Clinical

Andre Goy, MD, MS, chairman and executive director of the John Theurer Cancer Center, provides an overview of the emerging data at ASH 2021 on CAR T-cell therapy as a second- and first-line treatment.

The findings, said the researchers, are an important step toward achieving glucose control with a fully automated closed-loop system for patients with type 1 diabetes.

Despite the increase in relapse risk, 2-year survival for patients with graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) who received matched sibling donor (MSD) allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (allo-HCT) administered post-transplant cyclophosphamide remained similar compared with patients receiving cyclosporine A with methotrexate prophylactically.

Failed sedation for routine gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is extremely rare, warranting a return to endoscopist-directed sedation, rather than costly anesthesia-assisted sedation, as the default sedation standard.

This new study investigated a potential link between genetically predicted polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and greater risk of endometrial cancer among patients of European and Asian ancestries.

A comparison of claims-based asthma risk predictors in a national sample of children with Medicaid determines accuracy and informs risk predictor choice.

Although advancements in cancer have been many, disease relapse is still a hurdle for many types of tumors and malignancies, and there is an urgent need to overcome tumor resistance.

Setting up a palliative care consultation program for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) improved some aspects of care.

Findings from the single-arm, open-label ASCEND-Peds trial suggest olipudase alfa is well-tolerated and may lead to clinically meaningful improvements in patients with acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD) who do not have neurovisceral manifestations.

According to the researchers, the case study suggests that better results are achieved when using cytoreductive treatment and low-dose aspirin.

The researchers outlined potential treatment options for this patient population since the emergence and uptake of targeted treatments.

Rates of sacubitril/valsartan diffusion have been slow and there has been significant geographic variation, highlighting the importance of local prescribing patterns in early drug diffusion.

Next-generation sequencing uncovered 3 subtypes of epidermal growth factor receptor–mutant stage 2 and 3 non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that predicted patient outcomes to adjuvant therapy.

Results of a retrospective study conducted in China assessed the safety and efficacy of ixazomib for multiple myeloma.

A study examining the relation between rituximab infusion and hospitalization as a result of COVID-19 for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) found that the 2 were not related, contradicting past research.

A small study found a correlation between age and small vessel disease risk that suggest the importance of regular brain MRI monitoring in patients with Fabry.

Further investigation on the pathogenesis and treatment of patients with schistosome-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (Sch-PAH) may lead to improved symptoms and higher rates of survival.

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) and the use of prediction tools in 2 patients with a rare form of metastatic breast cancer revealed mutations in malignant phyllodes tumors that are often detected in other advanced cancers, providing insight into potential therapeutic targets for these patients.

Sensory nerve action potential amplitudes decreased as patients aged in a cohort of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 patients compared with a healthy, age-matched control group.

Better risk stratification can help prioritize patients with hepatocellular carcinoma on the transplant waitlist who have higher risk disease.

All-trans retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide used together can let children avoid treatment with convention chemotherapy, which has more adverse effects.

The high cost of specialty drugs makes it important to use companion diagnostics and other tests to make sure the drug is going to the right patient, said George Van Antwerp, MBA, managing director, Deloitte Consulting.

The data set included 177 samples from polycythemia vera, essential thrombocytopenia, primary myelofibrosis, and healthy donors, from which the researchers found that MAPK14 was overexpressed in PV samples and was associated with more symptoms and worse outcomes.

A recent study aims to improve evaluation of fatty liver in ultrasound scans to increase hepatology referrals and predict significant liver fibrosis.

Findings of a machine learning-based deep phenotyping approach found a myriad of factors associated with severe disease in atopic dermatitis, including age between 12 and 21 years or older than 52 years, lack of physical activity, and incidence of alopecia areata.