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Anis heusler A, Weintraub A, Stein D, Kulak D. O-142 SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and IVF cycle outcomes. Hum Reprod 2022. [PMCID: PMC9384426 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac105.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Study question Does recent mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination effect IVF pregnancy rate? Summary answer We observed no influence of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine on patients’ IVF cycle outcomes; vaccination did not change pregnancy rates. What is known already Two recent studies showed that the BNT162b2 mRNA SARS-COV-2 vaccine does not appear to have negative effects on oocytes during controlled ovarian stimulation. Assessment of follicular fluid after vaccination (1) concluded that there was no affect on the follicle quality or function. An additional study of 36 patients that underwent IVF both immediately before and immediately after vaccination found no change in ovarian yield or embryo quality (2). Study design, size, duration A retrospective case control study including 385 women from January 1, 2021 to May 31st of the same year. Participants/materials, setting, methods The study group included patients that received 2 doses of the Pfizer SARS-COV-2 vaccine between 7-180 days prior to starting IVF and without a history of COVID infection. Controls included unvaccinated patients from the same time period and historical age matched patients from our hospital from the same months in prior years. 385 patients under the age of 40 years met the inclusion criteria, 349 in the control and 36 in the vaccinated group. Main results and the role of chance Demographic and clinical characteristics were comparable between groups. The pregnancy rate was 33.3% (n = 12) in the vaccinated group vs 31.8% (n = 111) in the control group (p > 0.1). There were no statistically significant differences between the control and vaccine groups with a small non-significant trend to higher pregnancy rates in vaccinated patients: pregnancy rate OR for vaccination group was 1.17 (95% CI 0.56-2.44). Limitations, reasons for caution Our study size was small and was observational leaving it open to confounding and selection bias regarding who chose to receive the vaccine and those in high risk groups for COVID infection. Additionally, longterm effect of the vaccine and booster were not assessed. Wider implications of the findings We did not observe any effect of this vaccine regimen on IVF outcomes or pregnancy rates. This underscores worldwide data and physiologic reasoning that there should not be significant effects of this COVID vaccine on developing gametes quality and function and is a good option for those trying to conceive. Trial registration number LND 0031-21
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- A Anis heusler
- The Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University , Laniado hospital , Israel
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- The Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University , Laniado hospital , Israel
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- Laniado hospital, IVF-Department , Natanya, Israel
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- The Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University , Laniado hospital , Israel
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Weeland C, Vriend C, Van Der Werf Y, Huyser C, Hillegers M, Tiemeier H, White T, De Joode N, Thompson P, Stein D, Van Den Heuvel O, Kasprzak S. The thalamus and its subregions – a gateway to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Eur Psychiatry 2022. [PMCID: PMC9567138 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.239] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Introduction Higher thalamic volume has been found in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and children with clinical-level symptoms within the general population (Boedhoe et al. 2017, Weeland et al. 2021a). Functionally distinct thalamic nuclei are an integral part of OCD-relevant brain circuitry. Objectives We aimed to study the thalamic nuclei volume in relation to subclinical and clinical OCD across different age ranges. Understanding the role of thalamic nuclei and their associated circuits in pediatric OCD could lead towards treatment strategies specifically targeting these circuits. Methods We studied the relationship between thalamic nuclei and obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) in a large sample of school-aged children from the Generation R Study (N = 2500) (Weeland et al. 2021b). Using the data from the ENIGMA-OCD working group we conducted mega-analyses to study thalamic subregional volume in OCD across the lifespan in 2,649 OCD patients and 2,774 healthy controls across 29 sites (Weeland et al. 2021c). Thalamic nuclei were grouped into five subregions: anterior, ventral, intralaminar/medial, lateral and pulvinar (Figure 1). ![]()
Results Both children with subclinical and clinical OCD compared with controls show increased volume across multiple thalamic subregions. Adult OCD patients have decreased volume across all subregions (Figure 2), which was mostly driven by medicated and adult-onset patients. ![]()
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Our results suggests that OCD-related thalamic volume differences are global and not driven by particular subregions and that the direction of effects are driven by both age and medication status. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Soni M, Kiff C, Carroll R, Stein D, Saragoussi D, Nassar A, Maisey N, Tyas D. Nivolumab in gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer: real-world data from UK Early Access to Medicines Scheme. Future Oncol 2021; 17:3163-3174. [PMID: 34098737 DOI: 10.2217/fon-2021-0199] [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] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Aim: This study provides real-world insight into patient profile, clinical effectiveness and health-related quality of life among patients with advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma treated with nivolumab. Materials & methods: Data were collected from medical records of patients with advanced GEJ adenocarcinoma treated with nivolumab in a UK Early Access to Medicines Scheme and from the patient-reported EuroQoL five dimensions questionnaire. Results: Evaluable patients (n = 113; median age 62 years) were predominantly male (76.1%), White (87.4%) and with GEJ adenocarcinoma (61.9%). Median follow-up was 2.8 months. The 6-month progression-free survival and overall survival were 31.6 and 56.7%, respectively. Mean EuroQoL five dimensions questionnaire index utility scores at baseline, 8, 16 and 24 weeks were 0.795, 0.831, 0.870 and 0.793, respectively. Conclusion: Progression-free survival was consistent with trial results and health-related quality of life remained stable over time.
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- Mira Soni
- Real-world Evidence, Evidera, London, W6 8BJ, UK
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- Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Uxbridge, UB8 1DH, UK
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- Centre for Observational Research & Data Sciences, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Uxbridge, UB8 1DH, UK
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- Real-world Evidence, Evidera, London, W6 8BJ, UK
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- UK Medical Oncology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Uxbridge, UB8 1DH, UK
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- Consultant Medical Oncologist, Guy's Hospital, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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- Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Uxbridge, UB8 1DH, UK
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Bressler B, Yarur A, Silverberg MS, Bassel M, Bellaguarda E, Fourment C, Gatopoulou A, Karatzas P, Kopylov U, Michalopoulos G, Michopoulos S, Navaneethan U, Rubin DT, Siffledeen J, Singh A, Soufleris K, Stein D, Demuth D, Mantzaris GJ. Vedolizumab and Anti-Tumour Necrosis Factor α Real-World Outcomes in Biologic-Naïve Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients: Results from the EVOLVE Study. J Crohns Colitis 2021; 15:1694-1706. [PMID: 33786600 PMCID: PMC8495488 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [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] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS This study aimed to compare real-world clinical effectiveness and safety of vedolizumab, an α4β7-integrin inhibitor, and anti-tumour necrosis factor-α [anti-TNFα] agents in biologic-naïve ulcerative colitis [UC] and Crohn's disease [CD] patients. METHODS This was a 24-month retrospective medical chart study in adult UC and CD patients treated with vedolizumab or anti-TNFα in Canada, Greece and the USA. Inverse probability weighting was used to account for differences between groups. Primary outcomes were cumulative rates of clinical effectiveness [clinical response, clinical remission, mucosal healing] and incidence rates of serious adverse events [SAEs] and serious infections [SIs]. Secondary outcomes included cumulative rates of treatment persistence [patients who did not discontinue index treatment during follow-up] and dose escalation and incidence rates of disease exacerbations and disease-related surgeries. Adjusted analyses were performed using inverse probability weighting. RESULTS A total of 1095 patients [604 UC, 491 CD] were included. By 24 months, rates of clinical effectiveness were similar between groups, but incidence rates of SAEs (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.42 [0.28-0.62]) and SIs (HR = 0.40 [0.19-0.85]) were significantly lower in vedolizumab vs anti-TNFα patients. Rates of treatment persistence [p < 0.01] by 24 months were higher in vedolizumab patients with UC. Incidence rates of disease exacerbations were lower in vedolizumab patients with UC (HR = 0.58 [0.45-0.76]). Other outcomes did not significantly differ between groups. CONCLUSION In this real-world setting, first-line biologic therapy in biologic-naïve patients with UC and CD demonstrated that vedolizumab and anti-TNFα treatments were equally effective at controlling disease symptoms, but vedolizumab has a more favourable safety profile.
