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Treatment with nivolumab (N) plus doxorubicin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (AVD) leads to improved progression-free survival (PFS) relative to brentuximab vedotin (BV) plus AVD in patients with advanced stage classic Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), according to the results of the SWOG S1826 study, which was presented at the recent ASCO 2023.

The oral selective pan-FGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) erdafitinib demonstrated a survival advantage over chemotherapy, extending multiple efficacy endpoints in individuals with advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) with FGFR alterations (FGFRalt) after previous anti-PD-(L)1 treatment, findings from the confirmatory phase III THOR trial have shown.

Patients initiated on gliflozins or flozins – also called sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors – for type 2 diabetes (T2D) who were previously on metformin had reductions in the incidents of gout of up to 60 percent compared with other second-line agents in a recent study.

Treatment with paroxetine is effective against moderate-to-severe erythema of rosacea and has no serious adverse effects, a study has shown.

In the phase III STRIDES X-Ray Extension study, additional doses of the investigational CLK/DYRK inhibitor lorecivivint delivered favourable outcomes for individuals with advanced knee osteoarthritis (OA).