Cost-Effectiveness of Canakinumab From a Canadian Perspective for Recurrent Cardiovascular Events
Background: Cardiovascular (CV) disease is a condition with high levels of morbidity and mortality. Canakinumab is a novel monoclonal antibody therapy that has been shown to reduce CV events but is associated with side effects and high cost.
Kevin E. Boczar, MD +3 more
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Canakinumab (ACZ885, Ilaris) is a human anti-IL-1beta monoclonal antibody developed by Novartis. Its mode of action is based on the neutralization of IL-1beta signaling, resulting in suppression of inflammation in patients with disorders of autoimmune origin. In June 2009 the drug was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of
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Targeting inflammation to reduce cardiovascular disease risk [PDF]
This joint themed section of the British Journal of Pharmacology and the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology stems from a joint British Pharmacological Society – Italian Society of Pharmacology symposium held at the 37th National Congress of the ...
Cirino, Guiseppe, Maffia, Pasquale
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Gouty arthritis of the spine in a renal transplant patient : a clinical case report: an unusual presentation of a common disease [PDF]
Axial gout is a well-documented but uncommon manifestation of gout. Its mimicking nature and the impracticality of axial joint aspiration might considerably delay its diagnosis.
Dhaese, Sofie +4 more
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Development and Role in Therapy of Canakinumab in Adult-Onset Still's Disease [PDF]
Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) is a rare inflammatory disease of unknown etiology typically characterized by episodes of spiking fever, evanescent rash, arthralgia, leukocytosis, and hyperferritinemia. The pivotal role of interleukin (IL)-1 and other
Baggio, Chiara +4 more
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Interleukin-1 blockade in recently decompensated systolic heart failure: study design of the recently decompensated heart failure anakinra response trial (RED-HART) [PDF]
Heart Failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome characterized by dyspnea, fatigue, and poor exercise capacity due to impaired cardiac function. The incidence of HF is increasing and represents the leading cause of hospitalization in the United States among ...
Abbate Antonio +8 more
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Diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease: clinical insights and vascular mechanisms [PDF]
Hypertension and type 2 diabetes are common comorbidities. Hypertension is twice as frequent in patients with diabetes compared with those who do not have diabetes.
Guzik, Tomasz J. +2 more
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Efficacy of canakinumab in mild or severe COVID‐19 pneumonia
Background Clinicians all around the world are currently experiencing a pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2). Several therapeutic strategies have been used until now but, to date, there is no specific therapy to
Katia Falasca +9 more
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What makes gouty inflammation so variable? [PDF]
Acute gout arthritis flares contribute dominantly to gout-specific impaired health-related quality of life, representing a progressively increasing public health problem.
Terkeltaub, Robert
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Expedited Desensitization to Canakinumab
Introduction Interleukin-1 (IL-1) antagonists have been successful in the management of monogenic auto-inflammatory diseases, notably classic hereditary fever syndromes, such as Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). Anakinra (Kineret®), a human recombinant
Neha Sanan DO +3 more
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