Improving the translational hit of experimental treatments in multiple sclerosis
Improving the translational hit of experimental treatments in multiple sclerosis
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DOI:
10.1177/1352458510379612
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发表时间:
2010-09-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Macleod, Malcolm R.
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作者:
Vesterinen, Hanna M.;Sena, Emily S.;Macleod, Malcolm R.
Background: In other neurological diseases, the failure to translate pre-clinical findings to effective clinical treatments has been partially attributed to bias introduced by shortcomings in the design of animal experiments.Objectives: Here we evaluate published studies of interventions in animal models of multiple sclerosis for methodological design and quality and to identify candidate interventions with the best evidence of efficacy.Methods: A systematic review of the literature describing experiments testing the effectiveness of interventions in animal models of multiple sclerosis was carried out. Data were extracted for reported study quality and design and for neurobehavioural outcome. Weighted mean difference meta-analysis was used to provide summary estimates of the efficacy for drugs where this was reported in five or more publications.Results: The use of a drug in a pre-clinical multiple sclerosis model was reported in 1152 publications, of which 1117 were experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). For 36 interventions analysed in greater detail, neurobehavioural score was improved by 39.6% (95% CI 34.9-44.2%, p