Publications by authors named "Jorge Safi"
Objective: The objective of this study was to report the incidence of uveitis in secukinumab-treated patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in a pooled analysis of three phase 3 trials (MEASURE 1-3 [ClinicalTrials.gov identifiers NCT01358175, NCT01649375, NCT02008916]).
Methods: Analysis included pooled patient-level data from all patients (N = 794) who received any dose (one or more) of secukinumab up to the last patient attending the week 156 study visit in MEASURE 1 and up to the week 156 visit in MEASURE 2 and the week 104 visit in MEASURE 3 for each patient.
Objective: Secukinumab, a fully human antiinterleukin 17A monoclonal antibody, is efficacious for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). This study examined the immunogenicity of secukinumab in patients with PsA and AS exposed to secukinumab for up to 52 weeks.
Methods: Antibody bridging assays were used to assess the immunogenicity of secukinumab in patients with PsA [FUTURE 1-3 studies, and AS (MEASURE 1-4 studies)].
Secukinumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody that selectively neutralizes interleukin-17A (IL-17A), has been shown to have significant efficacy in the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. Blocking critical mediators of immunity may carry a risk of increased opportunistic infections. Here we present clinical and findings examining the effect of secukinumab on infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Sepsis has a high prevalence within intensive care units, with elevated rates of morbidity and mortality, and high costs. Data on sepsis costs are scarce in the literature, and in developing countries such as Brazil these data are largely unavailable.
Objectives: To assess the standard direct costs of sepsis management in Brazilian intensive care units (ICUs) and to disclose factors that could affect those costs.