Mary Caffrey

The findings, published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, add to the evidence that the shift to precision medicine is built on data that have not included sufficient numbers of patients of color.

Ajai Chari, MD, professor of medicine and director of clinical research in the Multiple Myeloma Program at Mount Sinai in New York, discusses a post-hoc analysis of data from the phase 2 GRIFFIN trial.

Speaking at the 72nd American College of Cardiology Scientific Session in New Orleans on Sunday, Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, the vice dean for diversity and inclusion at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, challenged the audience to rethink what success looks like in health care.

Results for the STELLAR trial, presented at the 72nd American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology, hit nearly every mark: patients taking sotatercept improved their performance on a 6-minute walk test by 40.8 meters, which was the primary end point, and achieved 8 of 9 secondary end points.

The findings of the ACCESS study show the complex challenge of improving medication adherence among the most fragile members of society.

Baxdrostat is a highly selective aldosterone synthase inhibitor; phase 1 studies showed that the therapy caused a sustained, dose-dependent reduction in plasma aldosterone by more than 70% without reducing cortisol.

Results from the CLEAR Outcomes trial were presented today at the 72nd American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology. Plans for a broader label are in the works.

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has multiple presentations during the upcoming American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, including additional phase 2 results from the ENTRIGUE trial for pegozafermin in severe hypertriglyceridemia. 

The 72nd American College of Cardiology Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology (ACC.23/WCC), runs from Saturday to Monday in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Braden Manns, MD, MSc, a nephrologist and health economics researcher at the University of Calgary in Canada, will present the results of a randomized trial evaluating the impact of removing co-payments for drugs that treat chronic conditions on cardiovascular outcomes during the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Sunday, March 5.

The Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation and IQVIA are partners in the development of the ADPKD Registry, which is tracking longitudinal quality-of-life information from patients across North America.

At Patient-Centered Oncology Care®, Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, of Texas Oncology, discussed managed care considerations that arise from the groundbreaking DESTINY-Breast04 study presented earlier this year.

Guideline-directed cancer care—with help from a clinical support tool—can close disparities while reducing costs more efficiently than other means, such as prior authorization.

Coverage from the January 18, 2023, Institute for Value-Based Medicine session with Regional Cancer Care Associates held in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Long-term results show sustained benefit from the immunotherapy-TKI combination for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma regardless of risk profile or PD-L1 status.

The investigational therapy promises a new way to target HER2 while still using chemotherapy combinations.

Coverage from the 64th Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting and Exposition, December 10-13, 2022, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Coverage from the 64th Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting and Exposition, December 10-13, 2022, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Coverage from the 64th Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting and Exposition, December 10-13, 2022, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Coverage from the 64th Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting and Exposition, December 10-13, 2022, New Orleans, Louisiana.

The latest updates in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cover recommendations for diagnostics, staging, when to use biomarker testing, sequencing of therapeutic options, and the addition of new treatments.

Coverage from the 64th Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting and Exposition, December 10-13, 2022, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Coverage from the 64th Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting and Exposition, December 10-13, 2022, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Coverage from the 64th Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting and Exposition, December 10-13, 2022, New Orleans, Louisiana.

The analysis, which was presented during the 64th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition, highlighted stringent complete response data for patients 65 years and older and those with high cytogenic risk.

New data from the POLARIX STUDY show that substituting polatuzumab vedotin for 1 part of a classic first-line chemotherapy combination to manage diffuse large B-cell lymphoma improved progression-free survival without compromising health-related quality-of-life.