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non-hodgkin lymphoma | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Blood advances | Added Oct 16, 2021

Evaluating long-term safety and effectiveness of CT-P10 for the treatment of advanced follicular lymphoma

This study aims to investigate the long-term effectiveness and safety of the rituximab biosimilar CT-P10 (Truxima) in combination with cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan), vincristine (Oncovin), and prednisone (Deltasone) (CVP) compared with rituximab (Rituxan) for the treatment of advanced-stage follicular lymphoma (FL). The study concluded that the overall safety and long-term effectiveness of CT-P10 are similar to rituximab for the treatment of FL.

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colorectal cancer | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Journal of clinical oncology | Added Oct 16, 2021

Evaluating the effectiveness and safety of maintenance therapy with panitumumab plus fluorouracil and folinic acid in patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer.

This study investigated the effectiveness and safety of panitumumab (Vectibix) when added to maintenance therapy with fluorouracil (Adrucil) and folinic acid (Leucovirin) (FU/FA) in patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The data showed that maintenance therapy with FU/FA plus panitumumab was safe and effective for these patients.

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breast cancer | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Frontiers in oncology | Added Oct 16, 2021

Evaluating the effectiveness and safety of different anti-HER2 therapies in combination with chemotherapy for metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.

This study evaluated the effectiveness and safety of different anti-HER2 therapies in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer (BC). The data showed that THP (taxanes + trastuzumab + pertuzumab) was the best first-line treatment, while Trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1; Kadcycla) and XHTuC (capecitabine + trastuzumab + tucatinib) were the best second-line treatments for metastatic HER2-positive BC.

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non-hodgkin lymphoma | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Frontiers in oncology | Added Oct 16, 2021

Evaluating CAR-T cell therapies for treating blood cancers

This study aimed to review the safety and effectiveness of three chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies, axicabtagene ciloleucel (AXI; Yescarta), tisagenlecleucel (TIS; Kymriah), and lisocabtagene maraleucel (LIS; Breyanzi), for the treatment of blood cancers. 

This study concluded that AXI and TIS showed very good effectiveness but have important toxicity warnings. It was also concluded that LISl showed very good effectiveness and safety in clinical trials only. 

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breast cancer | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Frontiers in oncology | Added Oct 16, 2021

Pyrotinib-based therapy for patients with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer

This study aimed to investigate pyrotinib (Irene)-based therapy as a treatment for patients with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer. 

This study concluded that pyrotinib-based therapy was safe and effective in these patients, particularly in those that received 2 or fewer therapies and received capecitabine (Xeloda).  

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rheumatoid arthritis | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Arthritis Research & Therapy | Added Oct 16, 2021

Treatment responses to tofacitinib with additional therapies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

This study assessed the responses of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to tofacitinib (Xeljanz), tofacitinib with methotrexate (MTX; Otrexup), and adalimumab (Humira) with MTX. The data showed that some patients did not require combined therapy to achieve higher responses, however, overall, greater responses were achieved with tofacitinib and MTX compared to tofacitinib alone.

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breast cancer | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Targeted oncology | Added Oct 09, 2021

Is cancer treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors associated with infection risk?

This study is aimed to evaluate the risk of infection for patients who are treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) for solid tumors. The study concluded that in frail patients, ICI therapy alone is safer compared to chemotherapy (CT).  

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parkinson's disease | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Advances in therapy | Added Oct 09, 2021

Does safinamide improve mood in patients with Parkinson's disease?

In this work, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of safinamide (Xadago) on mood in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The study showed that safinamide improved PD patients' mood and emotional wellbeing at 6 months.

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multiple myeloma | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Lancet (London, England) | Added Oct 09, 2021

Evaluating teclistamab for patients with recurrent or unresponsive multiple myeloma

This study evaluated the safety and effectiveness of teclistamab (JNJ-64007957) for patients with recurrent or unresponsive multiple myeloma (MM). This study concluded that this treatment was safe and showed promising effectiveness for these patients.

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diabetes mellitus | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: JAMA network open | Added Oct 09, 2021

How effective is a new macrophage-regulating drug for wound healing in patients with diabetic foot ulcers?

This study compared the therapeutic benefit of topically applied ON101 (Fespixon) cream to an absorbent dressing (Hydrofiber; ConvaTec Ltd) on wound healing in patients with chronic diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). The authors concluded that the therapeutic effectiveness of ON101 treatment of DFUs was better compared to absorbent dressing.

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