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Two-year, randomized, multicenter trial conducted at 9 hospitals in Denmark. Two hundred patients with RA in clinical remission (disease activity score in 28 joints-C-reactive protein [DAS28-CRP] <3.2 and no swollen joints) were enrolled between April 2012 and June 2015. The final follow-up visit was April 2017. INTERVENTIONS Patients were randomly allocated (1:1) to an MRI-guided vs a conventional treat-to-target strategy. In the MRI-guided group, the treatment goal was absence of MRI bone marrow edema combined with clinical remission, defined as DAS28-CRP of 3.2 or less and no swollen joints. In the conventional group, the treatment goal was clinical remission. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Co-primary outcomes were proportions of patients achieving DAS28-CRP remission (DAS28-CRP <2.6) and with no radiographic progression (no increase in total van der Heijde-modified Sharp score) at 24 months. Significance testing for the primary outcome was based on 1-sided testing. Secondary outcomes were clinical and MRI measures of disease activity, physical function, and quality of life. RESULTS Of 200 patients randomized (133 women [67%]; mean [SD] age, 61.6 [10.5] years; median baseline DAS28-CRP, 1.9 [interquartile range, 1.7-2.2]; van der Heijde-modified Sharp score, 18.0 [interquartile range, 7.0-42.5]), 76 patients (76%) in the MRI-guided group and 95 (95%) in the conventional group completed the study. Of these, 64 (85%) vs 83 (88%), respectively, reached the primary clinical end point (risk difference, -4.8% [1-sided 95% CI, -13.6% to + ∞; 1-sided P = .19]) and 49 (66%) vs 58 (62%), respectively, reached the primary radiographic end point (risk difference, 4.7% [1-sided 95% CI, -7.0% to + ∞; 1-sided P = .25). Of 10 key secondary end points, 8 were null and 2 showed statistically significant benefit for the MRI treat-to-target group. Seventeen patients (17%) in the MRI-guided treat-to-target group and 6 patients (6%) in the conventional treat-to-target group experienced serious adverse events. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Among patients with RA in clinical remission, an MRI-guided treat-to-target strategy compared with a conventional treat-to-target strategy did not result in improved disease activity remission rates or reduce radiographic progression. These findings do not support the use of an MRI-guided strategy for treating patients with RA. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01656278.
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- Signe Møller-Bisgaard
- Department of Rheumatology, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, King Christian X’s Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Graasten, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
- Department of Rheumatology, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Herlev and Gentofte University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg University Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg University Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, King Christian X’s Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Graasten, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg University Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hjørring Hospital, Hjørring, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Herlev and Gentofte University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Herlev and Gentofte University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bartholdy C, Nielsen SM, Warming S, Hunter DJ, Christensen R, Henriksen M. Poor replicability of recommended exercise interventions for knee osteoarthritis: a descriptive analysis of evidence informing current guidelines and recommendations. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2019; 27:3-22. [PMID: 30248500 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 04/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the reporting completeness of exercise-based interventions for knee osteoarthritis (OA) in studies that form the basis of current clinical guidelines, and examine if the clinical benefit (pain and disability) from exercise is associated with the intervention reporting completeness. DESIGN Review of clinical OA guidelines METHODS: We searched MEDLINE and EMBASE for guidelines published between 2006 and 2016 including recommendations about exercise for knee OA. The studies used to inform a recommendation were reviewed for exercise reporting completeness. Reporting completeness was evaluated using a 12-item checklist; a combination of the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) and Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT). Each item was scored 'YES' or 'NO' and summarized as a proportion of interventions with complete descriptions and each intervention's completeness was summarized as the percentage of completely described items. The association between intervention description completeness score and clinical benefits was analyzed with a multilevel meta-regression. RESULTS From 10 clinical guidelines, we identified 103 original studies of which 100 were retrievable (including 133 interventions with 6,926 patients). No interventions were completely described on all 12 items (median 33% of items complete; range 17-75%). The meta-regression analysis indicated that poorer reporting was associated with greater effects on pain and no association with effects on disability. CONCLUSION The inadequate description of recommended interventions for knee OA is a serious problem that precludes replication of effective interventions in clinical practice. By consequence, the relevance and usability of clinical guideline documents and original study reports are diminished. PROSPERO CRD42016039742.
