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Ruat J, Heinz DE, Binder FP, Stark T, Neuner R, Hartmann A, Kaplick PM, Chen A, Czisch M, Wotjak CT. Structural correlates of trauma-induced hyperarousal in mice. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2021; 111:110404. [PMID: 34303744 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2021.110404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic disease caused by traumatic incidents. Numerous studies have revealed grey matter volume differences in affected individuals. The nature of the disease renders it difficult to distinguish between a priori versus a posteriori changes. To overcome this difficulty, we studied the consequences of a traumatic event on brain morphology in mice before and 4 weeks after exposure to brief foot shocks (or sham treatment), and correlated morphology with symptoms of hyperarousal. In the latter context, we assessed hyperarousal upon confrontation with acoustic, visual, or composite (acoustic/visual/tactile) threats and integrated the individual readouts into a single Hyperarousal Score using logistic regression analysis. MRI scans with subsequent whole-brain deformation-based morphometry (DBM) analysis revealed a volume decrease of the dorsal hippocampus and an increase of the reticular nucleus in shocked mice when compared to non-shocked controls. Using the Hyperarousal Score as regressor for the post-exposure MRI measurement, we observed negative correlations with several brain structures including the dorsal hippocampus. If the development of changes with respect to the basal MRI was considered, reduction in globus pallidus volume reflected hyperarousal severity. Our findings demonstrate that a brief traumatic incident can cause volume changes in defined brain structures and suggest the globus pallidus as an important hub for the control of fear responses to threatening stimuli of different sensory modalities.
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- Julia Ruat
- Department Stress Neurobiology and Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany; International Max Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry (IMPRS-TP), 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Research Group Neuronal Plasticity, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany; Max Planck School of Cognition, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- International Max Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry (IMPRS-TP), 80804 Munich, Germany; Department Translational Research in Psychiatry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Scientific Core Unit Neuroimaging, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, 62500 Brno, Czechia
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- Research Group Neuronal Plasticity, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Research Group Neuronal Plasticity, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Research Group Neuronal Plasticity, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Department Stress Neurobiology and Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany; Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Scientific Core Unit Neuroimaging, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Research Group Neuronal Plasticity, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany; Max Planck School of Cognition, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Central Nervous System Diseases Research (CNSDR), Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, 88397, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
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Neuner R, Klenk J. Einfluss von Nachtschichtarbeit auf das Bewegungsverhalten bei Werksfeuerwehrleuten. Gesundheitswesen 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1283570] [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: 10/17/2022]
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Schochat T, Pilz C, Neuner R. [The Indicators of Rehab Status questionnaire version 3 (IRES-3) in 1818 rehabilitees with musculoskeletal Diseases]. Rehabilitation (Stuttg) 2003; 42:236-44. [PMID: 12938046 DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-41650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The revised version 3 of the questionnaire "Indicators of Reha Status" (IRES-3) was recently tested and introduced to the scientific community. The IRES-3 differs considerably from the previous version. It now comprises 16 multi-item scales that are combined to 6 dimensions and 3 single items that are combined to a 7th dimension. The aim of the study was to receive a further impression of the psychometric properties of the IRES-3 in a clinical population. METHODS 1818 patients with musculoskeletal diseases from 10 rehabilitation hospitals completed the questionnaire at admission and at discharge. In addition to descriptive statistics (scale properties, internal consistency, sensitivity to change) logistic regression models were used to analyse the characteristics of patients in comparison to a random sample drawn from the general population. RESULTS From a psychometric point of view the scale properties are sound. The internal consistency of the multi-item scales ranges from Cronbach's alpha = 0.77 to 0.93. The sensitivity to change ranges from SRM = 0.03 to 1.00. All scales of the IRES-3 are able to discriminate between the clinical and the general population. In all scales the clinical population demonstrated a higher level of burden than the general population. CONCLUSIONS In our clinical population we were able to reproduce the measurement properties as reported by the authors of the IRES-3. The scales of the IRES-3 demonstrate good internal consistency and respond to change. A high discriminative validity of the instrument could be demonstrated. To further test the instrument the formation of dimensions by the authors of the IRES-3 has to be awaited.
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- T Schochat
- Institut für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Ulm.
