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Dehydroepiandrosterone for systemic lupus erythematosus

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, October 2007
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Title
Dehydroepiandrosterone for systemic lupus erythematosus
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, October 2007
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd005114.pub2
Pubmed ID
Authors

David Crosbie, Corri Black, Linda McIntyre, Pamela Royle, Sian Thomas

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory, multisystem autoimmune condition. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a naturally occurring inactive steroid which may possess disease activity modifying properties as well as the ability to reduce flares and steroid requirements. To assess the effectiveness and safety of dehydroepiandrosterone compared to placebo in the treatment of people with systemic lupus erythematosus. We searched The Cochrane Library (Issue 2, 2006), MEDLINE, Pub Med, EMBASE, Science Citation Index and ISI Proceedings as well as searching web sites of Genelabs, FDA and EMEA. (Searches undertaken in June 2006 unless otherwise specified). We included randomised controlled trials of at least three months duration comparing DHEA to a placebo in people with SLE. Two review authors assessed quality and extracted data. From the seven RCTs identified (842 participants) to date there is 'gold' ranking evidence (www.cochranemsk.org) that DHEA: had little clinical effect on disease activity in those with mild/moderate disease (measured by SLEDAI or SLAM) but one study demonstrated evidence of stabilisation or improvement in 8.3% more patients than those treated with placebo; had a modest but clinically significant improvement in health related quality of life measured by Patient Global Assessment, estimated as 11.5% (11.5 mm on a 100 mm scale) by meta-analysis; resulted in a greater number of patients experiencing adverse events, particularly androgenic effects such as acne where patients risk was doubled when compared to placebo (RR 2.2; 95% CI 1.65 to 2.83) Studying effectiveness of DHEA for SLE is difficult, reflecting the problems of studying any treatment for a disease as complex as SLE. From the seven RCTs to date, there was evidence that DHEA had a modest but clinically significant impact on health related quality of life in the short term. Impact on disease activity was inconsistent, with DHEA showing no benefit over placebo in terms of change in SLEDAI in all but one of the 6 studies reporting this outcome. Long term outcomes and safety remain unstudied.

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Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 173 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 173 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 25 14%
Researcher 16 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 9%
Student > Bachelor 16 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 13 8%
Other 31 18%
Unknown 56 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 61 35%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 8%
Psychology 10 6%
Social Sciences 6 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 3%
Other 16 9%
Unknown 62 36%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 May 2023.
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#8,296,578
of 25,457,858 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#8,927
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Outputs of similar age
#28,922
of 88,460 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#55
of 80 outputs
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