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Prolonged corrected QT interval (QTc), as determined via electrocardiogram (ECG), may indicate an elevated risk of myocardial injury and death in patients hospitalized for COVID-19, according to a prospective study from Israel presented at EHRA 2022.

Treatment-naïve patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGFR-mutated (EGFRm) non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) experience improved progression-free survival (PFS) when treated with furmonertinib compared with gefitinib, according to results of the phase III FURLONG study.

Findings from the SPOTLIGHT trial have shown the efficacy of administering durvalumab after chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in patients with unresectable stage III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

An observational study from Singapore has shown that the incidence of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) following SARS-CoV-2 infection is greater than that following receipt of an mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.

Treatment with remdesivir in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 does not appear to confer increased risks of acute kidney and liver injury, with a recent study showing that these risks are already elevated even before exposure to treatment and there is no further increase following remdesivir initiation.

Early administration (ie, within 5 days after symptom onset) of the oral, small-molecule antiviral prodrug molnupiravir slashed the risk of hospitalization or death in at-risk, unvaccinated, nonhospitalized adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, findings from the phase III component of the phase II/III MOVe-OUT trial have shown.

SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy or the postpartum period is tied to an increased risk of maternal mortality or serious morbidity due to obstetric complications, a study from the US showed.