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Williams HJ, Alarcón GS, Neuner R, Steen VD, Bulpitt K, Clegg DO, Ziminski CM, Luggen ME, Polisson RP, Willkens RF, Yarboro C, Morgan J, Egger MJ, Ward JR. Early undifferentiated connective tissue disease. V. An inception cohort 5 years later: disease remissions and changes in diagnoses in well established and undifferentiated connective tissue diseases. J Rheumatol 1998; 25:261-8. [PMID: 9489817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To review the diagnoses after 5 years in patients who were identified within 12 months of the onset of well established and undifferentiated connective tissue diseases (CTD); to examine death rates and disease remissions in these patients. METHODS This inception cohort of 410 patients was identified in 10 academic rheumatology practices. They had less than one year of signs and/or symptoms of CTD. Diagnoses of specific well established CTD were made using accepted diagnostic and classification criteria. The diagnoses after 5 years were determined. RESULTS Patients with well established CTD tended to remain with the original diagnosis. The progression of unexplained polyarthritis to rheumatoid arthritis occurred infrequently. Ten percent of patients with isolated Raynaud's phenomenon progressed to systemic sclerosis (SSc). The 5 year survival was over 90% in all diagnostic categories, with the exception of SSc, in which it was 64%. CONCLUSION Patients with a well established CTD usually continued with the same diagnosis. Patients with undifferentiated CTD tended to remain undifferentiated or to remit.
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- H J Williams
- Cooperative Systematic Studies of the Rheumatic Diseases Program, the University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA
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Tuttleman M, Pillemer SR, Tilley BC, Fowler SE, Buckley LM, Alarcón GS, Trentham DE, Neuner R, Clegg DO, Leisen JC, Heyse SP. A cross sectional assessment of health status instruments in patients with rheumatoid arthritis participating in a clinical trial. Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial Group. J Rheumatol 1997; 24:1910-5. [PMID: 9330931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To (1) validate the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) as a generic functional health status measure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA); and (2) assess correlations between the SF-36 and other outcome measures used in the Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis (MIRA) Trial. METHODS We conducted a cross sectional analysis of the final visit outcome measures from the 48 week, multicenter, placebo controlled, double blind MIRA trial. Multitrait scaling analyses assessed convergent and discriminant validity and internal consistency reliability of the SF-36 in the study patients. Responses to comparable items on the SF-36 and modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (M-HAQ) regarding physical functioning were compared and questions from both instruments were also compared to other RA outcome measures. RESULTS In patients with RA, the SF-36 had high internal consistency and reliability, high discriminant and high convergent validity. Moderate correlations were observed (r = -0.46 to -0.61, p < 0.01 in each case) for comparable items on the SF-36 and M-HAQ regarding dressing, walking, and bending. Joint tenderness score correlations with items on the M-HAQ and SF-36, and joint tenderness score correlations with the SF-36 scales were higher than for joint swelling scores. Physician and patient global assessments were most highly correlated (r = 0.58 and 0.66; p < 0.01, respectively) with the SF-36 bodily pain item. CONCLUSION The SF-36 is a valid instrument for this RA population. The SF-36 correlates with the M-HAQ and the physician and patient global assessments. The usefulness of the SF-36 in measuring change in RA clinical trials requires testing in longitudinal studies.
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- M Tuttleman
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892-7630, USA
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Bluhm GB, Sharp JT, Tilley BC, Alarcon GS, Cooper SM, Pillemer SR, Clegg DO, Heyse SP, Trentham DE, Neuner R, Kaplan DA, Leisen JC, Buckley L, Duncan H, Tuttleman M, Li S, Fowler SE. Radiographic results from the Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis (MIRA) Trial. J Rheumatol 1997; 24:1295-302. [PMID: 9228128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess radiographically determined disease progression in patients in the Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis (MIRA) Trial. METHODS A double blind, randomized, multicenter, 48 week trial of oral minocycline (200 mg/day) or placebo in 6 clinical centers in the United States. Patients include 219 adults with active RA previously receiving limited treatment with disease modifying drugs. Posteroanterior films of the hands from baseline and final visits, blinded for sequence, were read for erosions and joint space narrowing by trained observers. Outcomes included rate of disease progression (change/month) and percentage of patients with progression from baseline, newly involved joints, and newly erosive disease. RESULTS Using intent-to-treat analyses, progression rates for erosions (0.11 +/- 0.42 minocycline, 0.17 +/- 0.41 placebo; p = 0.47) and joint space narrowing (0.16 +/- 0.55 minocycline and 0.23 +/- 0.71 placebo; p = 0.14) were similar. (Power 43% to detect a 50% difference.) Newly erosive joints occurred more frequently in the placebo group (44 vs 32%; p = 0.08), not a statistically significant difference. CONCLUSION Radiographic measurement of disease progression using 4 measures failed to show a significant difference between minocycline and placebo treatment, although for all methods there was a trend toward treatment benefit, consistent with reported clinical results. A one year trial duration, high measurement variability, and slow rate of radiographic progression in this cohort may explain the low power to detect a treatment effect. The measurement that denoted "newly involved" joints was most sensitive in detecting change. In future trials longer term assessment (minimum 2 years) of radiographic changes and further comparison of measures of disease progression are warranted.
