January 22nd 2025
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Reaching Diverse Patient Populations With Personalized Treatment Methods
January 20th 2025Daejin Abidoye, head of solid tumors, oncology development, AbbVie, discusses a number of topics around diversity in clinical research including industry’s greatest challenges in reaching diverse patient populations, personalized treatment methods, recruitment strategies, and more.
HELIOS-B Trial Confirms Amvuttra Reduces Mortality, Cardiovascular Events in ATTR-CM Patients
Phase III HELIOS-B trial found that Amvuttra (vutrisiran) also preserved functional capacity and quality of life in patients with transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.
STEP UP Trial Shows Semaglutide 7.2 mg Achieves Superior Weight Loss vs. 2.4 mg, Placebo
Semaglutide 7.2 mg significantly outperformed semaglutide 2.4 mg and placebo with a 20.7% average reduction in weight and a comparable safety and tolerability profile, further establishing its efficacy in obesity treatment.
An updated long-term analysis of the Phase III KATHERINE trial confirms that adjuvant treatment with Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine) significantly improves overall survival and long-term invasive disease–free survival compared to trastuzumab monotherapy in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer with residual invasive disease.
Pilot trial shows that a user-friendly electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) monitoring system significantly improves patient-centered cardiovascular care by enhancing patient-physician communication, increasing clarity in treatment explanations, and empowering patients with better knowledge of their conditions.
Telemedicine Considerations When Conducting Decentralized Clinical Trials
January 14th 2025Compliance with state telemedicine requirements is imperative, as not only will most clinical trial sponsors contractually require such compliance, but non-compliance may also subject the practitioner to licensure violations and liability.
Talvey Plus Tecvayli Shows Promising Results in Multiple Myeloma but Raises Infection Concerns
A Phase Ib/II dose escalation and expansion trial shows promising antitumor activity and durable responses with Talvey (talquetamab) plus Tecvayli (teclistamab) in the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, but a higher incidence of grade 3 or 4 infections.