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ReviewJournal of clinical pharmacology2021

Baricitinib: From Rheumatoid Arthritis to COVID-19.

Sara Assadiasl, Yousef Fatahi, Banafsheh Mosharmovahed, Bahareh Mohebbi, Mohammad Hossein Nicknam

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Review in Journal of clinical pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sara AssadiaslMolecular Immunology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-5244-3127
Yousef FatahiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Banafsheh MosharmovahedDepartment of Chemical Engineering-Pharmaceutical Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Bahareh MohebbiMolecular Immunology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-7219-9923
Mohammad Hossein NicknamMolecular Immunology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Tehran · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Baricitinib is a JAK1/2 inhibitor that was first approved for treating moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but that later showed considerable efficacy in the control of exaggerated inflammatory responses that occur in a wide range of diseases. There is a growing body of evidence, obtained from clinical trials and case reports, demonstrating clinical and paraclinical improvement in patients following administration of baricitinib including RA, systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, alopecia areata, interferon-mediated autoinflammatory diseases, graft-versus-host disease, diabetic kidney disease, and, recently, coronavirus disease-19. However, despite overall encouraging results, many adverse effects have been observed in baricitinib-treated patients, ranging from simple infections to increased risk of malignancies, particularly in long-term use. The significant efficacy of baricitinib, versus the probable adverse effects, urge further investigation before establishing it as a part of standard therapeutic protocols. Here, we have provided a review of the studies that have used baricitinib for treating various inflammatory disorders and summarized the advantages and disadvantages of its administration.

Indexed as

COVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentArthritis, RheumatoidAzetidinesHumansInflammationJanus Kinase InhibitorsPurinesPyrazolesRisk AssessmentSARS-CoV-2SulfonamidesTreatment OutcomeAzetidinesbaricitinibJanus Kinase InhibitorsPurinesPyrazolesSulfonamidesatopic dermatitisbaricitinibCOVID-19Janus kinase inhibitorspsoriasisrheumatoid arthritis

Identifiers

PMID33870531
PMCPMC8250677
OpenAlexW3155379600

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Registered trials

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