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Emerging systemic JAK inhibitors in the treatment of atopic dermatitis: a review of abrocitinib, baricitinib, and upadacitinib

Novin Nezamololama, BSc, MSc, Keira Fieldhouse, BSc, Kristy Metzger, BSc, Melinda Gooderham, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Article Type

Review

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This review summarizes the clinical data available from various trials and reports on the safety and efficacy of abrocitinib, baricitinib, and upadacitinib, the three oral systemic JAK inhibitors used in the treatment of atopic dermatitis.

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Upadacitinib versus placebo or adalimumab with background methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response to methotrexate: a subgroup analysis of a phase III randomized controlled trial in Central and Eastern European patients

Karel Pavelka MD PhD, Zoltán Szekanecz MD PhD DSc, Nemanja Damjanov MD PhD, Branimir Anić MD PhD, Matija Tomšič MD PhD, Vadim Mazurov MD PhD, Marija Maksimovic MD, Orsolya Nagy MD PhD, Jerzy Świerkot MD PhD, Tzvetanka Petranova MD PhD, Tiina Veldi MD, Asta Baranauskaitė MD PhD, Catalin Codreanu MD PhD, Daina Andersone MD PhD, Roy Fleischmann MD

Article Type

Original Research

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This post hoc analysis of SELECT-COMPARE reports, for the first time, the efficacy and safety of upadacitinib 15 mg in combination with methotrexate
(MTX) in patients from the Central and Eastern European region with MTX inadequate response rheumatoid arthritis compared with placebo or adalimumab with MTX up to 48 weeks of follow-up.

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Dabigatran, the oral anticoagulant of choice at discharge in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and COVID-19 infection: the ANIBAL* protocol

Teodoro Iturbe-Hernandez MD, Luis García de Guadiana Romualdo MD, Ignacio Gil Ortega MD, Antonio Martínez Francés MD, Olga Meca Birlanga MD, Juan José Cerezo-Manchado MD

Article Type

Original Research

Published

In this review, the available information on the antithrombotic management of atrial fibrillation patients at discharge after COVID-19 infection is updated. In addition, a practical algorithm, considering renal and liver function, which facilitates the anticoagulation choice at discharge is presented.

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