Publications by authors named "M A UEberall"

Schistosomiasis is an infectious disease caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma and affects approximately 200 million people worldwide. Since Praziquantel (PZQ) is the only drug for schistosomiasis, alternatives are needed. By a biochemical approach, we identified a tegumentally expressed aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) of S.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disorder affecting over 300 million people worldwide. It typically affects the knees and the hips, and is characterized by a loss in normal joint movement, stiffness, swelling, and pain in patients. The current gold standard therapy for osteoarthritis targets pain management using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Purpose: To compare the effectiveness and tolerability of add-on treatment with nabiximols (NBX: delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol: cannabidiol) oromucosal spray or oral dronabinol (DRO: synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol) in patients with severe neuropathic pain poorly responsive to established treatments.

Methods: An analysis was conducted of anonymized, propensity score-matched real-world data from the German Pain e-Registry, using a sequential non-inferiority superiority approach, for adult outpatients with neuropathic pain who had initiated treatment with NBX or DRO between 10 March 2017 and 31 December 2019. The primary effectiveness variable was percent change from baseline in a 9-factor aggregated symptom relief (ASR-9) score, a composite index of nine distinct pain- and health-related parameters assessed using validated patient-reported instruments.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (dronabinol [DRO]) as an add-on treatment in patients with refractory chronic pain (CP).

Methods: An exploratory retrospective analysis of 12-week data provided by the German Pain e-Registry on adult patients with treatment refractory CP who received DRO.

Results: Between March 10, 2017, and June 30, 2019, the German Pain e-Registry collected information on 89,095 patients with pain, of whom 1,145 patients (1.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: To compare the 4-week effectiveness and tolerability of an add-on treatment with oral high dose methocarbamol (MET) vs long-acting oral opioid analgesics (LAO) in patients with non-specific low back pain (nsLBP) poorly responsive to recommended 1st line treatments.

Methods: Analysis of anonymized, propensity score-matched real-world data from the German Pain e-Registry, using a sequential non-inferiority superiority approach, for adult outpatients with nsLBP who had initiated treatment with MET or LAO between 1st January 2018 and 31st December 2019 (EUPAS identifier: 38484). The primary effectiveness variable was the absolute change of the average 24-h.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF