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Efficacy and safety of rilonacept (interleukin-1 Trap) in patients with cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes: results from two sequential placebo-controlled studies.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Aug 2008
Hoffman Hal M, Throne Martin L, Amar N J, Sebai Mohamed, Kivitz Alan J, Kavanaugh Arthur, Weinstein Steven P, Belomestnov Pavel, Yancopoulos George D, Stahl Neil, Mellis Scott J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy and safety of rilonacept (Interleukin-1 [IL-1] Trap), a long-acting and potent inhibitor of IL-1, in patients with cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS), including familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS) and Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS). METHODS: Forty-seven adult patients with CAPS, as defined by mutations in the causative NLRP3 (CIAS1) gene and pathognomonic...
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