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- C Bartholdy
- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, 2400 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, 2400 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Rheumatology Department, Royal North Shore Hospital and Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, 2400 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Nielsen SM, Zobbe K, Kristensen LE, Christensen R. Nutritional recommendations for gout: An update from clinical epidemiology. Autoimmun Rev 2018; 17:1090-1096. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2018.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Thorlacius L, Ingram JR, Villumsen B, Esmann S, Kirby JS, Gottlieb AB, Merola JF, Dellavalle R, Nielsen SM, Christensen R, Garg A, Jemec GBE. A core domain set for hidradenitis suppurativa trial outcomes: an international Delphi process. Br J Dermatol 2018; 179:642-650. [PMID: 29654696 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.16672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is no consensus on core outcome domains for hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). Heterogeneous outcome measure instruments in clinical trials likely leads to outcome-reporting bias and limits the ability to synthesize evidence. OBJECTIVES To achieve global multistakeholder consensus on a core outcome set (COS) of domains regarding what to measure in clinical trials for HS. METHODS Six stakeholder groups participated in a Delphi process that included five anonymous e-Delphi rounds and four face-to-face consensus meetings to reach consensus on the final COS. The aim was for a 1 : 1 ratio of patients to healthcare professionals (HCPs). RESULTS A total of 41 patients and 52 HCPs from 19 countries in four continents participated in the consensus process, which yielded a final COS that included five domains: pain, physical signs, HS-specific quality of life, global assessment and progression of course. A sixth domain, symptoms, was highly supported by patients and not by HCPs but is recommended for the core domain set. CONCLUSIONS Routine adoption of the COS in future HS trials should ensure that core outcomes of importance to both patients and HCPs are collected.
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- L Thorlacius
- Department of Dermatology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.,Health Sciences Faculty, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Infection & Immunity, Cardiff University, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, U.K
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- The Patients' Association HS Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Dermatology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Dermatology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, U.S.A
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- Department of Dermatology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, U.S.A
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, U.S.A.,Department of Dermatology, Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, U.S.A.,Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, U.S.A
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- Dermatology Service, US Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Centre, Denver, CO, U.S.A
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Dermatology, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY, U.S.A
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- Department of Dermatology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.,Health Sciences Faculty, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Roos EM, Hare KB, Nielsen SM, Christensen R, Lohmander LS. Better outcome from arthroscopic partial meniscectomy than skin incisions only? A sham-controlled randomised trial in patients aged 35-55 years with knee pain and an MRI-verified meniscal tear. BMJ Open 2018; 8:e019461. [PMID: 29420232 PMCID: PMC5829931 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Compare arthroscopic partial meniscectomy to a true sham intervention. METHODS Sham-controlled superiority trial performed in three county hospitals in Denmark comparing arthroscopic partial meniscectomy to skin incisions only in patients aged 35-55 years with persistent knee pain and an MRI-confirmed medial meniscus lesion. A computer-generated table of random numbers generated two comparison groups. Participants and outcome assessors were blinded to group allocation. Exclusions were locking knees, high-energy trauma or severe osteoarthritis. Outcomes were collected at baseline, 3 and 24 months. We hypothesised no difference between groups. The primary outcome was the between-group difference in change from baseline to 2 years in the mean score across all five normalised Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) subscales (KOOS5). RESULTS Forty-four patients (of the estimated 72) underwent randomisation; 22 in each group. Sixteen participants (36%) were non-blinded and eight participants (36%) from the sham group crossed over to the surgery group prior to the 2-year follow-up. At 2 years, both groups reported clinically relevant improvements (surgery 21.8, skin incisions only 13.6), the mean difference between groups was 8.2 in favour of surgery, which is slightly less than the cut-off of 10 prespecified to represent a clinically relevant difference; judged by the 95% CI (-3.4 to 19.8), a possibility of clinically relevant difference could not be excluded. In total, nine participants experienced 11 adverse events; six in the surgery group and three in the skin-incisions-only group. CONCLUSION We found greater improvement from arthroscopic partial meniscectomy compared with skin incisions only at 2 years, with the statistical uncertainty of the between-group difference including what could be considered clinically relevant. Because of the study being underpowered, nearly half in the sham group being non-blinded and one-third crossing over to surgery, the results cannot be generalised to the greater patient population. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT01264991.
