Clinical

Drs Oskouei and Alboustani discuss implications of multiple biosimilars for adalimumab and how indications are extrapolated for a biosimilar.

Drs Atheer Kaddis and Mariam Alboustani delve into biosimilar conversion programs, including switching policies for interchangeability.

The therapy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) led to responses in about a quarter of patients and disease control in 85%.

The case of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) highlights the potential for life-threatening acute hemolysis if patients do not receive timely treatment.

Policy observers and industry stakeholders debate the possible spillover effects of Medicare drug pricing reform in the employer-based insurance market; a California federal judge rules Walgreens could be held liable for not investigating suspicious orders of opioids in San Francisco; a blood test performed the day of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can predict which patients may die and who may survive with a disability.

The single-center study evaluated patients across multiple cancers to understand the utilization, safety, and financial outcomes of bevacizumab-awwb vs reference bevavizumab.

The usefulness of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy was investigated among patients with melanoma and SLN metastases.

Ide-cel is a B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed CAR T-cell therapy, which uses the process of genetically modifying a patient’s T cells and infusing them back into the patient to attack the cancer.

With 40% of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma experiencing relapsed or refractory disease (rrDLBCL), researchers highlighted the promise of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for these patients.

This study presents an integrated, exploratory assessment of physical activity, patient activation, health-related quality of life, and clinical outcomes among older adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) using survey, wellness, and claims data.

Facilitating access to treatments for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) remains a top issue.

An oncology expert explains how clinical and non-clinical evidence impact the clinical pathway decision-making for patients with NSCLC.

Edward Arrowsmith, MD, describes the value of using clinical pathways in NSCLC therapy and how they are used at his institution, including their multiple sites of care.

Kanwal Raghav, MD, MBBS, references several HER2 clinical trials, each presenting unique drug combinations to address metastatic colorectal cancer.

Kanwal Raghav, MD, MBB, examines unmet needs in next-generation sequencing and barriers to coverage in this metastatic colorectal cancer discussion.

Investigators said they were able to confirm diagnoses of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) because they took a multidisciplinary approach.

This study investigated the potential for postoperative recurrence of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) as measured against B7-H4 expression.

New data show the stark contrast between untreated infants with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and those who received risdiplam.

In this case report, a 50-year-old female patient, with a family history of lung cancer, received a diagnosis of multiple myeloma (MM) following presentation with an apical lung mass.

Still, investigators say there are gaps in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) screening protocol that need to be filled.

New real-world evidence on non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) aligns with the results of a 2017 clinical trial.

Analysis of more than 16 million visits for hypertension care suggests that a large fraction of face-to-face care is low value and could be provided differently or potentially eliminated.

Panelists discuss treatment for heart failure in the presence of comorbid disease impacting payer considerations.

Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA, leads a conversation regarding value statements and their alignment with cost-effective care.

Dr Sonia T. Oskouei focuses on automatic substitution in both the pharmacy setting and in patients’ health plans.

Mariam Alboustani, PharmD, discusses the one published example of a switching study and the implications of interchangeability for pharmacists, as well as payers.

Both the ZUMA-7 trial for axicabtagene ciloleucel—approved for second-line treatment earlier this year—and the TRANSFORM trial for lisocabtagene maraleucel showed significant improvement over standard of care for large B cell lymphoma (LBCL), while the BELINDA trial for tisagenlecleucel did not.

The recommendations follow the World Health Organization’s recent update to its classifications of central nervous system (CNS) tumors to now include a structure for pediatric patients with CNS tumors.

The findings, coming from the phase 3 SEQUOIA study, found that the next-generation, selective Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor had superior efficacy versus chemoimmunotherapy and demonstrated an acceptable safety profile among 600 older patients with comorbidities.

Compared with sensor-augmented pump therapy, closed-loop insulin delivery increased glucose time in range and reduced hypoglycemia episodes but detracted from sleep quality.