Efficacy of Vunakizumab in Erosive haNd osteoarthritiS (VENuS): protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

Kai Fu, Shirley P Yu, Wei Zheng, Karen Bracken, Changhai Ding, Yifang Mei, Jie Wei, Guanghua Lei, Xiaodong Wang, Yanping Zhao, Jinshan Zhang, Yongqiang Zheng, Dongxing Xie, Ligang Jie, Weizhong Qi, Venkatesha Venkatesha, Zhenzhong Zhu, Xianyou Zheng, Changqing Zhang, David J Hunter

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109072
Published: 2026-03
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109072,
  title = {Efficacy of Vunakizumab in Erosive haNd osteoarthritiS (VENuS): protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trial},
  author = {Kai Fu and Shirley P Yu and Wei Zheng and Karen Bracken and Changhai Ding and Yifang Mei and Jie Wei and Guanghua Lei and Xiaodong Wang and Yanping Zhao and Jinshan Zhang and Yongqiang Zheng and Dongxing Xie and Ligang Jie and Weizhong Qi and Venkatesha Venkatesha and Zhenzhong Zhu and Xianyou Zheng and Changqing Zhang and David J Hunter},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109072},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109072}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Efficacy of Vunakizumab in Erosive haNd osteoarthritiS (VENuS): protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trial
AU  - Kai Fu
AU  - Shirley P Yu
AU  - Wei Zheng
AU  - Karen Bracken
AU  - Changhai Ding
AU  - Yifang Mei
AU  - Jie Wei
AU  - Guanghua Lei
AU  - Xiaodong Wang
AU  - Yanping Zhao
AU  - Jinshan Zhang
AU  - Yongqiang Zheng
AU  - Dongxing Xie
AU  - Ligang Jie
AU  - Weizhong Qi
AU  - Venkatesha Venkatesha
AU  - Zhenzhong Zhu
AU  - Xianyou Zheng
AU  - Changqing Zhang
AU  - David J Hunter
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMJ Open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109072
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109072
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Fu, K., Yu, S. P., Zheng, W., Bracken, K., Ding, C., Mei, Y., Wei, J., Lei, G., Wang, X., Zhao, Y., Zhang, J., Zheng, Y., Xie, D., Jie, L., Qi, W., Venkatesha, V., Zhu, Z., Zheng, X., Zhang, C., & Hunter, D. J. (2026). Efficacy of Vunakizumab in Erosive haNd osteoarthritiS (VENuS): protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109072

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