Molecular profiling approaches for identifying novel biomarkers.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections (ABSSSI) may develop in both in-patients and out-patients, possibly with a severe clinical presentation. Since most phase 3 randomized clinical trials have shown non-inferiority in efficacy across different agents, considerations regarding their different ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Bassetti M,Peghin M,Castaldo N,Giacobbe DR

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Unintended harm from prescribing errors remains a prevalent concern in healthcare leading to significant morbidity and mortality around the world. Prescribers face new challenges to their practice in modern times such as increasingly complex health-care systems, an aging population with increasing multimor...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Coleman JJ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pharmacologic vitreolysis is a strategy used to treat anomalous posterior vitreous detachment, by weakening vitreoretinal adhesion with an intravitreal drug. Pharmacologic vitreolysis facilitates surgery, and abnormalities of the vitreoretinal interface including vitreomacular traction (VMT) and early stag...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Morescalchi F,Gambicorti E,Duse S,Costagliola C,Semeraro F

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hepatitis C virus is a hepatotropic virus that generally leads to chronic hepatitis and various harmful sequelae. The lone standard of treatment has been pegylated interferon and ribavirin, which produces a modest response and many side effects. However, a new era of management was declared with the introd...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： El Kassas M,Elbaz T,Hafez E,Esmat G

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To assess the risk of adverse events (AEs) associated with brentuximab vedotin in lymphoma patients.Methods: Articles were retrieved from PubMed, Cochrane, and Clinicaltrials Databases to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing brentuximab vedotin with non-brentuximab vedotin in lymphoma pat...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Gao S,Zhang M,Wu K,Zhu J,He Z,Li J,Chen C,Qiu K,Yu X,Wu J

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Niacin is one of the oldest drugs used in the treatment of dyslipidemia. Previously its use has been limited because of excessive flushing. Now an agent laropiprant (LRP) has been developed, which blocks the flushing pathway. Therefore, it is time to collate available information to assess the safety and t...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Yadav R,Kwok S,Ammori BJ,Issa B,Soran H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The approval of sofosbuvir (SOF), a nucleotide analogue NS5B polymerase inhibitor, and ledipasvir (LDV), a NS5A inhibitor, marked a new chapter in IFN and ribavirin-free treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV). This drug reduces adverse events associated with IFN therapy. AREAS COVERED:The purpose of this pa...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Fazel Y,Lam B,Golabi P,Younossi Z

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In patients with acromegaly, somatostatin analogs (SSA) represent the first choice medical treatment. The long-acting SSA have been found to be effective in controlling growth hormone and IGF-I levels in a high percentage of patients, resulting in an improvement in the quality of life; moreover, these pept...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Grasso LF,Auriemma RS,Pivonello R,Colao A

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD:Despite the beneficial effect of imatinib treatment in chronic myeloid leukemia patients, some patients develop resistance and/or intolerance and need a switch to second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Dasatinib is indicated for chronic myeloid leukemia patients with resistance or intoler...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Breccia M,Alimena G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is an alkalinizing lysosomatropic drug that accumulates in lysosomes where it inhibits some important functions by increasing the pH. HCQ has proved to be effective in a number of autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Areas covered: In this review the me...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Ponticelli C,Moroni G

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlicensed and off-label prescribing is common in children. This is likely to be due to a combination of the difficulty in carrying out reliable clinical trials in children and the lack of financial reward for the industry. The term 'paediatric' encompasses preterm babies to near adult-sized adolescents, and all aspec...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Bush A

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Further understand the safety profile of celecoxib and provide safety information for important adverse events (AEs). METHODS:Analysis of randomized controlled trials from the Pfizer clinical trial repository (final study reports completed by 31 July 2011) in which celecoxib was compared with placebo or non-...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Essex MN,Zhang RY,Berger MF,Upadhyay S,Park PW

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ximelagatran, the first oral agent in the new class of direct thrombin inhibitors, was withdrawn from the market due to increased rates of liver enzyme elevations in long-term treatments. Despite intensive pre clinical investigations the cellular mechanisms behind the observed hepatic effects remain unknown....