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- Brian Bressler
- St. Paul’s Hospital, British Columbia, Canada,Corresponding author: Dr Brian Bressler MD, MS, FRCPC, Founder, The IBD Centre of BC, Director, Advanced IBD Training Program Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of British Columbia, 770-1190 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC Canada V6Z 2K5. Tel: 604.688.6332; Fax: 604.689.2004;
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- Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Sheba Medical Center Ramat Gan and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The University of Chicago Medicine, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Covenant Health Grey Nuns Community Hospital, Division of Gastroenterology, EdmontonCanada
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- Takeda Pharmaceuticals International – Singapore, Singapore
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Panelo C, Stein D, Dutta A, Santillan M, Tan C, Moreno A, David Reyes M, Caampued M. PMU13 Defining the ROLL out Strategy for UHC Benefits: Philhealth's Benefit Development PLAN. Value Health Reg Issues 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2020.07.371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Patel U, Blackmore M, Stein D, Carleton K, Chung H. Costs and Utilization for Low Income Minority Patients with Depression in a Collaborative Care Model Implemented in a Community‐Based Academic Health System. Health Serv Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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- U. Patel
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx NY United States
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- Montefiore Medical Center Bronx NY United States
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- Montefiore Medical Center Bronx NY United States
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- Montefiore Medical Center Bronx NY United States
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- Montefiore Medical Center Bronx NY United States
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Helwig U, Mross M, Schubert S, Hartmann H, Brandes A, Stein D, Kempf C, Knop J, Campbell-Hill S, Ehehalt R. Real-world clinical effectiveness and safety of vedolizumab and anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha treatment in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease patients: a German retrospective chart review. BMC Gastroenterol 2020; 20:211. [PMID: 32640990 PMCID: PMC7341567 DOI: 10.1186/s12876-020-01332-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Real-world comparisons of biologic treatment outcomes for ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease (CD) patients are limited. We sought to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of vedolizumab (VDZ) and anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNFα) in UC and CD patients in Germany. Methods A retrospective chart review (15 sites) investigated UC and CD patients who were biologic-treatment naïve (biologic-naïve) or had received no more than one prior anti-TNFα before initiating treatment with VDZ or anti-TNFα between 15 July 2014 and 20 October 2015. Kaplan-Meier analyses assessed time to first chart-documented clinical remission (CR) and symptom resolution (UC: rectal bleeding [RB], stool frequency [SF]; CD: abdominal pain [AP], liquid stools [LS]) and outcome duration. Results A total of 133 UC (76 VDZ; 57 anti-TNFα) and 174 CD (69 VDZ; 105 anti-TNFα) patients were included. By Week 26, estimated cumulative rates of patients achieving CR or symptom resolution with VDZ vs anti-TNFα treatment were for UC: CR, 53.7% vs 31.7%; RB, 66.8% vs 55.8%; and SF, 59.8% vs 50.7%, respectively; and for CD: CR, 14.4% vs 32.8%; AP, 62.5% vs 56.0%; and LS, 29.9% vs 50.3%, respectively. Outcomes were sustained similarly between treatments, except RB (VDZ vs anti-TNFα: median 38.1 vs 15.1 weeks, P = 0.03). Treatment-related adverse events occurred in 5.3% vs 7.0% (UC) and 8.7% vs 19.0% (CD) of VDZ vs anti-TNFα patients, respectively. Conclusions Although there were differences in CR, symptom resolution, and safety profiles, real-world data support both VDZ and anti-TNFα as effective treatment options in UC and CD.
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- Ulf Helwig
- Gastroenterology Private Practice, Neue Donnerschweer Str. 30, 26123, Oldenburg, Germany. .,University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
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- Takeda Pharma Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany
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- Takeda Pharmaceuticals International AG, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Takeda Pharma Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany
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Atkinson V, Sandhu S, Hospers G, Long GV, Aglietta M, Ferrucci PF, Tulyte S, Cappellini GCA, Soriano V, Ali S, Poprach A, Cesas A, Rodriguez-Abreu D, Lau M, de Jong E, Legenne P, Stein D, King B, van Thienen JV. Dabrafenib plus trametinib is effective in the treatment of BRAF V600-mutated metastatic melanoma patients: analysis of patients from the dabrafenib plus trametinib Named Patient Program (DESCRIBE II). Melanoma Res 2020; 30:261-267. [PMID: 31895752 DOI: 10.1097/cmr.0000000000000654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [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: 11/26/2022]
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In clinical trials, dabrafenib plus trametinib improved overall survival (OS) compared with single-agent BRAF inhibitors (BRAFi) in patients with BRAF V600-mutant unresectable or metastatic melanoma. We investigated dabrafenib plus trametinib therapy in a compassionate-use setting [Named Patient Program (NPP); DESCRIBE II]. A retrospective chart review of patients with BRAF V600-mutated unresectable stage III/IV melanoma receiving dabrafenib plus trametinib as compassionate use was conducted. Treatment patterns and duration, clinical outcomes, and tolerability were evaluated. Of 271 patients, 92.6% had stage IV melanoma, including 36.5% with brain metastases. Overall, 162 patients (59.8%) were BRAFi naive and 171 (63.1%) received first-line dabrafenib plus trametinib. Among BRAFi-naive patients, the overall response rate (ORR) was 67.3%, median OS (mOS) was 20.0 months, and median progression-free survival (mPFS) was 7.5 months. In BRAFi-naive patients with known brain metastases (n = 62), ORR was 61.3%, mOS was 15.5 months, and mPFS was 6.2 months. Eighty-four patients received BRAFi monotherapy for >30 days and switched to dabrafenib plus trametinib prior to progression. Of these 84 patients, 63 had known disease status at the time of switch, and 22 improved with the combination therapy. No new safety signals were identified, and dabrafenib plus trametinib was well tolerated. Dabrafenib plus trametinib showed substantial clinical activity in NPP patients with BRAF V600-mutated unresectable or metastatic melanoma. Analysis of treatment patterns demonstrated the effectiveness of the combination in patients with brain metastases and across lines of therapy with a well tolerated and manageable safety profile.
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- Victoria Atkinson
- Division of Cancer Services, Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation, The University of Queensland and Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD
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- Department of Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, and Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Oncology, Candiolo Cancer Center, University of Torino, Torino
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- Tumor Biotherapy Unit, European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milano, Italy
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- Oncology Chemotherapy Department, Clinic of Internal Medicine, Oncology and Family Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia (former)
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- Department of Comprehensive Cancer Care, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Oncology, Klaipeda University Hospital, Klaipeda, Lithuania
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
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- United BioSource Corporation: An Express Scripts Company, Montreal, QC, Canada (former)
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- United BioSource Corporation: An Express Scripts Company, London, UK (former)
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Boye KS, Stein D, Matza LS, Jordan J, Yu R, Norrbacka K, Hassan SW, García-Pérez LE. Timing of GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Initiation for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in the UK. Drugs R D 2019; 19:213-225. [PMID: 31115873 PMCID: PMC6544605 DOI: 10.1007/s40268-019-0273-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Introduction Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who fail to meet glycaemic control are at increased risk of diabetes complications. For patients who cannot maintain glycaemic control with oral medication, one recommended option is to add an injectable glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) to their treatment regimen. The purpose of this study was to examine time to treatment intensification with GLP-1 RAs, including the duration of time that patients did not maintain glycaemic control with oral medication. Methods This was a medical record review conducted in the UK via a physician survey. Patients eligible to have their records reviewed were required to be ≥ 18 years of age, have a confirmed T2DM diagnosis, and have initiated GLP-1 RA treatment for T2DM in the past 6 months. All glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) values within 5 years prior to GLP-1 RA initiation were collected. Results A total of 113 physicians contributed data for 1096 patients (mean age at the time of GLP-1 RA initiation was 54.9 years, 55.4% were male, and 71.4% were White). Median time from T2DM diagnosis to GLP-1 RA initiation was 6.1 years. Median consecutive time patients taking oral regimens were not under glycaemic control (HbA1c > 7.0%) prior to GLP-1 RA initiation was 13.5 months. Patients treated by general practitioners (GPs) had a significantly longer duration of time with insufficient glycaemic control prior to GLP-1 RA initiation compared with patients treated by diabetes specialists (median time for specialists was 11.0 months vs. 17.0 months for GPs; p = 0.038). Conclusions Results suggest that treatment intensification is often delayed despite consistently poor glycaemic control for more than 12 months, contrary to treatment guideline recommendations. Findings from this study highlight that some T2DM patients may benefit from more rapid treatment intensification, which could improve glycaemic control and reduce the risk for many short- and long-term health complications.
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- Patient-Centered Research, Evidera, 7101 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1400, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA
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- Patient-Centered Research, Evidera, 7101 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1400, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.
