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A placebo-controlled double blind trial of etanercept for the cancer anorexia/weight loss syndrome: results from N00C1 from the North Central Cancer Treatment Group.
Cancer - 15 Sept 2007
Jatoi Aminah, Dakhil Shaker R, Nguyen Phuong L, Sloan Jeff A, Kugler John W, Rowland Kendrith M, Soori Gamini S, Wender Donald B, Fitch Tom R, Novotny Paul J, Loprinzi Charles L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a putative mediator of the cancer anorexia/weight loss syndrome. The current study was designed to determine whether etanercept (a dimeric fusion protein consisting of the extracellular ligand-binding portion of the human 75-kilodalton TNF receptor linked to the Fc portion of human immunoglobulin [Ig] G1) could palliate this syndrome. METHODS: A total of 63...
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