Clinical

Updated trial results at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology showed the combinations of daratumumab with either lenalidomide and dexamethasone or bortezomib and dexamethasone prolonged progression-free survival for patients with relapsed refractory multiple myeloma.

Legislators and Congress need to be pressured to achieve more price transparency in order to manage the high costs on insulin says Alan Carter, PharmD, principal investigator and senior advisor at MRIGlobal, and adjunct faculty at University of Missouri­—Kansas City School of Pharmacy.

New research suggests that a high fat diet could reduce the bacteria of the gut and, therefore, fight against the harmful inflammation that Crohn’s disease patients experience.

Ideally, researchers determining the clinical and economic effects of a new treatment would have both short-term and long-term data, explained Steve Pearson, MD, MSc, president of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review. If not all of this data is available, however, they may have to use surrogate outcomes or perform indirect comparisons.

The comittee voted 17-0 in favor of the Amgen/Allergan bevacizumab biosimilar candidate, ABP 215, and 16-0 in favor of Mylan’s trastuzumab biosimilar candidate, MYL-1401O.

A new vaccine may be able to reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and, therefore, protect people against the risk of cardiovascular disease.

According to Eda Cengiz, MD, MHS, FAAP, associate professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, diabetes management technology is just beginning and can have a positive impact on the daily lives of diabetes patients.

CTL019 was unanimously approved by FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) for the treatment of children and young adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

An analysis of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) in healthy adults in the primary care setting found that 1 in 5 had a previously unrecognized variant associated with a rare disease, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Payers acknowledge obesity as a public health issue and are working to establish offerings that align with USPSTF recommendations in order to treat and prevent obesity, says Jenny Bogard, MPH, director of healthcare strategies at the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.

Novartis’ chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy for treating pediatric leukemia is on the cusp of being the first FDA-approved gene therapy, which will lead to new developments and utilizations of CAR-T therapy for treating other advanced blood cancers.

Research published by Cancer Management & Research explores the efficacy of treating multiple malignancies with immune checkpoint inhibitors and programmed cell death-1 inhibitors (PD-1). The review specifically analyzes the presence of pneumonitis as an adverse event following treatment of checkpoint inhibitors.

The BreathLink device is intended to immediately identify any indications of breast cancer based on a 2-minute sample of a patient’s breath.

From 2011 to 2014 the use of high-intensity statins following hospitalization for myocardial infarction (MI) increased progressively, according to a study published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Advanced radiotherapy treatment, combined with chemotherapy, in small cell lung cancer leads to higher survival rates and lower toxicity, according to a new study.

The FDA has approved expanding the use of the DigniCap Cooling System to prevent chemotherapy-associated alopecia for all patients with solid tumors.

While a connection has been found between psoriasis and cardiovascular disease, a recent study has found no link between another skin disease, atopic dermatitis, and cardiovascular disease.

Sarepta Therapeutics has announced a new collaboration with Genethon for gene therapy research in efforts to develop new Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treatments.

Material suppliers, manufacturers, pharmacies, and rebate programs all contribute to the rising prices of insulin, according to Alan Carter, PharmD, principal investigator and senior advisor at MRIGlobal, and adjunct faculty at University of Missouri—Kansas City School of Pharmacy.

New clinical trial research presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology 19th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer suggests that ARMO BioSciences’ immuno-oncology drug, AM0010, is effective in treating patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.

Those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be more likely to suffer from a heart attack or stroke following an acute exacerbation if they have a history or at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

A new liquid biopsy test that uses flow cytometry to detect cancer cells has been FDA approved for chronic leukemia, acute leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, and myeloproliferative neoplasms.