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- Ewa M Roos
- Department of Sport and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Sport and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Orthopaedics, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Orthopaedics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Nielsen SM, Toftdahl NG, Nordentoft M, Hjorthøj C. Association between alcohol, cannabis, and other illicit substance abuse and risk of developing schizophrenia: a nationwide population based register study. Psychol Med 2017; 47:1668-1677. [PMID: 28166863 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291717000162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several studies have examined whether use of substances can cause schizophrenia. However, due to methodological limitations in the existing literature (e.g. selection bias and lack of adjustment of co-abuse) uncertainties still remain. We aimed to investigate whether substance abuse increases the risk of developing schizophrenia, addressing some of these limitations. METHOD The longitudinal, nationwide Danish registers were linked to establish a cohort of 3 133 968 individuals (105 178 673 person-years at risk), identifying 204 505 individuals diagnosed with substance abuse and 21 305 diagnosed with schizophrenia. Information regarding substance abuse was extracted from several registers and did not include psychotic symptoms caused by substance abuse in the definition. This resulted in a large, generalizable sample of exposed individuals. The data was analysed using Cox regression analyses, and adjusted for calendar year, gender, urbanicity, co-abuse, other psychiatric diagnosis, parental substance abuse, psychiatric history, immigration and socioeconomic status. RESULTS A diagnosis of substance abuse increased the overall risk of developing schizophrenia [hazard ratio (HR) 6.04, 95% confidence interval (CI) 5.84-6.26]. Cannabis (HR 5.20, 95% CI 4.86-5.57) and alcohol (HR 3.38, 95% CI 3.24-3.53) presented the strongest associations. Abuse of hallucinogens (HR 1.86, 95% CI 1.43-2.41), sedatives (HR 1.68, 95% CI 1.49-1.90), and other substances (HR 2.85, 95% CI 2.58-3.15) also increased the risk significantly. The risk was found to be significant even 10-15 years subsequent to a diagnosis of substance abuse. CONCLUSION Our results illustrate robust associations between almost any type of substance abuse and an increased risk of developing schizophrenia later in life.
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- S M Nielsen
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Mental Health Center Copenhagen,Hellerup,Denmark
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- Copenhagen University Hospital, Mental Health Center Copenhagen,Hellerup,Denmark
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- Copenhagen University Hospital, Mental Health Center Copenhagen,Hellerup,Denmark
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- Copenhagen University Hospital, Mental Health Center Copenhagen,Hellerup,Denmark
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Nielsen SM, Tarp S, Christensen R, Bliddal H, Klokker L, Henriksen M. The risk associated with spinal manipulation: an overview of reviews. Syst Rev 2017; 6:64. [PMID: 28340595 PMCID: PMC5366149 DOI: 10.1186/s13643-017-0458-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) is a widely used manual treatment, but many reviews exist with conflicting conclusions about the safety of SMT. We performed an overview of reviews to elucidate and quantify the risk of serious adverse events (SAEs) associated with SMT. METHODS We searched five electronic databases from inception to December 8, 2015. We included reviews on any type of studies, patients, and SMT technique. Our primary outcome was SAEs. Quality of the included reviews was assessed using a measurement tool to assess systematic reviews (AMSTAR). Since there were insufficient data for calculating incidence rates of SAEs, we used an alternative approach; the conclusions regarding safety of SMT were extracted for each review, and the communicated opinion were judged by two reviewers independently as safe, harmful, or neutral/unclear. Risk ratios (RRs) of a review communicating that SMT is safe and meeting the requirements for each AMSTAR item, were calculated. RESULTS We identified 283 eligible reviews, but only 118 provided data for synthesis. The most frequently described adverse events (AEs) were stroke, headache, and vertebral artery dissection. Fifty-four reviews (46%) expressed that SMT is safe, 15 (13%) expressed that SMT is harmful, and 49 reviews (42%) were neutral or unclear. Thirteen reviews reported incidence estimates for SAEs, roughly ranging from 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 250,000,000 manipulations. Low methodological quality was present, with a median of 4 of 11 AMSTAR items met (interquartile range, 3 to 6). Reviews meeting the requirements for each of the AMSTAR items (i.e. good internal validity) had a higher chance of expressing that SMT is safe. CONCLUSIONS It is currently not possible to provide an overall conclusion about the safety of SMT; however, the types of SAEs reported can indeed be significant, sustaining that some risk is present. High quality research and consistent reporting of AEs and SAEs are needed. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION PROSPERO CRD42015030068 .
