Clinical

In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the higher the oxidative balance score, the lower the frailty risk, especially in women.

A patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who experience persistent exaggerated responses to insect bites was successfully treated with dupilumab.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommends ropeginterferon alfa-2b as first-line cytoreductive therapy for polycythemia vera.

While the results of evolutionRMS, comparing evobrutinib with teriflunomide, were negative, that "doesn't mean that evobrutinib is not working," said Xavier Montalban, MD, PhD, director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia (Cemcat).

Outcomes for patients with diabetic macular edema did not have treatment with intravitreal dexamethasone implants affected by their glycosylated hemoglobin.

Robert Gabbay, MD, PhD, delineates key differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, including autoimmune antibodies, insulin resistance, and insulin deficiency.

Wyost and Jubbonti were approved as interchangeable biosimilars for Xgeva and Prolia; however, there is no launch date yet pending litigation with the maker of the reference products.

The fully humanized monoclonal antibody led to results among patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) similar to that of efgartigimod, the authors said.

A medical expert discusses efficacy of approaches such as carboplatin doublets, checkpoint inhibitors, and PARP inhibitors for patients with platinum sensitive and platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Ateyeh Soroush, a PhD candidate at the University of Calgary, explains her ongoing study utilizing near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to investigate hypoxia-related brain function impairment in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

This study enhances current understandings of dupilumab use in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) by showing its real-world effectiveness and safety.

Patients who had surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC) were able to avoid anastomotic or rectal stump leaks by using a Heald anal stent.

The panel highlights the quality of life and emotional challenges faced by patients diagnosed with Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL).

Vivian Tambe Ebot-Tar, PharmD, MBA, guides a discussion on the incidence of Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL) and how payers can have the most impact through early treatment coverage.

Kathy Zackowski, PhD, associate vice president of the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society, discusses the importance of MS rehabilitation and lists several successful strategies.

Ari Green, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco, details the benefits of remyelination for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), as well as the challenges faced when conducting remyelination trials.

Mitzi Joi Williams, MD, founder and medical director of Joi Life Wellness Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Center, explains the issue of underrepresentation in MS clinical trials and the potential for digital health technologies to help overcome this barrier.

Krystyn Van Vliet, PhD, vice president for research and innovation at Cornell University, discusses MS drug discovery barriers and overcoming them using 3D platforms.

Two existing, well-validated patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures may be useful as a prognostic marker for mortality and assist with treatment selection for patients with cutaneous chronic graft-vs-host disease (GVHD).

Marisa McGinley, DO, explains how technology can help improve access to multiple sclerosis (MS) care.

Experts discuss oral SERDs in the pipeline, clinical pathways for treatment of breast cancer, and strategies to help ensure patients have access to treatment. The participants also describe diverse agents in development, including their toxicity profiles.

Investigators were searching for answers to the question, “Does it matter if a vein- or artery-first approach is used when performing a robotic lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)?

With little data available on outcomes among patients who have B-cell lymphoma (BCL) and secondary central nervous system (CNS) involvement who were administered CD19-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, these investigators enrolled 4 male patients in their study.

According to the authors, these improvements may be part of the reason why there was a lower rate of major adverse cardiovascular events in the REPRIEVE study.

The Mendelian randomization–based analysis, which examines how variation in genes have a causal effect of an exposure on certain outcomes, identified 12 gut microbiota associated with either an increased of or protective effect against MG.

The pump had varying success in reaching recommended glycemic targets among the study participants with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

In younger patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), treatment with ibrutinib plus fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab (iFRC) led to strong progression-free survival (PFS) and durable remission years after treatment.

The patient had both classical Hodgkin lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

After being found effective over longer durations with smaller doses, this study found that nipocalimab infusions resulted in a tolerable safety profile and remained effective even in shorter treatment periods and with larger doses.

A rare mutation on the BCL6-corepressor gene correlated with worse overall survival in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). However, allogenic stem cell transplant improved survival in this population.