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- Patient-Centered Research, Evidera, 7101 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1400, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA
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- Patient-Centered Research, Evidera, 7101 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1400, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA
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Edmundson C, Cassens A, Mafi G, Stein D, Riggs A, VanOverbeke D, Ramanathan R. Consumer Perception Towards the Enhanced Color of Atypical Dark-Cutting Beef by Nitrite-Embedded Packaging. Meat and Muscle Biology 2019. [DOI: 10.22175/mmb.10705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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ObjectivesMeat color is often seen by consumers as an indicator of freshness and wholesomeness. Nitrite-embedded (NE) packaging forms nitric oxide myoglobin, which imparts a bright red color similar to oxymyoglobin. However, limited research has determined the effects of NE packaging to improve the appearance of atypically dark cutting beef. Consumers’ perception of NE packaging ultimately determines its success in the market. Educating consumers through infographics can transfer knowledge more effectively than text alone, potentially being a useful method to introduce and simplify the complexity of NE packaging’s role in improving the surface color of beef steaks. The objectives of this study were to evaluate FreshCase® nitrite-embedded packaging’s effect on atypical dark-cutting beef steaks and to evaluate student consumer perception of nitrite-embedded packaging improving the surface color of beef before and after exposure to infographics containing equal content.Materials and MethodsAtypical dark-cutting (n = 13, pH 5.70 ± 0.09) and normal-pH (n = 13, pH = 5.57 ± 0.1) USDA Low Choice beef strip loins were selected 3 d postharvest. Atypical dark-cutting loins were cut into 2.54 cm thick steaks and randomly packaged in polyvinyl chloride film (PVC) or NE film. Normal-pH control loins were cut 2.54 cm and randomly packaged in PVC overwrap. Packages were placed in a coffin-style retail case under fluorescent lighting for 6 d. Instrumental color was observed every 24 h using a HunterLab MiniScan XE spectrophotometer. The color was determined as a* values and chroma. In the second objective, surveys using a ten-point Likert sliding scale (0 = not familiar at all, 10 = extremely familiar) were randomly allocated and emailed via Qualtrics to students enrolled in the Introduction to Animal Science course at Oklahoma State University. These surveys used a pre-questionnaire to evaluate students’ pre-perception of their knowledge of beef color and NE packaging. After the pre-perception questionnaire students were provided one of the following: a static infographic presented as a still image with annotated graphics, a 46 s video infographic with audio and animated graphics, or both infographic formats. A post-questionnaire followed exposure to students’ respective infographic to evaluate changes in the perception of knowledge.ResultsAtypical dark-cutting steaks treated in NE packaging had higher (P < 0.05, more red intensity) chroma and a* values compared to atypical dark-cutting steaks in PVC on d 4, 5, and 6. There was a significant difference (P < 0.05) in the students’ (n = 288) pre- and post-questionnaire self-assessment of their familiarity with NE packaging. Prior to randomly viewing infographics, students were less familiar (= 3.18) with NE packaging than after viewing infographics (= 6.46). However, there was no significant difference in perceptions (P = 0.22) between viewing the different infographic formats.ConclusionThe results suggest that NE packaging with consumer education can improve their perceptions and knowledge and enhance the appearance of atypical dark-cutting beef.
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- C. Edmundson
- Oklahoma State University Animal & Food Sciences
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- Oklahoma State University Animal & Food Sciences
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- Oklahoma State University Animal & Food Sciences
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- Oklahoma State University Animal & Food Sciences
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- Oklahoma State University Animal Education, Communication, & Leadership
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McDonald L, Stein D, Carroll R, Soni M, Schultze A, Ramagopalan S, Wagstaff J. Extracting data from a chemotherapy prescription platform for real-world oncology research in the UK: a pilot study. Future Oncol 2019; 15:2471-2477. [PMID: 31161801 DOI: 10.2217/fon-2019-0150] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Aim: In the UK, there are limited data sources for evaluating real-world research questions related to oncology therapy. We conducted a pilot study to investigate the feasibility of extracting data directly from a chemotherapy prescription platform (ChemoCare®) utilized in standard care. Patients & methods: Concordance was compared with data extracted manually for patients with advanced melanoma as part of a concurrent chart review (gold-standard) using Cohen's kappa and the intraclass correlation coefficient. Results: There was high concordance between data automatically extracted from the prescription platform and chart review data. Conclusion: This pilot can be used as a framework for future studies using direct, automated extraction from prescription platforms.
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- South West Wales Cancer Institute, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, SA2 8QA, UK
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Edmundson C, Cassens A, Mafi G, Stein D, Riggs A, VanOverbeke D, Ramanathan R. Consumer Perception Towards the Enhanced Color of Atypical Dark-Cutting Beef by Nitrite-Embedded Packaging. Meat and Muscle Biology 2019. [DOI: 10.22175/mmb2019.0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Harrell C, Zainaldin C, McFarlane D, Hyer M, Stein D, Sayeed I, Neigh G. High-fructose diet during adolescent development increases neuroinflammation and depressive-like behavior without exacerbating outcomes after stroke. Brain Behav Immun 2018; 73:340-351. [PMID: 29787857 PMCID: PMC9280910 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 05/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Diseases, disorders, and insults of aging are frequently studied in otherwise healthy animal models despite rampant co-morbidities and exposures among the human population. Stressor exposures can increase neuroinflammation and augment the inflammatory response following a challenge. The impact of dietary exposure on baseline neural function and behavior has gained attention; in particular, a diet high in fructose can increase activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and alter behavior. The current study considers the implications of a diet high in fructose for neuroinflammation and outcomes following the cerebrovascular challenge of stroke. Ischemic injury may come as a "second hit" to pre-existing metabolic pathology, exacerbating inflammatory and behavioral sequelae. This study assesses the neuroinflammatory consequences of a peri-adolescent high-fructose diet model and assesses the impact of diet-induced metabolic dysfunction on behavioral and neuropathological outcomes after middle cerebral artery occlusion. We demonstrate that consumption of a high-fructose diet initiated during adolescent development increases brain complement expression, elevates plasma TNFα and serum corticosterone, and promotes depressive-like behavior. Despite these adverse effects of diet exposure, peri-adolescent fructose consumption did not exacerbate neurological behaviors or lesion volume after middle cerebral artery occlusion.
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- C.S. Harrell
- Department of Physiology, Emory University School of Medicine, United States
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- Department of Physiology, Emory University School of Medicine, United States
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- Department of Physiology, Emory University School of Medicine, United States
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, United States
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- Department of Physiology, Emory University School of Medicine, United States,Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States,Corresponding author at: Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1101 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298, United States. (G.N. Neigh)
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Sacco J, Corrie P, Oladipo O, Payne M, Larkin J, Talbot T, Wagstaff J, Cheetham S, Stein D, Soni M, Coombs C, Amadi A, Wang M, Ellis J. Advanced melanoma treatment patterns in the modern era: United Kingdom (UK) real world retrospective chart review study. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy289.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Moreta L, Nazem T, Lee J, Gounko D, Godfrey D, Copperman A, Stein D. Elevated body mass index on reproductive outcome in donor egg recipients undergoing single euploid embryo transfers. Fertil Steril 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.07.378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Nazem T, Chang S, Hernandez-Nieto C, Lee J, Gounko D, Copperman A, Stein D. Variations in response to ovarian stimulation, embryo development and euploidy rate among women of different racial backgrounds undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). Fertil Steril 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.07.787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Sekhon L, Herlihy N, Lee J, Friedman S, Stein D, Copperman A, Lederman M. Knowledge, attitudes, and concerns of individuals with cancer-predisposing mutations regarding fertility preservation and preimplantation genetic testing. Fertil Steril 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.07.419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Stein D, Heins M, Schoebel FC, Pels K, Jax TW, Stiegler H, Reinauer H, Strauer BE, Leschke M. Activation of the Fibrinolytic System in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Hyperfibrinogenemia. Thromb Haemost 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1656087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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SummaryElevated fibrinogen levels as well as an impaired activity of the fibrinolytic system are regarded as important cardiovascular risk factors. To elucidate a potential interrelation between fibrinogen as an indicator of a hypercoagulable state and the endogenous fibrinolytic function hemostatic and rheological as well as lipid parameters were determined in 224 consecutive patients, who underwent elective coronary angiography. In the selected study population of 81 men and 19 women with fibrinogen concentrations either ≥3.5 g/1 (n = 70) or ≤2.5 g/1 (n = 30) hyperfibrinogenemia was found to be significantly associated with increased concentrations of plasmin-α2-antiplasmin complex [PAP [median (25.-75. percentile)], 534 (361-680) μg/l vs. 289 (243-440) μg/1; p <0.001] and tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) antigen [9 (6-11) μg/1 vs. 8 (5-9) |xg/l; p <0.05] while this association was lost in the subgroup of patients with angiographically normal coronary arteries (n = 26). In addition to these findings fibrinogen was significantly correlated with PAP (r = 0.40, p <0.001; n = 224) and t-PA antigen (r = 0.2, p <0.01; n = 224) after adjustment for age, diabetes mellitus, lipid parameters and leucocyte counts. It can be argued that elevated fibrinogen levels in patients with coronary artery disease are concomitant with an activation of the fibrinolytic system.