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Ainscow EK,Pilling JE,Brown NM,Orme AT,Sullivan M,Hargreaves AC,Cooke EL,Sullivan E,Carlsson S,Andersson TB

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common psychiatric childhood disorder. The most commonly used drugs in the treatment of ADHD are methylphenidate (MPH) and atomoxetine (ATX); the former of the two is prescribed in USA more than it is in Western Europe. Some of the most important saf...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Capuano A,Scavone C,Rafaniello C,Arcieri R,Rossi F,Panei P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This meeting was convened to encourage the incorporation of empirical and mechanism-based pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modelling into safety pharmacology to improve the predictability of nonclinical investigations for human outcomes. These technologies make use of mathematical expressions relating measured ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Cavero I

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The MAPK pathway is a signaling network that plays a key role in many normal cellular processes and in a large number of human malignancies. One of its effectors, MEK, is essential for the carcinogenesis of different tumors. In recent years, several drugs able to inhibit MEK have been assessed in clinical ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Martin-Liberal J,Lagares-Tena L,Larkin J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Over the past decade, increased prescription supply has facilitated an epidemic of nonmedical use of controlled substances, including predominantly opioids, as well as benzodiazepines, z-hypnotics, and stimulants. Areas covered: More recently, misuse of noncontrolled prescriptions, such as gabapentin, has ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Peckham AM,Fairman KA,Sclar DA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in the routine immunization program has resulted in a significant decline in invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD) around the world. Preterm infants are a special group at a high risk of invasive infection by encapsulated bacteria. However, their sl...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： López-Sanguos C,Rivero Calle I,Rodriguez Tenreiro C,Raguindin PF,Martinón-Torres F

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthracyclines are among the most active chemotherapeutic agents in cancer treatment. Although infrequent, cumulative dose-dependent cardiotoxicity is nevertheless a significant side effect of this therapy resulting in reduced cardiac reserve or even frank cardiac failure. Although used in several types of malignancy,...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Ng R,Green MD

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Various limitations of unfractionated heparin (UFH) have triggered a search for new antithrombotic therapies for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Bivalirudin is a direct thrombin inhibitor with several pharmacological advantages over UFH and is currently endorsed by practice guidelines, particu...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Abdel-Wahab M,Richardt G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Nephrotoxicity is generally considered as the most clinically significant adverse reaction of amphotericin B, and has been reported in up to 80% of amphotericin B recipients during the first 2 weeks of treatment. Numerous experimental and clinical investigations have been performed over the past 4 decades,...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Karimzadeh I,Farsaei S,Khalili H,Dashti-Khavidaki S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Alemtuzumab is a humanised anti-CD52 mAb which has recently been licensed for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis in Europe. AREAS COVERED:The efficacy and safety of alemtuzumab from open label, Phase II and Phase III trials is reported. EXPERT OPINION:Alemtuzumab causes rapid and profound comp...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Willis M,Robertson NP

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To examine the signals of bullous pemphigoid (BP) with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4i) in VigiBase® and the potential role of their pharmacodynamic/pharmacokinetic parameters in the occurrence of BP. Methods: Case/non-case analyses were performed in VigiBase® to examine the signal of BP [reporti...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Carnovale C,Mazhar F,Arzenton E,Moretti U,Pozzi M,Mosini G,Leoni O,Scatigna M,Clementi E,Radice S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Basiliximab is a chimeric monoclonal antibody directed against the alpha chain of interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R). When administered intravenously at a dosage of 20 mg at the time of transplantation and 4 days later, basiliximab saturates the alpha chain of IL-2R for 4 weeks. AREAS COVERED:This review eval...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Ponticelli C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) do not have epilepsy. There are a number of compelling reasons to take these patients off antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), including drug toxicity and teratogenicity, as well as possibly poorer outcome of PNES and increased risk of iatrogenic harm when...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Duncan R

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Conjugated equine estrogens (CEE) are widely used for the treatment of menopausal symptoms, such as vasomotor symptoms and vulvovaginal atrophy, and for the prevention of bone loss, in postmenopausal women. The safety profile of CEE has been extensively published over the past 20 years. AREAS COVERED:Data...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Mirkin S,Komm BS,Pickar JH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hyperphosphatemia is common in the late stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is associated with elevated parathormone levels, abnormal bone mineralization, extraosseous calcification and increased risk of cardiovascular events and death. Several classes of oral phosphate binders are available to help...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Locatelli F,Del Vecchio L,Violo L,Pontoriero G

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There is now 16 years' worth of established results of various trials demonstrating the bortezomib efficiency in the treatment of multiple myeloma. Over this time, the introduction of bortezomib has been a major break through in the treatment of multiple myeloma. Bortezomib can be administered in the outpa...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Cengiz Seval G,Beksac M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In the last couple of years, the number of patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases being treated with TNF α antagonist has increased dramatically. Adalimumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody against TNF α, is one of the most frequently administered TNF α antagonists. Yet, unresolved issues ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Poddubnyy D,Rudwaleit M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A number of new biological immune modulators have become available as treatments for inflammatory diseases over the past two decades. Most prominent among them are TNF-α inhibitors (TNFi) which have been available in the clinic since the late 1990s. TNFi have demonstrated efficacy in various rheumatologic ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Yang H,Kavanaugh A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00