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- Sabrina Mai Nielsen
- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Frederiksberg & Bispebjerg, Frederiksberg, 2000, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Frederiksberg & Bispebjerg, Frederiksberg, 2000, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Frederiksberg & Bispebjerg, Frederiksberg, 2000, Denmark
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- Clinical Research Unit, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Frederiksberg & Bispebjerg, Frederiksberg, 2000, Denmark
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- The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Frederiksberg & Bispebjerg, Frederiksberg, 2000, Denmark
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- Physiotherapy and Biomechanics Research Unit, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Frederiksberg & Bispebjerg, Frederiksberg, 2000, Denmark.
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INTRODUCTION Epilepsy has been considered to be more frequent in Greenland than in Denmark, where the prevalence among children is 0.40%. STUDY DESIGN Evaluation of the prevalence, diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy among children in Greenland aged 0-15 years. METHODS During autumn 2000, 13 out of 18 hospitals in Greenland were visited. The population of children in the areas visited was 11,965 of a total of 15,226 in Greenland. All children with the diagnosis of epilepsy were referred for evaluation and the diagnosis was confirmed. When possible, informed consent was obtained to collect data from medical records. RESULTS 43 children (18 boys) had the diagnosis of epilepsy. For 38 (15 boys) further data were obtained. Mean age was 8.5 years (3-14) for boys and 7.9 years (2-14) for girls. The age at diagnosis was 4.9 years (1-11) for boys and 4.2 years (0-10) for girls. The prevalence of epilepsy was 0.34%. In 31 cases an electroencephalograph (EEG) recording was done, comprising sleep recordings in 26 cases. Medication was according to recommendations in Denmark. CONCLUSION The prevalence of epilepsy in children and the medical treatment of epilepsy among children in Greenland is the same as in Denmark.
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Alberdi-Saugstrup M, Nielsen SM. PReS-FINAL-2334: Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis and tnf-αlfa inhibitors. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2013. [PMCID: PMC4043982 DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-11-s2-p324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Mathiesen PR, Zak M, Herlin T, Nielsen SM. Clinical features and outcome in a Danish cohort of juvenile dermatomyositis patients. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2010; 28:782-789. [PMID: 21029565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2009] [Accepted: 04/20/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To assess disease characteristics and outcome in Danish juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) patients (1977-2007). METHODS Medical record review of hospital records identified from the National Patient Register. RESULTS Fifty-seven JDM patients were identified. Follow-up time was 7 years (range 0.06-30). Female:male ratio was 2.5:1. Mean age at disease onset was 7 years (SD±3.7), range 1.5-16.0 years. Diagnostic delay was 0.7 years (SD±1.6), range 0.04-9 years. Mean disease duration was 3.7 years (SD±3.5), range 0.7-9 years. Thirty-nine patients (70%) were in full remission. Three patients (5%) were deceased. Disease/treatment-induced damage was present in 35 (61%) patients. Decreased pulmonary function occurred early in the disease course (median 10 months), osteoporosis and calcinosis occurred later (median 18 and 22 months). Four patients developed persistent damage within the first 6 months, four developed calcinosis within the first year. Shorter disease duration was associated with less damage (p=0.004). In a multivariate assessment analysis age >10 years at disease onset was associated with more damage (p<0.01), OR 10.96 (CI 1.6-73.6), and disease duration >4 years was associated with calcinosis (p=0.01) OR 23.2 (CI 2.6-206.2). CONCLUSIONS We present a nationwide retrospective study of Danish JDM patients from 1977-2007. Although 70% were in remission, 61% of the patients had clinical signs of damage. Only a few patients developed damage within the first year of the disease. Longer disease duration and higher age at disease onset was correlated with more disease damage.