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- D Stein
- The Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik B, Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie und Angiologie, Germany
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- The Institut für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsdiagnostik, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- The Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik B, Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie und Angiologie, Germany
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- The Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik B, Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie und Angiologie, Germany
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- The Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik B, Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie und Angiologie, Germany
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- The Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik B, Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie und Angiologie, Germany
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- The Institut für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsdiagnostik, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- The Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik B, Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie und Angiologie, Germany
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- The Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik B, Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie und Angiologie, Germany
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Stein D, Goldberg N, Domachevsky L, Bernstine H, Nidam M, Abadi-Korek I, Guindy M, Sosna J, Groshar D. Quantitative biomarkers for liver metastases: comparison of MRI diffusion-weighted imaging heterogeneity index and fluorine-18-fluoro-deoxyglucose standardised uptake value in hybrid PET/MR. Clin Radiol 2018; 73:832.e17-832.e22. [PMID: 29859634 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2018.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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AIM To investigate the ability of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) heterogeneity index to discriminate liver metastases (LM) from normal-appearing liver (NAL) tissue as compared to common magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) metrics, and to investigate its correlation with 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (18F-FDG) positron-emission tomography (PET) standardised uptake value (SUV). MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-nine liver metastases in 24 oncology patients (13 women, 11 men; mean age 56±13 years) with proven LM from heterogeneous sources were evaluated on a PET/MRI system. Abdominal sequences included Dixon and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) protocols with simultaneous PET. Tissue heterogeneity was calculated using the coefficient of variance (CV) of the ADC, and compared in LM and in NAL tissue of the same volume in an adjacent portion of the liver. The correlations between various ADC measures and PET SUV in distinguishing LM from NAL were evaluated. RESULTS A good correlation was found between ADCcv and SUVpeak (r=0.712). Moderate inverse correlation was found between ADCmin and SUVpeak (r=-0.536), and a weak inverse correlation between ADCmean and SUVpeak (r=-0.273). There was a significant difference between LM and NAL when ADCcv (p<0.0001) and ADCmin (p=0.001) were used. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis of SUV, ADCcv, ADCmin, and ADCmean produced an AUC of 0.989, 0.900, 0.742, and 0.623 respectively. CONCLUSIONS The ADCcv index is a potential biomarker of LM with better correlation to 18F-FDG PET SUVpeak than conventional MRI metrics, and may serve to quantitatively discriminate between LM and NAL.
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- D Stein
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Radiology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Hirsch FR, Sequist LV, Gore I, Mooradian M, Simon G, Croft EF, DeVincenzo D, Munley J, Stein D, Freivogel K, Sifakis F, Bunn PA. Long-term safety and survival with gefitinib in select patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Results from the US IRESSA Clinical Access Program (ICAP). Cancer 2018; 124:2407-2414. [DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Revised: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; Boston Massachusetts
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- Alabama Oncology-St Vincent's Birmingham; Birmingham Alabama
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; Boston Massachusetts
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston Texas
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- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP; Wilmington Delaware
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- United BioSource Corporation; Montreal Quebec Canada
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- University of Colorado Cancer Center; Denver Colorado
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Growcott EJ, Bamba D, Galarneau JR, Leonard VHJ, Schul W, Stein D, Osborne CS. The effect of P38 MAP kinase inhibition in a mouse model of influenza. J Med Microbiol 2018; 67:452-462. [PMID: 29458547 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Influenza viruses are a common cause of human respiratory infections, resulting in epidemics of high morbidity and mortality. We investigated the effect of a novel mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor in vitro and in a murine influenza model to further explore whether p38 MAPK inhibition could reduce viral replication. METHODS In vitro, the antiviral effect of p38 MAPK inhibitor BCT194 was evaluated in differentiated human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs); in vivo, female BALB/c mice were infected intranasally with 150 pfu of influenza H1N1 A/Puerto Rico/8/34 and treated with BCT197 (a closely related p38 MAPK inhibitor with an IC50 value of<1 µM, currently in clinical testing), dexamethasone or oseltamivir (Tamiflu) starting 24 h post infection. Body weight, bronchoalveolar lavage cells, cytokines, total protein and lactate dehydrogenase as well as serum cytokines were measured; a subset of animals was evaluated histopathologically.Results/Key findings. p38MAP kinase inhibition with BCT194 had no impact on influenza replication in HBECs. When examining BCT197 in vivo, and comparing to vehicle-treated animals, reduced weight loss, improvement in survival and lack of impaired viral control was observed at BCT197 concentrations relevant to those being used in clinical trials of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; at higher concentrations of BCT197 these effects were reduced. CONCLUSIONS Compared to vehicle treatment, BCT197 (administered at a clinically relevant concentration) improved outcomes in a mouse model of influenza. This is encouraging given that the use of innate inflammatory pathway inhibitors may raise concerns of negative effects on infection regulation.
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- E J Growcott
- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Infectious Disease, Emeryville, CA, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Infectious Disease, Emeryville, CA, USA.,Present address: Advaxis Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Infectious Disease, Emeryville, CA, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Infectious Disease, Emeryville, CA, USA
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Infectious Disease, Emeryville, CA, USA
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Gelderblom H, Judson IR, Benson C, Merimsky O, Grignani G, Katz D, Freivogel KW, Stein D, Jobanputra M, Mungul A, Manson SC, Sanfilippo R. Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes with pazopanib in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas in a compassionate use setting: results of the SPIRE study . Acta Oncol 2017; 56:1769-1775. [PMID: 28723233 DOI: 10.1080/0284186x.2017.1332779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND A named patient program (NPP) was designed to provide patients with advanced soft-tissue sarcoma (aSTS) access to pazopanib, a multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor. The SPIRE study was a retrospective chart review of participating patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eligibility criteria for the NPP and SPIRE mirrored those of the pivotal phase-III study, PALETTE, which compared pazopanib with placebo in patients ≥18 years with aSTS and whose disease had progressed during or following prior chemotherapy or were otherwise unsuitable for chemotherapy. Outcomes of interest included treatment patterns, treatment duration, relative dose intensity, progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), clinical benefit rate, adverse events (AEs) and reasons for treatment discontinuation. RESULTS A total of 211 patients were enrolled (median age 56 years; 60% female). Most patients received pazopanib in second- and third-line therapy (28.0% and 28.4%, respectively), followed by fourth line (19.0%) and ≥ fifth line (18.5%). The median duration of pazopanib treatment was 3.1 months (95% CI: 2.8-3.8), with a mean daily dose of 715 mg equating to 92% of recommended dose. Median OS was 11.1 months and clinical benefit rate was 46%. There was evidence of some clinical benefit across most histological subtypes. At study end, 40% of patients were alive and of these, 18% remained on pazopanib. Thirteen percent (13%) of patients discontinued pazopanib due to AEs. CONCLUSIONS The SPIRE study demonstrated activity of pazopanib in heavily pretreated aSTS patients in a compassionate use setting. No new safety concerns were noted. Reassuringly, the relative dose intensity of pazopanib was 92%.