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- G B Bluhm
- Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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Pillemer SR, Fowler SE, Tilley BC, Alarcón GS, Heyse SP, Trentham DE, Neuner R, Clegg DO, Leisen JC, Cooper SM, Duncan H, Tuttleman M. Meaningful improvement criteria sets in a rheumatoid arthritis clinical trial. MIRA Trial Group. Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1997; 40:419-25. [PMID: 9082927 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To compare 3 sets of criteria for meaningful improvement in a rheumatoid arthritis (RA) clinical trial, and to evaluate the implications of these criteria sets for RA trial design. METHODS Data were obtained from the Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis (MIRA) trial (primary outcome measures: 50% improvement in joint tenderness and 50% improvement in joint swelling, based on joint scores). These MIRA data were evaluated against 1) the Paulus criteria (20% improvement in 4 of 6 measures: joint tenderness scores, joint swelling scores, physician's and patient's global assessments, erythrocyte sedimentation rate [ESR], and morning stiffness); and 2) the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria (20% improvement in joint tenderness and joint swelling counts, and in 3 of 5 other measures: physician's and patient's global assessments, ESR, modified Health Assessment Questionnaire, and patient's pain assessment). The ACR criteria were modified using 3 of 4 remaining measures, since baseline pain assessment data were not available. RESULTS Percentages of minocycline-treated patients versus placebo-treated patients showing meaningful improvement were as follows: by MIRA criteria, for joint tenderness, 56% versus 41% (P = 0.021), and for joint swelling, 54% versus 39% (P = 0.023); by Paulus criteria, 41% versus 28% (P = 0.040); and by ACR criteria, 44% versus 26% (P = 0.004). Both the modified ACR criteria and the Paulus criteria demonstrated a reduced placebo response rate. Compared with the MIRA criteria, the ACR criteria increased, and the Paulus criteria decreased, absolute between-group differences in improvement; however, both criteria sets increased relative percentages of patients showing improvement in the minocycline group versus the placebo group. Study design considerations indicated that application of the ACR criteria would reduce the required sample size. CONCLUSION Different placebo response rates and treatment group differences were found using the 3 RA improvement criteria sets. These findings support the use of the ACR criteria for defining improvement in RA clinical trials.
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- S R Pillemer
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-6500, USA
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Alarcón GS, Tilley B, Cooper S, Clegg DO, Trentham DE, Pillemer SR, Neuner R, Fowler S. Another look at minocycline. Bull Rheum Dis 1996; 45:6-7. [PMID: 8997812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Reveille JD, Alarcón GS, Fowler SE, Pillemer SR, Neuner R, Clegg DO, Mikhail IS, Trentham DE, Leisen JC, Bluhm G, Cooper SM, Duncan H, Tuttleman M, Heyse SP, Sharp JT, Tilley B. HLA-DRB1 genes and disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis. The MIRA Trial Group. Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1996; 39:1802-7. [PMID: 8912501 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780391105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of alleles encoding the "shared"/"rheumatoid" epitope on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease severity in patients who participated in the minocycline in RA (MIRA) trial. METHODS Of 205 patients with a week-48 visit, blood was available for typing of HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 in 174 (85%) and successfully completed in 169 (82%). Baseline erosions were used to assess disease severity and new erosions at the last visit served as a proxy for progression. RESULTS At baseline, there was no association between the presence of erosive disease or rheumatoid factor status and the dose of rheumatoid epitope (homozygous, heterozygous, none) or the specific alleles identified. At the final visit, a gradient was observed for the 3 allelic subgroups (and their gene doses) in the occurrence of new erosions among the Caucasian placebo-treated, but not the minocycline-treated, patients. A treatment group/HLA-DR4 epitope interaction was demonstrated in multivariate analyses. Approximately two-thirds of African-American patients did not have the rheumatoid epitope. CONCLUSION HLA-DRB1 oligotyping may be useful in predicting the progression of disease in some Caucasian patients. Our study corroborates the infrequency of the epitope among African-American patients with RA.