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- P R Mathiesen
- Paediatric Clinic, Copenhagen University Hospital, Holbaek, Denmark.
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Larsen B, Jensen NE, Madsen P, Nielsen SM, Klastrup O, Madsen PS. Association of the M blood group system with bovine mastitis. Anim Blood Groups Biochem Genet 2009; 16:165-73. [PMID: 3935012 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1985.tb01467.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Associations of the 11 bovine blood group systems with mastitis were examined in Red Danish dairy cattle. The mastitis status was followed during three lactational periods. A significant effect of the M blood group system on mastitis incidence was observed in the first and second lactation periods and a lower frequency of mastitis is found among animals lacking the M' factor as compared to those having the M' blood group factor. The significance of these results are discussed in view of the close relation between the M blood group system and the bovine lymphocyte antigens (BoLA), and the expected effect of eliminating the M' gene from the breed is estimated. Among the remaining 10 blood group systems, the T' system was the only system showing an overall effect on mastitis, and only in first and third lactation. However, the T' system was inconsistent with regard to the effect of the T' gene on the various mastitis diagnoses.
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The pattern of infections in the first years of life modulates our immune system, and a low incidence of infections has been linked to an increased risk of common childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We here present a new interpretation of these observations--the adrenal hypothesis--that proposes that the risk of childhood ALL is reduced when early childhood infections induce qualitative and quantitative changes in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis that increase plasma cortisol levels. This may directly eliminate leukemic cells as well as preleukemic cells for the ALL subsets that dominate in the first 5-7 years of life and may furthermore suppress the Th1-dominated proinflammatory response to infections, and thus lower the proliferative stress on pre-existing preleukemic cells.
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- K Schmiegelow
- The Pediatric Clinic, The University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Nielsen SM, Nielsen LZ, Hjorth SA, Perrin MH, Vale WW. Constitutive activation of tethered-peptide/corticotropin-releasing factor receptor chimeras. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:10277-81. [PMID: 10963687 PMCID: PMC27874 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.18.10277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/29/2000] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Constitutive activity, or ligand-independent activity, of mutant G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) has been described extensively and implicated in the pathology of many diseases. Using the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptor and the thrombin receptor as a model, we present a ligand-dependent constitutive activation of a GPCR. A chimera in which the N-terminal domain of the CRF receptor is replaced by the amino-terminal 16 residues of CRF displays significant levels of constitutive activation. The activity, as measured by intracellular levels of cAMP, is blocked in a dose-dependent manner by the nonpeptide antagonist antalarmin. These results support a propinquity effect in CRF receptor activation, in which the amino-terminal portion of the CRF peptide is presented to the body of the receptor in the proper proximity for activation. This form of ligand-dependent constitutive activation may be of general applicability for the creation of constitutively activated GPCRs that are regulated by peptide ligands such as CRF. These chimeras may prove useful in analyzing mechanisms of receptor regulation and in the structural analysis of ligand activated receptors.