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- Hans Gelderblom
- Department of Medical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Sarcoma Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Sarcoma Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Unit of Bone and Soft Tissue Oncology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Tel-Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Divisione Oncologia Medica, Candiolo Cancer Institute – FPO I.R.C.C.S., Candiolo, Italy
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- Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- United BioSource Corporation, Quebec, Canada
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- Adult Mesenchymal Tumor Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
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Westerouen van Meeteren MJ, Hayee B, Inderson A, van der Meulen AE, Altwegg R, van Hoek B, Pageaux GP, Stijnen T, Stein D, Maljaars PWJ. Safety of Anti-TNF Treatment in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Crohns Colitis 2017; 11:1146-1151. [PMID: 28482085 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjx057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Little is known about the risk of serious infection when combining anti-tumour necrosis factor [TNF] therapy for refractory inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] with immunosuppression after liver transplantation [LT]. Our aim was to investigate the infection risk in this patient group by systematic review and meta-analysis of the available data. METHODS A search was conducted for full papers and conference proceedings through September 2015, regarding liver transplant recipients and anti-TNF therapy. All studies were appraised using the adapted Newcastle-Ottawa Scale [NOS]. Two reviewers independently extracted patient data [age, duration of follow-up, number of all infections, number of serious infections, time since transplant]. As an additional control population, primary sclerosing cholangitis [PSC]-IBD patients from the Leiden University Medical Center [LUMC] LT cohort were used. Poisson regression was used to compare serious infections (according to International Conference on Harmonisation [ICH] definition) per patien-year follow-up between the anti-TNF and control groups. RESULTS In all 465 articles and abstracts were identified, of which eight were included. These contained 53 post-LT patients on anti-TNF therapy and 23 post-LT patients not exposed to anti-TNF therapy. From the LUMC LT-cohort, 41 PSC patients with PSC-IBD not exposed to anti-TNF therapy were included as control population. The infection rate for TNF-exposed patients was 0.168 serious infections per patient year, compared with 0.149 in the control patients (rate ratio 1.12 [95% confidence interval: 0.233-5.404, P = 0.886]. When correcting for time since transplant, the infection rate was 0.194 in the TNF-exposed vs 0.115 in the non-exposed [p = 0.219]. CONCLUSIONS No significant increase in the rate of serious infection was observed in LT recipients with PSC-IBD during exposure to anti-TNF therapy.
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- King's College Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, London, UK
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- Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- University Hospital of St Eloi, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Montpellier, France
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- Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- University Hospital of St Eloi, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Montpellier, France
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- Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Srinivas S, Stein D, Teltsch DY, Tao S, Cisar L, Ramaswamy K. Real-world chart review study of adverse events management in patients taking tyrosine kinase inhibitors to treat metastatic renal cell carcinoma. J Oncol Pharm Pract 2017; 24:574-583. [PMID: 28732453 DOI: 10.1177/1078155217719583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose is to describe management of adverse events of special interest across tyrosine kinase inhibitors approved for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. METHODS We conducted a retrospective chart review in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients initiating tyrosine kinase inhibitor monotherapy between 15 November 2010 and 15 November 2013, and experiencing ≥ 1 adverse events of special interest (diarrhea, fatigue, hand-foot syndrome, hypertension, or stomatitis/mucositis) within 3 months of initiation. Demographics, medical history, treatment regimens, and adverse events of special interest management data for 3.5 months postonset were collected. RESULTS In 220 charts from 27 centers, tyrosine kinase inhibitors prescribed included sunitinib (55%), pazopanib (27%), axitinib (9%), and sorafenib (8%). During the study period, patients experienced 376 adverse events of special interest (13% serious). Fatigue was most common (62% of patients), followed by hypertension (37%), diarrhea (30%), stomatitis/mucositis (29%), and hand-foot syndrome (12%). Over half (56%) the adverse events of special interest were resolved or resolving. Treatment discontinuation due to adverse events of special interest occurred in 15% of patients. Prophylaxis was rarely provided (8%), whereas 59% of patients received adverse events of special interest treatment (pharmacologic (55%) and/or nonpharmacologic (7%)), 27% received tyrosine kinase inhibitor dose management, 23% received both adverse events of special interest treatment and dose management, and 31% received neither. Hypertension was the most treated (72% of all events), and fatigue was the least treated (9%); only 4% of patients received pharmacologic treatment for fatigue. CONCLUSIONS Most adverse events of special interest were nonserious and more than half of the patients received pharmacologic and/or nonpharmacologic treatment. Fatigue was the most common yet least frequently treated adverse event of special interest, and few patients received prophylaxis or nonpharmacologic treatment. More emphasis on treatment and prophylaxis options for bothersome adverse events is warranted.
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- Sandy Srinivas
- 1 Division of Medical Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center, USA
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- 2 Safety, Epidemiology, Registries, and Risk Management (SERRM), United BioSource Corporation, Canada
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- 2 Safety, Epidemiology, Registries, and Risk Management (SERRM), United BioSource Corporation, Canada
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Leppanen J, Cardi V, Ng KW, Paloyelis Y, Stein D, Tchanturia K, Treasure J. Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on the Interpretation and Expression of Emotions in Anorexia Nervosa. J Neuroendocrinol 2017; 29. [PMID: 28140486 PMCID: PMC5363234 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [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] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Revised: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Altered social-emotional functioning is considered to play an important role in the development and maintenance of anorexia nervosa (AN). Recently, there has been increasing interest in investigating the role of intranasal oxytocin in social-emotional processing. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of intranasal oxytocin on the interpretation and expression of emotions among people with AN. Thirty women with AN and 29 age-matched healthy women took part in the present study, which used a double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over design. The participants received a single dose of 40 IU of intranasal oxytocin in one session and a placebo spray in the other. Fifteen minutes after administration, the participants completed the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test to assess the interpretation of complex emotions and mental states followed by a video task, which assessed expressions of facial affect when they were viewing humorous and sad film clips. The intranasal oxytocin did not significantly influence the expression or interpretation of emotions in the AN or healthy comparison groups. The AN group expressed significantly less positive emotion, spent more time looking away and reported experiencing a significantly more negative affect in response to the film clips. The finding that intranasal oxytocin had little to no effect on the interpretation or expression of emotions in either group supports the notion that the effects of oxytocin on social-emotional processing are not straightforward and may depend on individual and environmental differences, as well as the emotion being processed. Replication of these findings is necessary to explore the effect of timing on the effects of oxytocin before firm conclusions can be drawn. Nonetheless, these findings add to the steady accumulation of evidence that people with AN have reduced emotional expression and avoidance of emotionally provoking stimuli.
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- J. Leppanen
- Department of Psychological MedicineInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Psychological MedicineInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUK
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- Singapore General HospitalSingaporeSingapore
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- Division of NeuroscienceDepartment of NeuroimagingThe Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUK
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- Chaim Sheba Medical CenterEdmond and Lily Safra Children's HospitalTel HashomerIsrael
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- Department of Psychological MedicineInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUK
- Department of PsychologyIlia State UniversityTbilisiGAUSA
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- Department of Psychological MedicineInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUK
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Salinas C, Sabri S, Stein D, Wilkins L, Park A, Angle J. Balloon retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO): effects on recurrent bleeding, liver function, and portal hypertension progression. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2016.12.1006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Scott KM, Lim CCW, Hwang I, Adamowski T, Al-Hamzawi A, Bromet E, Bunting B, Ferrand MP, Florescu S, Gureje O, Hinkov H, Hu C, Karam E, Lee S, Posada-Villa J, Stein D, Tachimori H, Viana MC, Xavier M, Kessler RC. The cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV intermittent explosive disorder. Psychol Med 2016; 46:3161-3172. [PMID: 27572872 PMCID: PMC5206971 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291716001859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND This is the first cross-national study of intermittent explosive disorder (IED). METHOD A total of 17 face-to-face cross-sectional household surveys of adults were conducted in 16 countries (n = 88 063) as part of the World Mental Health Surveys initiative. The World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI 3.0) assessed DSM-IV IED, using a conservative definition. RESULTS Lifetime prevalence of IED ranged across countries from 0.1 to 2.7% with a weighted average of 0.8%; 0.4 and 0.3% met criteria for 12-month and 30-day prevalence, respectively. Sociodemographic correlates of lifetime risk of IED were being male, young, unemployed, divorced or separated, and having less education. The median age of onset of IED was 17 years with an interquartile range across countries of 13-23 years. The vast majority (81.7%) of those with lifetime IED met criteria for at least one other lifetime disorder; co-morbidity was highest with alcohol abuse and depression. Of those with 12-month IED, 39% reported severe impairment in at least one domain, most commonly social or relationship functioning. Prior traumatic experiences involving physical (non-combat) or sexual violence were associated with increased risk of IED onset. CONCLUSIONS Conservatively defined, IED is a low prevalence disorder but this belies the true societal costs of IED in terms of the effects of explosive anger attacks on families and relationships. IED is more common among males, the young, the socially disadvantaged and among those with prior exposure to violence, especially in childhood.
