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Extracorporeal photopheresis versus standard treatment for acute graft‐versus‐host disease after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in paediatric patients

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, December 2015
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Title
Extracorporeal photopheresis versus standard treatment for acute graft‐versus‐host disease after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in paediatric patients
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, December 2015
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd009759.pub3
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Marcus Weitz, Brigitte Strahm, Joerg J Meerpohl, Maria Schmidt, Dirk Bassler

Abstract

Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) occurring in 8% to 59% of the recipients. Currently, the therapeutic mainstay for aGvHD is corticosteroids. However, there is no established standard treatment for steroid-refractory aGvHD. Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) is a type of immunomodulatory method amongst different therapeutic options that involves ex vivo collection of peripheral mononuclear cells, exposure to the photoactive agent 8-methoxypsoralen and ultraviolet-A radiation, and re-infusion of these treated blood cells to the patient. The mechanisms of action of ECP are not completely understood. This is an updated version of a Cochrane review first published in 2014. To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of ECP for the management of aGvHD in children and adolescents after HSCT. We searched the Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (Issue 9, 2015), MEDLINE (PubMed) and EMBASE (Ovid) databases from their inception to 23 September 2015. We searched the reference lists of potentially relevant studies without any language restrictions. We searched eight trial registers and four conference proceedings on 29 September 2015. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing ECP with or without standard treatment versus standard treatment alone in paediatric patients with aGvHD after HSCT. Two review authors independently performed the study selection. We resolved disagreement in the selection of trials by consultation with a third review author. We identified no additional studies in the 2015 review update, in total leading to no studies meeting the criteria for inclusion in this review. The efficacy of ECP in the treatment of aGvHD in paediatric patients after HSCT is unknown and its use should be restricted within the context of RCTs. Such studies should address a comparison of ECP alone or in combination with standard treatment versus standard treatment alone. The 2015 review update brought about no additions to these conclusions.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 106 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 19 18%
Student > Bachelor 13 12%
Researcher 10 9%
Other 8 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 7%
Other 15 14%
Unknown 34 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 31 29%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 15%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 7 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 7%
Psychology 4 4%
Other 6 6%
Unknown 35 33%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. 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 18 May 2020.
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#2,667,218
of 25,457,858 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#5,268
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#42,760
of 396,790 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#134
of 257 outputs
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