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- S M Nielsen
- The Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Science, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Madsen TM, Greisen MH, Nielsen SM, Bolwig TG, Mikkelsen JD. Electroconvulsive stimuli enhance both neuropeptide Y receptor Y1 and Y2 messenger RNA expression and levels of binding in the rat hippocampus. Neuroscience 2000; 98:33-9. [PMID: 10858609 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(00)00078-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Repeated electroconvulsive stimulations and other seizure modalities produce an increase in neuropeptide Y synthesis and local release in the rat hippocampus, and perhaps as a consequence, a change in the concentration of neuropeptide Y binding sites in the same region. The aim of the present study was to determine possible changes in the expression of neuropeptide Y receptor subtypes affected by repeated stimulations in the hippocampus. Rats were exposed to 14 daily stimulations, and the brains were removed 24h after the last stimulation. For in vitro receptor autoradiography and in situ hybridisation histochemistry, the brains were frozen, sectioned, and levels of neuropeptide Y binding sites and messenger RNA expressions were determined quantitatively on sections from the same animals. In order to determine the contribution of different neuropeptide Y receptor subtypes, serial sections were incubated with either 125I-labelled peptide YY alone or the same radio-labelled peptide mixed with an excess of a number of displacing compounds with affinity for either neuropeptide Y receptor subtype Y1, Y2, or both. Binding studies revealed that the majority of peptide YY binding sites was represented by Y2, and that electroconvulsive stimulations reduced the binding capacity or the concentration of this receptor. A prominent reduction of Y1-preferring binding sites was determined in the dentate gyrus, and to a lesser extent in the CA1 and CA3 regions. Similarly, the treatment produced a significant reduction of Y2-preferring binding sites in the CA1 and CA3 region, but not in the granular cell layer of the dentate gyrus. Using semi-quantitative in situ hybridization, Y1 receptor messenger RNA level in the granular cell layer of the dentate increased by the stimulations. In the same region, Y2 receptor messenger RNA was expressed in low to undetectable amounts, but after the repeated stimulations, this transcript was found in moderate to high levels. These data suggest that the neuropeptide Yergic system in the dentate gyrus and the pyramidal cell layer are affected by the treatment, and that this includes both Y1 and Y2 receptor subtypes. Because levels of messenger RNA and binding are distinctly regulated, the turnover of both Y1 and Y2 molecules is strongly increased under electroconvulsive stimulations, suggesting that the intrahippocampal neuropeptide Yergic neurotransmission is also increased under the stimulations.
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- T M Madsen
- Laboratory for Experimental Neuropsychiatry, University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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As in most other seven-transmembrane receptors, the central disulfide bridge from the extracellular end of TM-III to the middle of the second extracellular loop was essential for ligand binding in the NK1 receptor. However, introduction of "extra", single Cys residues in the second extracellular loop, at positions where disease-associated Cys substitutions impair receptor function in the vasopressin V2 receptor and in rhodopsin, did not cause mispairing with the Cys residues involved in this central disulfide bridge. Cys residues were introduced in the N-terminal extension and in the third extracellular loop, respectively, in such a way that disulfide bridge formation could be monitored by loss of substance P binding and breakage of the bridge could be monitored by gain of ligand binding. This disulfide bridge formed spontaneously in the whole population of receptors and could be titrated with low concentrations of reducing agent, dithiothreitol. Another putative disulfide bridge "switch" was constructed at the extracellular ends of TM-V and -VI, i.e., at positions where a high-affinity zinc site previously had been constructed with His substitutions. Disulfide bridge formation at this position, monitored by loss of binding of the nonpeptide antagonist [3H]LY303.870, occurred spontaneously only in a small fraction of the receptors. It is concluded that disulfide bridges form readily between Cys residues introduced appropriately in the N-terminal extension and the third extracellular loop, whereas they form with more difficulty between Cys residues placed at the extracellular ends of the transmembrane segments even at positions where high-affinity metal ion sites can be constructed with His residues.
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- C E Elling
- Laboratory for Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Nielsen SM, Rascher C, Temlett JA, Fritz VU. Polymyositis associated with Klinefelter's syndrome. S Afr Med J 1999; 89:420-1. [PMID: 10341830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Jung A, Nielsen SM. [Arthritis as first symptom of leukemia in children]. Ugeskr Laeger 1998; 160:2889-90. [PMID: 9599569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Three children out of 30 (10%) referred for juvenile chronic arthritis had leukaemia. The patients had complained of intermittent musculoskeletal pain and painful joint swelling for three weeks, nine months and eighteen months prior to admission. On admission two of the patients had active arthritis with soft tissue swelling in one and three joints respectively. The third patient had only arthralgias and no joint swelling. All patients had slight anaemia, normal to slightly reduced thrombocyte count, slight neutropenia and absence of blasts in the peripheral blood. The correct diagnosis was made by bone marrow aspiration. Two children had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and the third acute myeloblastic leukaemia. Leukaemia thus remains an important differential diagnosis in children presenting with musculoskeletal pain and/or arthritis.
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- H:S Rigshospitalet, Juliane Marie Centret, børneafdelingen
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