Preliminary study of the safety and efficacy of SC-58635, a novel cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitor: Efficacy and safety in two placebo-controlled trials in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and studies of gastrointestinal and platelet effects

Lee S. Simon, Frank L. Lanza, Peter E. Lipsky, Richard C. Hubbard, Sheela Talwalker, Benjamin D. Schwartz, Peter C. Isakson, Gilbert Geis

Arthritis & Rheumatism · 1998 · 477 citations · 48 references

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Abstract

SC-58635 achieves analgesic and antiinflammatory efficacy in arthritis through selective COX-2 inhibition, without showing any evidence of 2 of the toxic effects of COX-1 inhibition associated with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs.

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