Phase 3 Trial of Interleukin-1 Trap Rilonacept in Recurrent Pericarditis
Author(s) -
Allan L. Klein,
Massimo Imazio,
Paul Cremer,
Antonio Brucato,
Antonio Abbate,
Fang Fang,
Antonella Insalaco,
Martin M. LeWinter,
Basil S. Lewis,
David Lin,
Sushil Allen Luis,
Stephen J. Nicholls,
Arian Pano,
Alistair Wheeler,
John F. Paolini
Publication year - 2020
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/nejmoa2027892
Subject(s) - trap (plumbing) , pericarditis , medicine , environmental science , environmental engineering
Interleukin-1 has been implicated as a mediator of recurrent pericarditis. The efficacy and safety of rilonacept, an interleukin-1α and interleukin-1β cytokine trap, were studied previously in a phase 2 trial involving patients with recurrent pericarditis.
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