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard University Medical School, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Medical University of Wroclaw, L. Pasteur Str. 10, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Qadisia University, Diwaniya 00964, Iraq
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Putnam Hall – South Campus, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8790, USA
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- University of Ulster, College Avenue, Londonderry BT48 7JL, UK
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- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Facultad de Salud Pública y Administración, Honorio Delgado, Lima, Peru
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- Health Services and Research Evaluation Center, National School of Public Health Management and Professional Development, 31 Vaselor Street, Bucharest, 021253, Romania
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- Department of Psychiatry, University College Hospital, PMB 5116, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- National Center for Public Health Protection, 15 Acad. Ivan Ev. Geshov blvd, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Shenzhen Institute of Mental Health and Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, 13-15/F, Block B, No. 2019 Buxin Road, Luohu District, No. 1080 Cuizu Road, Luohu District, 518020, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- St. George Hospital University Medical Center, Balamand University, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy & Applied Care (IDRAAC), Medical Institute for Neuropsychological Disorders (MIND), Beirut, Lebanon
- Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Institute for Development, Research Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC), St. George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Ashrafieh 166378, Lebanon
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Flat 7A, Block E, Staff Quarters, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR
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- Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca, Cra 7 No. 119-14 Cons. 511, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa
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- National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8553, Japan
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- Department of Social Medicine, Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Rua Dr Eurico de Aguiar 888/705, Vitoria, ES 29055-280, Brazil
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- Chronic Diseases Research Center (CEDOC) and Department of Mental Health, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, 130, 1169-056 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard University Medical School, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Teeter W, Romagnoli A, Hoehn M, Menaker J, Hu P, Stein D, Scalea T, Brenner M. 303 Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta Improves Quality of Resuscitation Versus Thoracotomy in Patients in Traumatic Arrest. Ann Emerg Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.08.319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Shipway JR, O’Connor R, Stein D, Cragg SM, Korshunova T, Martynov A, Haga T, Distel DL. Zachsia zenkewitschi (Teredinidae), a Rare and Unusual Seagrass Boring Bivalve Revisited and Redescribed. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0155269. [PMID: 27171209 PMCID: PMC4865151 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The sea-grass borer Zachsia zenkewitschi belongs to a group of economically and ecologically important bivalves, commonly referred to as shipworms. The sole recognized representative of the genus Zachsia, this species displays an unusual life history and reproductive strategy that is now understood to include: environmental sex determination of free swimming larvae, extreme sexual and size dimorphism between males and females, internal fertilization, maintenance of often large harems of male dwarfs within a specialized cavity of the female mantle, and complex maternal care of larvae in specialized brood pouches within the gill. It is also the only shipworm species known to burrow in sea grass rhizomes rather than terrestrial wood. Although Z. zenkewitschi is rare and little studied, understanding of its biology and anatomy has evolved substantially, rendering some aspects of its original description inaccurate. Moreover, no existing type specimens are known for this species. In light of these facts, we designate a neotype from among specimens recently collected at the type location, and undertake a re-description of this species, accounting for recent reinterpretation of its life history and functional anatomy.
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- J. R. Shipway
- Ocean Genome Legacy, Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Tufts Medical Centre, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Ocean Genome Legacy, Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- The Institute of Marine Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, P04 9LY, United Kingdom
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- Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology RAS, 26 Vavilov St, Moscow, 119334, Russia
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- Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya St. 6, Moscow, 125009, Russia
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- Toyohashi Museum of Natural History, 1–238 Ôana, Ôiwa-chô, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441–3147, Japan
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- Ocean Genome Legacy, Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Srinivas S, Stein D, Teltsch DY, Tao S, Ramaswamy K. Real world chart review of adverse event management in patients taking tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) by line of therapy (LoT). J Clin Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.34.2_suppl.521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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521 Background: This is the first real world study to describe adverse events of special interest (AESI) management for all available TKIs by LoT. A better understanding of optimal AE management can positively impact patient care. Methods: A chart review was conducted largely in community oncology practices in Canada and the US. Patients with mRCC were eligible if they started TKI monotherapy between Nov 15, 2010-Nov 15, 2013 and had ≥ 1 of 5 AESI onset ≤ 3 months post TKI start. AESI included fatigue, hypertension, diarrhea, hand-foot syndrome and stomatitis/mucositis. Data on patient demographics, medical history, drug regimen, and AESI management were collected. Results: 220 patients from 27 centers were included. 63% of patients received TKI in 1st, 22% in 2nd and 15% in 3rd LoT. TKIs included axitinib (9%), pazopanib (27%), sorafenib (8%) and sunitinib (55%). 376 AESI occurred in 220 patients; 87% were non-serious. Fatigue (62%), hypertension (37%), diarrhea (31%), stomatitis/mucositis (29%), and hand-foot syndrome (12%) were reported. 55% of AESI resolved/were resolving within 3.5 months of onset. 8% of patients received AESI prophylaxis (Px) and 59% received treatment (Tx). Incidence of stomatitis/mucositis declined as LoT progressed (37%, 16%, 12%). More patients in 1st vs. ≥ 2nd LoT had AESI related TKI discontinuation (17% vs. 12%), interruptions (17% vs. 12%) and reductions (43% vs. 32%). Fewer patients missed doses as LoT progressed (38%, 25%, 18%). Fatigue was the commonest AESI across LoT, and fatigue as a reason for therapy delay/interruption increased across LoT (7%, 14%, 50%). The rates of Tx or Px for fatigue remained low across LoT. Rates of AESI Px were low across the LoT (10%, 0.4%, 0.3%). More patients in 1st (61%) received AESI Tx vs. 2nd (47%) LoT. Conclusions: Most AESI were non-serious, and over half of patients received some form of AESI Tx. Fatigue was the most common yet least frequently Tx AESI. Very few patients received Px across LoT. More patients in 1st versus 2nd LoT experienced dose modifications/discontinuation and received AESI Tx. More emphasis on Px/Tx options for non-serious bothersome AEs is warranted.
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- UBC: An Express Scripts Company, Dorval, QC, Canada
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- UBC: An Express Scripts Company, Dorval, QC, Canada
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Stein D. Adjustment disorder with anxiety: Care practice. Eur Psychiatry 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.09.033] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Adjustment disorder with anxiety (ADWA) is a highly prevalent condition, particularly in primary care practice. Adjustment disorders significantly impair patients’ quality of life, but there are relatively few systematic treatment trials in the area of ADWA, and there are few data on predictors of treatment response. Here we review the limited pharmacotherapy data available on the treatment of ADWA. In primary care settings benzodiazepines are frequently prescribed for psychiatric symptoms, despite their adverse event profile and their potential risk for dependence. The non-benzodiazepine drug etifoxine is a promising agent insofar as it is not associated with dependence. Its efficacy and safety have been evaluated in three double-blind randomized clinical trials in comparison with non-benzodiazepine (buspirone) and benzodiazepines (lorazepam and alprazolam) . The three trials point to the anxiolytic properties of etifoxine, demonstrating an overall clinical improvement of patients, and no risk for dependence or rebound effect. In conclusion, even if benzodiazepines are often used for the treatment of ADWA, other therapeutic options are possible, with a better safety profile.
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Preschool children often show total expiration times of less than one second in pulmonary function tests. Therefore, FEV1 cannot be used for evaluation of obstructive pulmonary diseases in small children. Aex, the area under the expiratory flow-volume loop, does not depend on the expiration time. The Aex value varies according to the convex or concave shape of the flow volume loop, can be quantified and is a valuable parameter in the diagnosis of obstructive airway diseases.In this study FEV1 und Aex values of 19882 flow-volume loops were measured and compared. The comparison shows a very high correlation coefficient of r = 0.99.The changes of both parameters in an individual after provocation or bronchospasmolysis also demonstrate a strong correlation. A 20 % change of FEV1 equals an Aex change of 36 %.We conclude that measuring Aex is a good alternative to measuring FEV1 especially if the FEV1 cannot be obtained due to short expiration times.
