Investigational drugs for the treatment of scleroderma : what's new?

INTRODUCTION: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an orphan, chronic, autoimmune, fibrotic disease with unknown etiology characterized by progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. SSc has the highest mortality, the deadliest among the connective tissue diseases, despite the introduction of new treatment options in the past decades.

AREAS COVERED: The aim of the current systematic review was to investigate new targeted therapy and their impact on disease progression, mainly focusing on phase I and II clinical trials within the past three years.

EXPERT OPINION: Despite recent groundbreaking advancements in understanding SSc pathophysiology, early diagnosis and early introduction of effective targeted treatments within the optimal window of opportunity to prevent irreversible disease damage still represents a significant clinical challenge. Ongoing significant research for new molecular and epigenetics pathways is of fundamental importance to offer new perspectives on disease phenotype and for the development of personalized treatment strategies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

Expert opinion on investigational drugs - 32(2023), 7 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 601-614

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Colic, Jelena [VerfasserIn]
Campochiaro, Corrado [VerfasserIn]
Hughes, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Matucci Cerinic, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Dagna, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical trials
Drugs, Investigational
Investigational drugs
Journal Article
Pathogenesis
Review
Systemic sclerosis
Targeted therapy

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.11.2023

Date Revised 02.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/13543784.2023.2242762

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360258913