Clinical

A multidisciplinary approach and symptom management are both vital components of home care to provide continuity of care after cardiac surgery because they decrease symptoms and readmissions to the hospital and increase self-efficacy.

The findings suggest recombinant ADAMTS-13 may be a useful adjunct therapy to plasma exchange among patients who have thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP).

Many gene therapies promise life-changing effects, but without long-term data it remains to be seen how long the benefits last.

A new report from AHIP indicates that biosimilars have the potential to garner savings of $180 billion over 5 years, but there needs to be a review of the approval process for interchangeability to encourage more approvals.

While there are benefits of gene therapy, some patients will continue to need anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy to treat wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), said Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD, of Retina Consultants of Texas and the Blanton Eye Institute at Houston Methodist Hospital.

While the future is bright with potential for personalized medicine to treat atopic dermatitis, current treatment is still more like trial and error, said Emma Guttman-Yassky, MD, PhD, FAAD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

A study of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in first remission found that the presence of certain variants indicative of measurable residual disease ahead of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) was associated with relapse and worse survival.

The patient’s thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)–like symptoms were caused by deficiencies of vitamins B1 and B12.

Dr Michos offers strategies to successfully reduce LDL levels in patients with cardiovascular disease.

GA treatment options in various steps in FDA approval process are discussed by a panel of medical experts.

Maria Lopes, MD, MS, highlights the utilization of health care resources to optimize GA treatment impact.

The patient sought care for a mass in her right buttock, but had no tonsillar symptoms.

Patients who underwent sublobar resection and those who underwent more invasive lobectomy for early-stage non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) showed similar overall and disease-free survival outcomes in a recent study.

Treatment with relugolix and concomitant therapies for prostate cancer showed similar safety and efficacy to relugolix alone in a recent study.

The impaired reactivity may play a role in organ injury, the authors suggested, among patients who have immune-mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP).

Dr Marshall shares insights directed at the use of real-world evidence [RWE] and its impact on unmet needs in colorectal cancer [CRC] treatment.

Natalie S. Callander, MD, director of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center Myeloma Clinical Program, reviewed the treatment landscape at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) 2023 Annual Conference.

Patients with myelofibrosis (MF) with single-hit mutations had similar outcomes to patients with wild-type TP53.

The Protocol AC study analyzed visual acuity gains and cost if patients with diabetic macular edema started on bevacizumab, which costs less, and switched to aflibercept later, explained Jennifer K. Sun, MD, MPH, associate professor of ophthalmology and chief of the Center for Clinical Eye Research and Trials, Harvard Medical School; and chair, DRCR Retina Network.

Erin Michos, MD, MHS, opens a discussion surrounding the utilization of bempedoic acid for patients with intolerance to statin-based therapies.

Judicious use of caplacizumab (Cablivi) can reduce the risk of severe bleeding and help manage costs associated with the therapy in patients living with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP).

Dr Haumschild leads a discussion surrounding comorbidities associated with geographic atrophy.

David Lally, MD, highlights risk factors associated with geographic atrophy.

Female patients were most likely to experience onset of triple-negative myasthenia gravis (MG) between ages 0 to 9 years.

Assessing both physical and emotional functioning scales within cancer quality-of-life questionnaires at diagnosis may help predict survival in patients with lung cancer, a recent study found.

Idecabtagene vicleucel (ide-cel) led to significantly longer PFS and better therapy responses than standard regimens for patients with triple-class–exposed relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma.

In their closing thoughts, the expert panelists discuss the future of the disease state and treatment options, and how they expect provider, patient, and payer value perception to change in the future.

The panelists discuss how payers can best engage with the retinal disease community on a provider and patient level.

A review based on an expert panel discussion highlights a need for the inclusion of older patients in studies of immune checkpoint inhibitors for the first-line treatment of advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Panelists provide their closing thoughts on the disease state and treatment landscape of multidrug-resistant HIV.