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- Title
Is There a Role for Vagal Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis?
- Authors
Fleischmann, Roy
- Abstract
The article discusses negative results from a well-designed, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial investigating the stimulation of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA), challenging previous open-label studies suggesting potential benefits of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in RA treatment. It mentions that despite earlier studies indicating positive outcomes with VNS, the properly conducted trial by Baker et al.
- Subjects
CYTOKINES; INTERLEUKINS; VAGUS nerve; SERIAL publications; TREATMENT effectiveness; ANTIRHEUMATIC agents; TREATMENT failure; RHEUMATOID arthritis; TUMOR necrosis factors; NEURAL stimulation; DRUG toxicity
- Publication
Arthritis & Rheumatology, 2023, Vol 75, Issue 12, p2103
- ISSN
2326-5191
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/art.42643