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Can Quantitative Muscle Strength and Functional Motor Ability Differentiate the Influence of Age and Corticosteroids in Ambulatory Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?.

PLoS currents

Buckon C, Sienko S, Bagley A, Sison-Williamson M, Fowler E, Staudt L, Heberer K, McDonald CM, Sussman M.
PMID: 27500011
PLoS Curr. 2016 Jul 08;8. doi: 10.1371/currents.md.1ced64dff945f8958221fddcd4ee60b0.

BACKGROUND: In the absence of a curative treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), corticosteroid therapy (prednisone, deflazacort) has been adopted as the standard of care, as it slows the progression of muscle weakness and enables longer retention of functional...

Corticosteroid-sparing effect of chromoglycate sodium and nedocromil.

Mediators of inflammation

Capristo AF, Del Giudice MM, Alfaro C, Maiello N.
PMID: 18475599
Mediators Inflamm. 1994;3(7):S25-30. doi: 10.1155/S0962935194000712.

The most appropiate management for bronchial asthma is the control of airway inflammation. Corticosteroids are the most effective anti-inflammatory drugs available, but they have a number of side effects; most of these are dose-dependent. In children, asthma control should...

In vitro cytochrome P450- and transporter-mediated drug interaction potential of 6β-hydroxy-21-desacetyl deflazacort-A major human metabolite of deflazacort.

Pharmacology research & perspectives

Ma J, Beers B, Manohar R, Roe S, Colacino JM, Kong R.
PMID: 33749127
Pharmacol Res Perspect. 2021 Apr;9(2):e00748. doi: 10.1002/prp2.748.

6β-Hydroxy-21-desacetyl deflazacort (6β-OH-21-desDFZ) is a major circulating but not biologically active metabolite of deflazacort (DFZ). In vitro studies were performed to evaluate cytochrome P450 (CYP)- and transporter-mediated drug interaction potentials of 6β-OH-21-desDFZ. Up to 50 µM, the highest soluble...

Influence of Different Types of Corticosteroids on Heart Rate Variability of Individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy-A Pilot Cross Sectional Study.

Life (Basel, Switzerland)

Dias RM, Hoshi RA, Vanderlei LCM, Monteiro CBM, Alvarez MPB, Crocetta TB, Grossklauss LF, Fernani DCGL, Dantas MTAP, Martins FPA, Garner DM, Abreu LC, Ferreira C, da Silva TD.
PMID: 34440496
Life (Basel). 2021 Jul 27;11(8). doi: 10.3390/life11080752.

Individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) have an impairment of cardiac autonomic function categorized by parasympathetic reduction and sympathetic predominance. The objective of this study was to assess the cardiac autonomic modulation of individuals with DMD undergoing therapy with...

Systemic corticosteroids for management of 'long-COVID': an evaluation after 3 months of treatment.

Monaldi archives for chest disease = Archivio Monaldi per le malattie del torace

Goel N, Goyal N, Nagaraja R, Kumar R.
PMID: 34730322
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2021 Nov 03; doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2021.1981. Epub 2021 Nov 03.

Some patients even 4 weeks after Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) remain to be symptomatic and are known as "long-COVID". In the present study we performed the follow up evaluation at 3 months of long-COVID patients, after treatment with...

Retrospective cohort study comparing the efficacy of prednisolone and deflazacort in children with muscular dystrophy: A 6 years' experience in a South Indian teaching hospital.

Indian journal of orthopaedics

Petnikota H, Madhuri V, Gangadharan S, Agarwal I, Antonisamy B.
PMID: 27746500
Indian J Orthop. 2016 Sep;50(5):551-557. doi: 10.4103/0019-5413.189609.

BACKGROUND: Muscular dystrophies are inherited myogenic disorders characterized by progressive muscle wasting and weakness of variable distribution and severity. They are a heterogeneous group characterized by variable degree of skeletal and cardiac muscle involvement. The most common and the...

Online self-report data for duchenne muscular dystrophy confirms natural history and can be used to assess for therapeutic benefits.

PLoS currents

Wang RT, Silverstein Fadlon CA, Ulm JW, Jankovic I, Eskin A, Lu A, Rangel Miller V, Cantor RM, Li N, Elashoff R, Martin AS, Peay HL, Halnon N, Nelson SF.
PMID: 25635234
PLoS Curr. 2014 Oct 17;6. doi: 10.1371/currents.md.e1e8f2be7c949f9ffe81ec6fca1cce6a.

To assess the utility of online patient self-report outcomes in a rare disease, we attempted to observe the effects of corticosteroids in delaying age at fulltime wheelchair use in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) using data from 1,057 males from...

PYED-1 Inhibits Biofilm Formation and Disrupts the Preformed Biofilm of .

Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)

Vollaro A, Esposito A, Esposito EP, Zarrilli R, Guaragna A, De Gregorio E.
PMID: 32397205
Antibiotics (Basel). 2020 May 08;9(5). doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9050240.

Pregnadiene-11-hydroxy-16α,17α-epoxy-3,20-dione-1 (PYED-1), a heterocyclic corticosteroid derivative of deflazacort, exhibits broad-spectrum antibacterial activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Here, we investigated the effect of PYED-1 on the biofilms of

Deflazacort-induced Acneiform Eruptions.

Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences

Bashir MSM, Saleem M, Choudhari U.
PMID: 29456382
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2017 Oct-Dec;9(4):284-286. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_67_17.

A 38-year-old male suffering from a low backache since 3 months was diagnosed as a case of L4-L5 disc prolapse after magnetic resonance imaging examination. He was treated with tolperisone, aceclofenac, and paracetamol in these drugs deflazacort added later....

Head to head comparison of adverse effects and efficacy between high dose deflazacort and high dose prednisolone in systemic lupus erythematosus: a prospective cohort study.

Lupus

Ganapati A, Ravindran R, David T, Yadav B, Jeyaseelan V, Jeyaseelan L, Danda D.
PMID: 29320974
Lupus. 2018 May;27(6):890-898. doi: 10.1177/0961203317751854. Epub 2018 Jan 10.

BACKGROUND: Deflazacort (DFZ), an oxazoline derivative of prednisolone (PDN), has a dose equivalence of 1.2:1 (mg) to PDN. No study to date has compared adverse effects and efficacy of high doses of DFZ as against high-dose PDN in systemic...

Interferon-alpha-n1: a review of its pharmacological properties and therapeutic efficacy in the management of chronic viral hepatitis.

BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy

Perry CM, Wagstaff AJ.
PMID: 18020550
BioDrugs. 1998 Feb;9(2):125-54. doi: 10.2165/00063030-199809020-00004.

Interferon-alpha-n1 (lymphoblastoid interferon-alpha) is a nonrecombinant 'natural' interferon derived from lymphoblastoid cells exposed to Sendai virus. In common with endogenous and recombinant interferon-alpha molecules, interferon-alpha-n1 has antiviral, immunomodulatory and antiproliferative properties. Interferon-alpha-n1 shows some efficacy in immunocompetent adults with...

Deflazacort approved for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Traynor K.
PMID: 28274975
Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2017 Mar 15;74(6):368. doi: 10.2146/news170020.

No abstract available.

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