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- Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Informatik in den Kultur-, Geschichts-, und Geowissenschaften, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
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Stein D, Jean-Mary J, Goldwin AE, Lau MR, Manson S. Evidence Resulting From Chart Review Methodology Applied To Named Patient Programme Participation And Compassionate Medication Use: Peri-Approval Approximation Of Post-Market Practice Patterns And Costs. Value Health 2014; 17:A581. [PMID: 27201964 DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2014.08.1970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- D Stein
- UBC: An Express Scripts Company, Dorval, QC, Canada
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- GlaxoSmithKline Oncology, Uxbridge, UK
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- GlaxoSmithKline Oncology, Uxbridge, UK
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Jean-Mary J, Stein D, Yeomans K, Payne KA. Implementation of International Chart Review Studies: An Assessment of Ethics and Regulatory Considerations. Value Health 2014; 17:A583. [PMID: 27201971 DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2014.08.1977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- UBC: An Express Scripts Company, Dorval, QC, Canada
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- UBC: An Express Scripts Company, Dorval, QC, Canada
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- United BioSource Corporation, Dorval, QC, Canada
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Stein D, Bassel M, Payne KA. Retrospective Chart Review Studies: Strategies To Ensure Robust Data Quality. Value Health 2014; 17:A583. [PMID: 27201973 DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2014.08.1979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- D Stein
- UBC: An Express Scripts Company, Dorval, QC, Canada
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- UBC: An Express Scripts Company, Dorval, QC, Canada
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- United BioSource Corporation, Dorval, QC, Canada
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Slon V, Stein D, Cohen H, Medlej B, Peled N, Hershkovitz I. Hyperostotic bone disease in a wombat (Vombatus ursinus). Res Vet Sci 2014; 97:88-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2014.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2013] [Revised: 04/22/2014] [Accepted: 05/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Andrade LH, Alonso J, Mneimneh Z, Wells JE, Al-Hamzawi A, Borges G, Bromet E, Bruffaerts R, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Florescu S, Gureje O, Hinkov HR, Hu C, Huang Y, Hwang I, Jin R, Karam EG, Kovess-Masfety V, Levinson D, Matschinger H, O’Neill S, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Sampson NA, Sasu C, Stein D, Takeshima T, Viana MC, Xavier M, Kessler RC. Barriers to mental health treatment: results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys. Psychol Med 2014; 44:1303-1317. [PMID: 23931656 PMCID: PMC4100460 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291713001943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 600] [Impact Index Per Article: 60.0] [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] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND To examine barriers to initiation and continuation of mental health treatment among individuals with common mental disorders. METHOD Data were from the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health (WMH) surveys. Representative household samples were interviewed face to face in 24 countries. Reasons to initiate and continue treatment were examined in a subsample (n = 63,678) and analyzed at different levels of clinical severity. RESULTS Among those with a DSM-IV disorder in the past 12 months, low perceived need was the most common reason for not initiating treatment and more common among moderate and mild than severe cases. Women and younger people with disorders were more likely to recognize a need for treatment. A desire to handle the problem on one's own was the most common barrier among respondents with a disorder who perceived a need for treatment (63.8%). Attitudinal barriers were much more important than structural barriers to both initiating and continuing treatment. However, attitudinal barriers dominated for mild-moderate cases and structural barriers for severe cases. Perceived ineffectiveness of treatment was the most commonly reported reason for treatment drop-out (39.3%), followed by negative experiences with treatment providers (26.9% of respondents with severe disorders). CONCLUSIONS Low perceived need and attitudinal barriers are the major barriers to seeking and staying in treatment among individuals with common mental disorders worldwide. Apart from targeting structural barriers, mainly in countries with poor resources, increasing population mental health literacy is an important endeavor worldwide.
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- L. H. Andrade
- Section of Psychiatric Epidemiology-LIM 23, Department/Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Health Services Research Unit, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), and CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Development Research Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC), Beirut, Lebanon; Survey Methodology Program, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, USA
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- Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Otago, Christchurch. Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Al-Qadisia University College of Medicine, Diwania Teaching Hospital, Diwania, Iraq
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- Instituto Nacional de Psiquatria Ramon de la Fuente & Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico DF, Mexico
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook, NY
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- Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum –Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (UPC-KUL), Leuven, Belgium
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- IRCCS Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Trimbos Institute, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- National School of Public Health Management and Professional Development, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Ibadan, College of Medicine, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- National Center for Public Health and Analyses, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Shenzhen Institute of Mental Health & Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA
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- Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC), St. George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- EA 4069 Université Paris Descartes & EHESP School for Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Paris, France
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- Research and Planning, Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health, Public Health Research Unit, University of Leipzig, Germany
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- Psychology Research Institute, University of Ulster, Londonderry, UK
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- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Instituto Colombiano del Sistema Nervioso, Bogota, Colombia
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- Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Scoala Nationala de Sanatate Publica, Management si Perfectionare in Domeniul Sanitar (SNSPMPDSB), Bucharest, Romania
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- University of Cape Town, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, J-Block, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
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- National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan
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- Department of Social Medicine, Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- Mental Health Department, Faculdade Ciências Médicas - Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Breborowicz A, Vega M, Sauerbrun M, Sirota I, Stein D, Keltz M. Euploid embryos following day 3 biopsy for comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) have excellent outcomes even with no advanced blastocysts. Fertil Steril 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.1359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ito M, Emami-Naini A, Keyvandarian N, Moeinzadeh F, Mortazavi M, Taheri S, Io K, Nishino T, Obata Y, Kitamura M, Abe S, Koji T, Kohno S, Wakabayashi K, Hamada C, Nakano T, Kanda R, Io H, Horikoshi S, Tomino Y, Korte MR, Braun N, Habib SM, Goffin E, Summers A, Heuveling L, Betjes MGH, Lambie M, Bankart J, Johnson D, Mactier R, Phillips-Darby L, Topley N, Davies S, Liu FX, Leipold R, Arici M, Farooqui U, Cho KH, Do JY, Kang SH, Park JW, Yoon KW, Jung SY, Sise C, Rutherford P, Kovacs L, Konings S, Pestana M, Zimmermann J, Cramp H, Stein D, Bang K, Shin JH, Jeong J, Kim JH, Matsuo N, Maruyama Y, Nakao M, Tanno Y, Ohkido I, Hayakawa H, Yamamoto H, Yokoyama K, Hosoya T, Iannuzzella F, Corradini M, Belloni L, Stefani A, Parmeggiani M, Pasquali S, Svedberg O, Stenvinkel P, Qureshi AR, Barany P, Heimburger O, Leurs P, Anderstam B, Waniewski J, Antosiewicz S, Baczynski D, Galach M, Wankowicz Z, Prabhu M, Subhramanyam SV, Nayak KS, Hwang JC, Jiang MY, Lu YH, Wang CT, Santos C, Rodriguez-Carmona A, Perez Fontan M, Schaefer B, Macher-Goeppinger S, Bayazit A, Sallay P, Testa S, Holland-Cunz S, Querfeld U, Warady BA, Schaefer F, Schmitt CP, Guney I, Turkmen K, Yazici R, Aslan S, Altintepe L, Yeksan M, Kocyigit I, Sipahioglu M, Orscelik O, Unal A, Celik A, Abbas S, Zhu F, Tokgoz B, Dogan A, Oymak O, Kotanko P, Levin N, Sanchez-Gonzalez MC, Gonzalez-Casaus ML, Gonzalez-Parra E, Albalate M, Lorenzo V, Torregrosa V, Fernandez E, de la Piedra C, Rodriguez M, Zeiler M, Monteburini T, Agostinelli RM, Marinelli R, Santarelli S, Bermond F, Bagnis C, Marcuccio C, Soragna G, Bruno M, Vitale C, Marangella M, Martino F, Scalzotto E, Rodighiero MP, Crepaldi C, Ronco C, Seferi S, Rroji M, Likaj E, Barbullushi M, Thereska N, Kim EJ, Han JH, Koo HM, Doh FM, Kim CH, Ko KI, Lee MJ, Oh HJ, Han SH, Yoo TH, Choi KH, Kang SW, Uzun S, Karadag S, Yegen M, Gursu M, Ozturk S, Aydin Z, Sumnu A, Cebeci E, Atalay E, Kazancioglu R, Alscher D, Fritz P, Latus J, Kimmel M, Biegger D, Lindenmeyer M, Cohen CD, Wuthrich RP, Segerer S, Braun N, Kim YK, Kim HW, Song HC, Choi EJ, Yang CW, Matsuda A, Tayama Y, Ogawa T, Iwanaga M, Okazaki S, Hatano M, Kiba T, Shimizu T, Hasegawa H, Mitarai T, Dratwa M, Collart F, Verger C, Tayama Y, Hasegawa H, Takayanagi K, Iwashita T, Shimizu T, Noiri C, Kiba T, Ogawa T, Inamura M, Nakamura S, Matsuda A, Kato H, Mitarai T, Unal A, Sipahioglu MH, Kocyigit I, Elmali F, Tokgoz B, Oymak O, Zhang X, Ma J, Giuliani A, Blanca-Martos L, Nayak Karopadi A, Mason G, Crepaldi C, Ronco C, Santos MT, Fonseca I, Santos O, Rocha MJ, Carvalho MJ, Cabrita A, Rodrigues A, Scabbia L, Domenici A, Apponi F, Tayefeh Jafari M, Sivo F, Falcone C, Punzo G, Mene P, Yildirim T, Yilmaz R, Azak A, Altindal M, Turkmen E, Arici M, Altun B, Duranay M, Erdem Y, Buyukbakkal M, Eser B, Yayar O, Ercan Z, Kali A, Erdogan B, Haspulat A, Merhametsiz O, Yildirim T, Ulusal-Okyay G, Akdag SI, Ayli MD, Pietrzycka A, Miarka P, Chowaniec E, Sulowicz W, Lutwin M, Gaska M, Paciorek A, Karadag S, Gursu M, Ozturk S, Aydin Z, Uzun S, Sumnu A, Cebeci E, Atalay E, Kazancioglu R. Peritoneal dialysis - A. