Clinical

Efgartigimod shows promise as a groundbreaking treatment for seronegative generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), addressing a critical unmet need in patient care.

Families reported quality of life improvements when they used peanut oral immunotherapy instead of simply avoiding peanuts.

Many patients later diagnosed with high-grade serous cancer had prior surgical or genetic testing opportunities that could have reduced their ovarian cancer risk, underscoring the need to expand opportunistic salpingectomy and preventive strategies.

Older survivors of HIV require ethical safeguards and autonomy to feel comfortable participating in end-of-life research for a cure for HIV.

A clinical trial assessing a remote weight loss intervention in women with breast cancer saw a reduction in body weight.

Brexucabtagene autoleucel shows promising efficacy and safety in treating relapsed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, including patients with CNS involvement.

Rising metabolic score for insulin resistance (METS-IR) levels strongly correlate with major cardiovascular events (MACE) and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to one study.

The humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody was first approved for myasthenia gravis in the US in 2023, with approvals in Japan and the European Union following later that year and 2025, respectively.

New drugs aren't the only advances in oncology. Innovation includes collaboration between to remove barriers to remove barriers to care, according to experts who gathered for a session of the Institute for Value-Based Medicine in Arlington, Virginia.

Climate-related disasters threaten US drug production, highlighting vulnerabilities in the pharmaceutical supply chain and the urgent need for strategic planning.

A novel image-based deep learning approach achieves high accuracy and interpretability, offering potential for clinical decision support.

Today, the FDA issued a complete response letter (CRL) for vatiquinone (PTC Therapeutics), delaying its potential approval as a treatment for Friedreich ataxia amid efficacy concerns.

Public awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV) and its link to cervical and oral cancers is alarmingly low in the US, especially in the Midwest and South.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and socioeconomic factors enhance risk stratification for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) post transplant, aiming to reduce hospital readmissions and disease progression.

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists show promise in reducing hidradenitis suppurativa severity and pain, especially in patients with obesity.

Lower geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) scores in older patients with osteoarthritis are linked to higher all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risks, highlighting the critical role of nutritional assessment in managing their health.

Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists, including semaglutide, have increased in use and will continue to increase due to their effectiveness in weight loss.

Selected patients with a clinical response after therapy could benefit from salvage surgery in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with acceptable results for perioperative morbidity.

The analysis highlighted a shift in heart failure diagnoses, with hypertensive heart disease with and without chronic kidney disease as prevalent diagnoses, underlining coding variability and implications for research.

Elise S. Tremblay, MD, MPH, explores potential policy solutions and research directions to address ongoing challenges in insulin affordability and access.

The cause of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) can be associated with the presence of the TTN gene combined with preexisting comorbidities like atrial fibrillation, which increase the odds of developing DCM.

Ambulatory cardiac monitors’ clinical and economic outcomes vary; one long-term continuous monitor brand showed greater arrhythmia diagnosis, fewer retests and cardiovascular events, and lower health care resource use and costs.

High-volume cancer centers utilizing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) significantly reduce surgical mortality and enhance survival rates in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

In this clip, Elise S. Tremblay, MD, MPH, explores factors behind fluctuations in insulin out-of-pocket costs and highlights the serious health consequences of persistently lower insulin use.

Medicare Advantage outperformed traditional Medicare on clinical quality measures before and during the COVID-19 pandemic; mid-pandemic, however, traditional Medicare narrowed the gap on some in-person screenings.

Panelists discuss how upcoming ASCO presentations will focus on long-term CAR T-cell therapy outcomes showing potential cure plateaus, minimal residual disease (MRD)–guided treatment escalation/de-escalation strategies, tri-specific antibodies, and the economic value of using MRD negativity to guide maintenance therapy discontinuation decisions.

Interclass biologic switching can improve outcomes, but it also increases infection rates.

New long-term data highlights the effectiveness and safety of ivosidenib plus azacitidine for treating IDH1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia in vulnerable patients.

Zongertinib gains FDA approval for treating HER2-mutated non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), offering hope with fewer side effects and promising response rates in patients.

Christina Poh, MD, of City of Hope National Medical Center, highlights the benefit of tafasitamab in improving progression-free survival for heavily pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) follicular lymphoma.