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Disease

Ulcer

Late-stage therapeutic developmentEmerging research
1
Publications
24
Clinical trials
2017
Latest publication
Latest activity
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.

Update of EULAR recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis.

Research2016-11-09Annals of the rheumatic diseases

What's happening now

An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.

Clinical trials

16 sponsors · 3 new · 0 completed in the last 12 months (net +3)

The current development programme across all trial phases.

Clinical programme
24
All trials
6
Active
16
Late-stage
6
Completed
Late-stage studies
Recently completed

Evidence coverage

8 treatments

How much of this condition's readable clinical evidence the confidence engine has incorporated, across its most-studied treatments. This measures coverage of the evidence base — not whether any treatment works.

Minimal evidence coverage
16% · 4/25 eligible items incorporated

Largest gap: no meaningful change (12, trial-readability).

Research activity

1 papers

Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.

Most influential

Update of EULAR recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2017 · 708 cites
Recent publications

Update of EULAR recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2017 · 708 cites
Leading journals1
  • Annals of the rheumatic diseases1
Leading researchers8
  • Allanore Y1
  • Avouac J1
  • Becker M1
  • Clements P1
  • Cutolo M1
  • Czirjak L1
  • Damjanov N1
  • Del Galdo F1
Affiliations (unnormalised)6
  • Basel University1
  • Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust1
  • Cochin Hospital1
  • Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology1
  • Ghent University Hospital1
  • Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescence Rheumatology1

Reference

Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.

Defined in MeSH

A lesion on the surface of the skin or a mucous surface, produced by the sloughing of inflammatory necrotic tissue.

Identifiers
References & data sources
  • Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
  • Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
  • Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
  • Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.