Providers

JT Lew, PharmD, MBA, managed care pharmacist at MultiCare Health System, spoke to the impacts of processes such as prior authorization and step therapy requirements in the realm of multiple sclerosis (MS).

New findings add to the understanding of the patient experience in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), which can help inform patient-centered clinical care.

Results from a retrospective study compared and explored biomarkers associated with outcomes in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with plasma cell neoplasms.

A recent analysis investigated the state of metabolic disruption experienced by patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), adding to the literature on nutritional and metabolic complications linked to SMA.

A new study demonstrates that the combination of lenalidomide (Revlimid) and obinutuzumab (Gazyva) is effective and well-tolerated in treating relapsed indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

The author discusses a program to prevent kidney decline and progression to dialysis by offering education, support services, and help navigating the health care system to those most at risk.

Patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and persistent albuminuria (PA) exhibited significantly higher levels of urinary angiotensinogen (AGT).

In addition to being diagnosed more frequently in older patients, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is more frequently diagnosed in patients with cardio-pulmonary comorbidities, which poses challenges to the optimal treatment of PAH, explained the researchers.

This interview accompanies the third podcast in our National Recovery Month series with Kim MacDonald-Wilson, ScD, CPRP, senior program director, Recovery and Wellness Transformation, and Tracy Carney, CPS, CPRP, senior recovery and resiliency specialist, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization.

Rachel Dalthorp, MD, discusses how zuranolone (Zurzuvae) can improve postpartum depression when compared with previous treatment approaches.

Physicians in the US, Germany, and France show gaps in their knowledge of the treatment of of refractory/relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and mantle Cell lymphoma (MCL).

The toxicity of lung cancer treatment has traditionally been discussed in terms of physical symptoms, but there is a growing focus on financial toxicity, time toxicity, and other effects on well-being, as reflected in research presented at the 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer.

Genetic variability and sex-specific differences may play a role in sickle cell disease (SCD)-related pain; however, more research is needed.

Though magnesium has long been seen as a potential sleep aid, the authors say the new form of magnesium salt may provide a clearer benefit.

Cases of atrial arrhythmia in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are common but lack a standard solution, and more long-term data on the management of arrhythmias in DMD are needed.

The researchers suggest certain refinements to the 2022 European LeukemiaNet classification model for patients aged 60 years or older receiving lower intensity treatment (LIT), including the adoption of a mutation score that accounts for certain gene mutations.

This web-based cross-sectional study indicated that health care professionals in China had poor knowledge, positive attitudes, and proactive practices in regard to ChatGPT.

Based on the positive topline data, the company plans to submit for regulatory approval for a higher dose of nusinersen for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treatment.

Ocrelizumab and hyaluronidase is now the first and only twice-yearly subcutaneous injection approved for relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) and primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS).

Here we conclude our discussion with David P. Carbone, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University, by addressing the importance of both advocacy for and education on biomarker testing in the lung cancer space.

The first overall survival analysis of the KEYNOTE-522 trial showed positive outcomes with neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab monotherapy vs neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone in high-risk early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

Mirvetuximab soravtansine showed high evidence of efficacy in heavily pretreated FRα-positive, platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer, which is a challenging patient population to treat, Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, MHSc, gynecologic oncologist at Duke Health, said.

Sheela Rao, MBBS, FRCP, MD, consultant medical oncologist at the Royal Marsden Hospital, discussed the findings of the POD1UM-303/InterAACT2 trial of retifanlimab plus chemotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal (SCAC).

From the presidential debate, ongoing conferences, and health care deserts in rural America, the Center on Health Equity & Access covers the latest news on population health, managed care, and health policy.

Jonathan Riess, MD, MS, director of thoracic medicine at UC Davis Health, gave insight into the rationale and efficacy data for combining cancer vaccine IO102-IO103 with pembrolizumab in advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.