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Thomas J. Schnitzer is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of rheumatology, pharmacology, surgery, physiology, and cognitive neuroscience. The main topics addressed in their work include osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects, rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies, pain mechanisms and treatments, total knee arthroplasty outcomes, and bone fractures and treatments.

The scientist has published extensively in a number of academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Pain
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Pain and Therapy

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas J. Schnitzer highlight their focus on osteoarthritis and pain management. Notable publications include:

  • Evaluation of S201086/GLPG1972, an ADAMTS-5 inhibitor, for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis in ROCCELLA: a phase 2 randomized clinical trial (2023) published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous Tanezumab Versus Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs for Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Trial (2021) published in Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Reorganization of functional brain network architecture in chronic osteoarthritis pain (2020) published in Human Brain Mapping
  • Brain gray matter abnormalities in osteoarthritis pain: a cross-sectional evaluation (2020) published in Pain
  • Bone Adaptation in Adult Women Is Related to Loading Dose: A 12-Month Randomized Controlled Trial (2020) published in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas J. Schnitzer include:

  • Lars Viktrup
  • A. Vania Apkarian
  • Joana Barroso
  • Philip G. Conaghan
  • Christine R. West

Their research addresses a range of topics related to the treatment and mechanisms underlying osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal pain, with studies spanning clinical trials, brain imaging, pharmacological interventions, and bone adaptation. The body of work contributes to understanding inflammatory pathways, pain mechanisms, and outcomes related to therapies and surgical interventions such as total knee arthroplasty.

Best Publications

  • Comparison of Upper Gastrointestinal Toxicity of Rofecoxib and Naproxen in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Claire Bombardier;Loren Laine;Alise Reicin;Deborah Shapiro

  • Recommendations for the medical management of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee: 2000 update

    R. D. Altman;M. C. Hochberg;R. W. Moskowitz;T. J. Schnitzer

  • Glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, and the two in combination for painful knee osteoarthritis

    Daniel O. Clegg;Domenic J. Reda;Crystal L. Harris;Marguerite A. Klein

  • ALENDRONATE FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF GLUCOCORTICOID-INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS

    Kenneth G. Saag;Ronald Emkey;Thomas J. Schnitzer;Jacques P. Brown

  • Clopidogrel with or without Omeprazole in Coronary Artery Disease

    Deepak L. Bhatt;Deepak L. Bhatt;Byron L. Cryer;Charles F. Contant;Marc Cohen

  • Vascular and upper gastrointestinal effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Meta-analyses of individual participant data from randomised trials

    Colin Baigent;N. Bhala;J. Emberson;A. Merhi

  • Guidelines for the medical management of osteoarthritis

    Marc C. Hochberg;Roy D. Altman;Kenneth D. Brandt;Bruce M. Clark

  • Corticostriatal functional connectivity predicts transition to chronic back pain.

    Marwan N Baliki;Bogdan Petre;Souraya Torbey;Kristina M Herrmann

  • Comparison of lumiracoxib with naproxen and ibuprofen in the Therapeutic Arthritis Research and Gastrointestinal Event Trial (TARGET), reduction in ulcer complications: randomised controlled trial.

    Thomas J Schnitzer;Gerd R Burmester;Eduardo Mysler;Marc C Hochberg

  • KNEE ADDUCTION MOMENT, SERUM HYALURONAN LEVEL, AND DISEASE SEVERITY IN MEDIAL TIBIOFEMORAL OSTEOARTHRITIS

    Leena Sharma;Debra E. Hurwitz;Eugene J.M.A. Thonar;Jeffrey A. Sum

  • Shape shifting pain: chronification of back pain shifts brain representation from nociceptive to emotional circuits

    Javeria A. Hashmi;Marwan N. Baliki;Lejian Huang;Alex T. Baria

  • Tanezumab for the Treatment of Pain from Osteoarthritis of the Knee

    Nancy E. Lane;Thomas J. Schnitzer;Charles A. Birbara;Masoud Mokhtarani

  • Two-year effects of alendronate on bone mineral density and vertebral fracture in patients receiving glucocorticoids: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled extension trial.

    Jonathan D. Adachi;Kenneth G. Saag;Pierre D. Delmas;Uri A. Liberman

  • Comparison of lumiracoxib with naproxen and ibuprofen in the Therapeutic Arthritis Research and Gastrointestinal Event Trial (TARGET), cardiovascular outcomes: randomised controlled trial.

    Michael E. Farkouh;Howard Kirshner;Robert A. Harrington;Sean Ruland

  • Therapeutic equivalence of alendronate 70 mg once-weekly and alendronate 10 mg daily in the treatment of osteoporosis

    T. Schnitzer;H. G. Bone;G. Crepaldi;S. Adami

  • Serum interferon levels in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Steven R. Ytterberg;Thomas J. Schnitzer

  • Serious lower gastrointestinal clinical events with nonselective NSAID or coxib use.

    Loren Laine;Laurine G. Connors;Alise Reicin;Christopher J. Hawkey

  • Brain Morphological Signatures for Chronic Pain

    Marwan N. Baliki;Thomas J. Schnitzer;William R. Bauer;A. Vania Apkarian

  • Guidelines for the medical management of osteoarthritis. II: Osteoarthritis of the knee

    M. C. Hochberg;R. D. Altman;K. D. Brandt;B. M. Clark

  • Treatment of arthritis with topical capsaicin: a double-blind trial.

    Chad L Deal;T. J. Schnitzer;E. Lipstein;J. R. Seibold

Frequent Co-Authors

Marwan N. Baliki
Marwan N. Baliki Northwestern University
A. Vania Apkarian
A. Vania Apkarian Northwestern University
Marc C. Hochberg
Marc C. Hochberg University of Maryland, Baltimore
James W. Griffith
James W. Griffith Northwestern University
Loren Laine
Loren Laine Yale University
Alan J. Kivitz
Alan J. Kivitz Altoona Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Kenneth D. Brandt
Kenneth D. Brandt University of Kansas
Nancy E. Lane
Nancy E. Lane University of California, Davis
Deepak L. Bhatt
Deepak L. Bhatt Mount Sinai Hospital

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