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Efficacy and safety of mycophenolate mofetil in the treatment of rheumatic disease-related interstitial lung disease: a narrative review

Giulia Cassone MD, PhD, Marco Sebastiani MD, Caterina Vacchi MD, PhD, Gian Luca Erre MD, Carlo Salvarani MD, Andreina Manfredi MD, PhD

Article Type

Review

Published

This review describes the available data and recent advances on the effectiveness and safety of MMF for the treatment of ILD related to RD, including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis, primary Sjögren syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, undifferentiated connective tissue disease, interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.

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Antifibrotic drugs in connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD): from mechanistic insights to therapeutic applications

Gian Luca Erre MD, PhD, Marco Sebastiani PhD, Andreina Manfredi MD, Elisabetta Gerratana MD, Fabiola Atzeni MD, Giuseppe Passiu MD, Arduino A Mangoni MD

Article Type

Review

Published

This review discusses the experimental evidence and clinical trials investigating the efficacy and safety of antifibrotic drugs in patients with CTD-ILDs and the potential mechanisms of action involved.

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Key policy and programmatic factors to improve influenza vaccination rates based on the experience from four high-performing countries

George Kassianos MD, Ashis Banerjee MD, Florence Baron-Papillon MD, Alan W Hampson MD, Janet E McElhaney MD, Allison McGeer MD, Thierry Rigoine de Fougerolles MSc, Mitch Rothholz MD, Holly Seale MD, Litjen J Tan MD, Angus Thomson PhD, Olivier Vitoux MSc

Article Type

Review

Published

The aim of this analysis was to identify factors that have been instrumental in achieving a high influenza vaccine coverage rate (VCR) in the scope of four benchmark countries in order to provide an organised list of factors that could be used by countries with lower VCRs to help improve and strengthen their own VCRs.

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Cost per response analysis of repository corticotropin injection versus other alternative treatments for acute exacerbations of multiple sclerosis

George J Wan PhD, Ishveen Chopra PhD, John Niewoehner PharmD, Samuel F Hunter MD, PhD

Article Type

Original Research

Published

The objective of this study was to estimate the cost per response of repository corticotropin injection compared with plasmapheresis or intravenous immunoglobulin from the United States commercial payer perspective.

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