Gianna Melillo

Results are based on a study of low-dose interleukin-2 (IL-2) carried out at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

To the authors’ knowledge, the study is the first to include a patient with essential thrombocythemia (ET) and MPL and Type 1 calreticulin gene mutations.

Although methotrexate was linked with a higher risk of anemia, it carried risks of kidney and other serious infections similar to those of biologics.

Higher enablement was associated with being more comfortable to reconsult about persistent or worsening symptoms.

Ixazomib was first approved in the United States in 2015 for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

To stratify the risk of future epilepsy, physicians have historically used lumbar puncture, neuroimaging, and electroencephalography in these patients.

Patients with psoriasis taking methotrexate are nearly 3 times as likely to develop non-melanoma skin cancer than patients not taking the treatment.

Results are based off of data from the Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Researchers took both the learning curve of the new process and the COVID-19 pandemic into consideration.

Although the condition is rare and cases are limited, researchers were able to generally conclude vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) serves as a well-tolerated intervention.

After 1 year, overall treatment switch rates were 14.4%, while after 2 years, switch rates were 26%.

Data suggest a substantial reliance on established therapies for polycythemia vera, despite access to all available treatment options.

Authors offered specific recommendations for improving publishing and adoption of algorithmic processes focused on type 2 diabetes (T2D) going forward.

Strict inclusion and exclusion criteria in clinical trials means findings on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) may not be generalizable to the real-world setting.

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) can increase life expectancy among patients who have non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but they also carry the risk of immune-related adverse events.

Researchers suggest socioeconomic status (SES) be considered in prognostic algorithms going forward.

Budd-Chiari syndrome and myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are rare, which means available data are limited.

New study findings show this risk was higher among children born prematurely or whose mother was classified as having low socioeconomic status.

The study identified 3 themes related to diabetes self-care in patients who have type 1 diabetes (T1D), including emotional stress and anxiety and concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Researchers compared chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) and tisagenlecleucel.

The Dario Diabetes Solution app was developed to help better manage type 2 diabetes.

Knowledge is limited on the potential exclusion from pay-for-performance (P4P) programs of patients living with diabetes who have with individual or neighborhood social risks.

Findings show these drugs were linked with a lower risk of progression to inflammatory arthritis compared with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors, although more research is needed to confirm the finding.

This form of reinforcement learning was also shown to correct for control scenarios like irregular meal timing and compression errors.

The prevalence of Clostridioides difficile has risen in recent years, and although its carriage is recognized in infancy, limited data exist on its longitudinal trends.

In addition to current available risk scores, the new system can help counsel patients with myelofibrosis (MF) undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT), authors wrote.

Study authors said the findings could inform clinicians when selecting therapies for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, an editorial found the follow-up period too short and differences between the study arms too small to be meaningful.

Common treatments for acne are known to be unsafe for pregnant women, but alternative treatments exist that are safe for use; however, actual treatment patterns within this patient population are unclear.

To address the research gap in familial focal epilepsy with variable foci (FFEVF), investigators assessed the clinical features of a family with FFEVF that included 4 patients in 3 generations and 1 healthy member.

Previous research has shown household food insecurity is linked with poor dietary intake, but research specific to those with diabetes has been sparse.