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Prevention of acute sickle cell crisis: review of the NEJM report
source: Practical Pain Management
year: 2016
authors: Leonard Goldstein, Victoria A. Troncoso, Roya Vahdatinia
summary/abstract:A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine presented the results of a phase 2 clinical trial that found positive results for the efficacy and safety of crizanlizumab, a novel pharmaceutical agent currently in pipeline development by Selexys Pharmaceuticals.
The drug, designed to block the underlying mechanism of acute painful crisis in patients suffering from sickle-cell disease, could be one of the first and most effective medications of its kind. For all the details on the Phase 2 research, read the original Practical Pain Management report.
In this commentary, Leonard B. Goldstein, DDS, PhD, and colleagues review the research and provide their own opinion on the prospect of a novel pharmaceutical agents for patients suffering from sickle cell disease.
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