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- J D Reveille
- University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, USA
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Tilley BC, Alarcón GS, Heyse SP, Trentham DE, Neuner R, Kaplan DA, Clegg DO, Leisen JC, Buckley L, Cooper SM, Duncan H, Pillemer SR, Tuttleman M, Fowler SE. Minocycline in rheumatoid arthritis. A 48-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. MIRA Trial Group. Ann Intern Med 1995; 122:81-9. [PMID: 7993000 DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-122-2-199501150-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and efficacy of minocycline in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. DESIGN A double-blind, randomized, multicenter, 48-week trial of oral minocycline (200 mg/d) or placebo. SETTING 6 clinical centers in the United States. PATIENTS 219 adults with active rheumatoid arthritis who had previous limited treatment with disease-modifying drugs. MEASUREMENTS As the primary outcomes, 60 diarthrodial joints were examined for tenderness, and 58 joints were examined for swelling (hips excluded). Grip strength, evaluator's global assessment, morning stiffness, Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire, patient's global assessment, hematocrit, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, platelet count, and IgM rheumatoid factor levels were also assessed; radiographs of both hands and wrists were taken. RESULTS 109 and 110 patients were randomly assigned to receive minocycline and placebo, respectively. At entry, demographic, clinical, and laboratory measurements were similar in both groups. Most patients had mild to moderate disease activity and some evidence of destructive disease. At the week 48 visit, 79% of the minocycline group and 78% of the placebo group continued to receive the study medication. At 48 weeks, more patients in the minocycline group than in the placebo group showed improvement in joint swelling (54% and 39%) and joint tenderness (56% and 41%) (P < 0.023 for both comparisons). The minocycline group also showed greater improvement in hematocrit, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, platelet count, and IgM rheumatoid factor levels (all P values < 0.001), and more patients receiving minocycline had laboratory values within normal ranges at 48 weeks. For the remaining outcomes, P values ranged from 0.04 to 0.76, all greater than the critical value of 0.005 (Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons). The frequency of reported side effects was similar in both groups, and no serious toxicity occurred. CONCLUSIONS Minocycline was safe and effective for patients with mild to moderate rheumatoid arthritis. Its mechanisms of action remain to be determined.
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- B C Tilley
- Henry Ford Health Sciences Center, Detroit, Michigan
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Williams HJ, Ward JR, Egger MJ, Neuner R, Brooks RH, Clegg DO, Field EH, Skosey JL, Alarcón GS, Willkens RF. Comparison of naproxen and acetaminophen in a two-year study of treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee. Arthritis Rheum 1993; 36:1196-206. [PMID: 8216413 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780360904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the relative safety and efficacy of naproxen and acetaminophen in the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. The major outcome measures were radiographic progression and withdrawal from the trial due to lack of efficacy. METHODS One hundred seventy-eight patients with OA of the knee were enrolled in a 2-year prospective, controlled, double-blind multicenter trial and were randomly assigned to receive acetaminophen (ACT) or naproxen (NPX) treatment. RESULTS After 6 weeks of treatment, modest improvement in pain on motion and in physician's global assessment was seen in both the ACT and the NPX groups, and the NPX group also had modest improvement in pain at rest and in 50-foot walk time. Sixty-two patients completed the 2-year study. Among these patients, radiographic progression was similar in the 2 treatment groups. Withdrawal from the trial due to lack of drug efficacy was slightly more frequent among patients in the ACT group (22% versus 16%), but withdrawal due to adverse drug effects was slightly more common in the NPX group (23% versus 18%). CONCLUSION The efficacy of ACT treatment and NPX treatment was similar, although it was slightly better for NPX. The toxicity rate was slightly lower with ACT. However, the high rate of withdrawal in both treatment groups suggests that neither is satisfactory for the treatment of OA.
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- H J Williams
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132
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Ninety unipolar endogenous depressives and 38 neurotic depressives with distinct depressive episodes were questioned concerning deaths of parents, siblings, children or partners, and separation from children (leaving the parental home) or from important partners. The age of the patients at the time of the event was compared with their age during the depressive episodes. The results indicate that significantly more neurotic depressives than endogenous depressives had experienced the loss of a close person in the year before a depression. When the loss experiences were divided up, however, it became clear that the difference was due only to separations, and in particular to separations from an important partner.
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