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Use of canakinumab in the cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome.
The New England journal of medicine - 4 Jun 2009
Lachmann Helen J, Kone-Paut Isabelle, Kuemmerle-Deschner Jasmin B, Leslie Kieron S, Hachulla Eric, Quartier Pierre, Gitton Xavier, Widmer Albert, Patel Neha, Hawkins Philip N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS) is a rare inherited inflammatory disease associated with overproduction of interleukin-1. Canakinumab is a human anti-interleukin-1beta monoclonal antibody. METHODS: We performed a three-part, 48-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized withdrawal study of canakinumab in patients with CAPS. In part 1, 35 patients received 150 mg of...
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