Tanezumab for the Treatment of Pain from Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Author(s) -
Nancy E. Lane,
Thomas J. Schnitzer,
C. Birbara,
Masoud Mokhtarani,
David L. Shelton,
Mike D. Smith,
M. Brown
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa0901510
Subject(s) - osteoarthritis , medicine , nerve growth factor , analgesic , monoclonal antibody , knee pain , analgesic agents , bioinformatics , antibody , pharmacology , immunology , pathology , alternative medicine , receptor , biology
Increased expression of nerve growth factor in injured or inflamed tissue is associated with increased pain. This proof-of-concept study was designed to investigate the safety and analgesic efficacy of tanezumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds and inhibits nerve growth factor.
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