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gft117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Stein D. Psychiatry and mental health research in South Africa: national priorities in a low and middle income context. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 15:427-31. [PMID: 23160618 DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v15i6.54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2012] [Accepted: 09/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The recent National Mental Health Summit included discussion of research priorities for South Africa. This paper reviews some of the background literature that is relevant to this key issue. It draws attention to one contested question, the extent to which research in low and middle income countries should address questions about fundamental mechanisms and clinical treatments versus focusing on questions about implementation and systems research? In addressing this question, the paper argues that the boundary between good clinical practice and good academic scholarship is not nearly as distinct as is often assumed (the "research fallacy"); prospective rigorous assessments, retrospective clinical audits, evidence-based medicine, and useful information systems all point to the mutual interdependence of good practice and good scholarship. Finally, some general conclusions that the majority of summit delegates participating in the discussion on research agreed to, are presented.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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Lochner C, Seedat S, Allgulander C, Kidd M, Stein D, Gerdner A. Childhood trauma in adults with social anxiety disorder and panic disorder: a cross-national study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 13:376-81. [PMID: 21390408 DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v13i5.63103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The influence of childhood trauma as a specific environmental factor on the development of adult psychopathology is far from being elucidated. As part of a collaborative project between research groups from South Africa (SA) and Sweden focusing on genetic and environmental factors contributing to anxiety disorders, this study specifically investigated rates of childhood trauma in South African and Swedish patients respectively, and whether, in the sample as a whole, different traumatic experiences in childhood are predictive of social anxiety (SAD) or panic disorder (PD) in adulthood. METHOD Participants with SAD or PD (85 from SA, 135 from Sweden) completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Logistic regression was performed with data from the two countries separately, and from the sample as a whole, with primary diagnoses as dependent variables, gender, age, and country as covariates, and the CTQ subscale totals as independent variables. The study also investigated the internal consistency (Cronbach alpha) of the CTQ subscales. RESULTS SA patients showed higher levels of childhood trauma than Swedish patients. When data from both countries were combined, SAD patients reported higher rates of childhood emotional abuse compared to those with PD. Moreover, emotional abuse in childhood was found to play a predictive role in SAD/PD in adulthood in the Swedish and the combined samples, and the same trend was found in the SA sample. The psychometric qualities of the CTQ subscales were adequate, with the exception of the physical neglect subscale. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that anxiety disorder patients may differ across countries in terms of childhood trauma. Certain forms of childhood abuse may contribute specific vulnerability to different types of psychopathology. Longitudinal studies should focus on the potential sequential development of SAD/PD among individuals with childhood emotional abuse.
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- C Lochner
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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Monticelli F, Keller T, Stein D, Kemmerling R. Arteriovenöses Angiom des Herzens mit intramuskulärer Lokalisation. Rechtsmedizin (Berl) 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s00194-012-0847-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sauerbrun-Cutler M, Lederman M, Keltz M, Lee M, Stein D. Serum anti-müllerian hormone levels (AMH) decrease after metformin administration in women with both lean and overweight polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Fertil Steril 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.07.771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Vega M, Martin K, Sirota I, Gonzales E, Stein D. Preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) using comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) on day 3 embryo biopsies doubles the implantation, clinical pregnancy and ongoing pregnancy rate per transfer. Fertil Steril 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.07.1152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rasia-Filho A, Haas D, de Oliveira A, de Castilhos J, Frey R, Stein D, Lazzari V, Back F, Pires G, Pavesi E, Winkelmann-Duarte E, Giovenardi M. Morphological and Functional Features of the Sex Steroid-Responsive Posterodorsal Medial Amygdala of Adult Rats. Mini Rev Med Chem 2012; 12:1090-106. [DOI: 10.2174/138955712802762211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2011] [Revised: 06/07/2011] [Accepted: 06/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Breborowicz A, Keltz M, Chau P, Stein D, Lederman M, Gonzales E. Transvaginal ovarian drilling (TVOD) for severe polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) prior to in vitro fertilization (IVF) dramatically improves IVF outcomes. Fertil Steril 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.07.767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Park H, Stein D, Kufera J, Aarabi B, Scalea T, Sheth K. Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury: A 10-Year Experience (P06.265). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p06.265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Park H, Stein D, Kufera J, Aarabi B, Scalea T, Sheth K. Mortality and Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury: Analysis of a 10 Year Cohort (P06.267). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p06.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Murray JC, Rainusso N, Roberts RA, Gomez AM, Egler R, Russell H, Okcu MF, Gururangan S, Fangusaro J, Young-Poussaint T, Lesh S, Onar A, Gilbertson R, Packer R, McLendon R, Friedman HS, Boyett J, Kun LE, Venkatramani R, Haley K, Gilles F, Sposto R, Ji L, Olshefski R, Garvin J, Tekautz T, Kennedy G, Rassekh R, Moore T, Gardner S, Allen J, Shore R, Moertel C, Atlas M, Lasky J, Finlay J, Valera ET, Brassesco MS, Scrideli CA, Oliveira RS, Machado HR, Tone LG, Finlay JL, Kreimer S, Dagri J, Grimm J, Bluml S, Britt B, Dhall G, Gilles F, Finlay JL, Brown RJ, Dhall G, Shah A, Kapoor N, Abdel-Azim H, Rao AAN, Wallace D, Boyett J, Gajjar A, Packer RJ, Pearlman ML, Sadighi Z, Bingham R, Vats T, Khatua S, Ko RH, O'Neil S, Lavey RS, Finlay JL, Dhall G, Davidson TB, Gilles F, Tovar J, Grimm J, Wong K, Olch A, Dhall G, Finlay JL, Murray JC, Honeycutt JH, Donahue DJ, Head HW, Alles AJ, Ray A, Pearlman M, Vats T, Khatua S, Baskin J, Qaddoumi I, Ahchu MS, Alabi SF, Arambu IC, Castellanos M, Gamboa Y, Martinez R, Montero M, Ocampo E, Howard SC, Finlay JL, Broniscer A, Baker SD, Baker JN, Panandiker AP, Onar-Thomas A, Chin TK, Merchant TE, Davidoff A, Kaste SC, Gajjar A, Stewart CF, Espinoza J, Haley K, Patel N, Dhall G, Gardner S, Jeffrey A, Torkildson J, Cornelius A, Rassekh R, Bedros A, Etzl M, Garvin J, Pradhan K, Corbett R, Sullivan M, McGowage G, Puccetti D, Stein D, Jasty R, Ji L, Sposto R, Finlay JL, Antony R, Gardner S, Patel M, Wong KE, Britt B, Dhall G, Grimm J, Krieger M, McComb G, Gilles F, Sposto R, Finlay JL, Davidson TB, Sanchez-Lara PA, Randolph LM, Krieger MD, Wu S, Panigrahy A, Shimada H, Erdreich-Epstein A, Puccetti DM, Patel N, Kennedy T, Salamat S, Bradfield Y, Park HJ, Yoon JH, Ahn HS, Shin HY, Kim SK, Im HJ, Ra YS, Won SC, Baek HJ, Sung KW, Hah JO, Lim YT, Lee GS, Lee YH, Kim HS, Park JK, Kim MK, Park JE, Chung NG, Choi HS, Campen CJ, Fisher PG, Ruge MI, Simon T, Suchorska B, Lehrke R, Hamisch C, Koerber F, Treuer H, Berthold F, Sturm V, Voges J, Davidson TB, Finlay JL, Dhall G, Kirsch M, Lindner C, Schackert G, Brown RJ, Krieger M, Dhall G, Finlay JL. PEDIATRICS CLINICAL RESEARCH. Neuro Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nor156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Gurav K, Cooper E, Junno J, Stein D, Chintada DR, Doddamane M, Moses S. P2-S2.21 Traditional devadasi system under transition: boon or bane for HIV prevention programme? Sex Transm Infect 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050108.317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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