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Sequential intravesical valrubicin and docetaxel prove to be an effective salvage treatment for patients with recurrent nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), a study has shown.

A full-dose prophylactic anticoagulation strategy reduced the risk of thrombosis in critically ill patients with COVID-19 who required intensive care unit (ICU)-level care compared with a standard-dose strategy, according to results of the COVID-PACT trial.  

Continuous and intermittent use of tapinarof cream 1% once daily (QD) for up to 1 year is effective in patients with mild-to-severe plaque psoriasis, without serious safety concerns, according to a study. In addition, it has shown durable efficacy and a remittive effect of at least 4 months off therapy.

Updated results of the SUGAR* trial showed that using polymer-free amphilimus-eluting stents (AES) was not a superior option to durable-polymer zotarolimus-eluting stents (ZES) in patients with diabetes mellitus who required percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

In the treatment of patients with ICI-naïve nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), adding the cytotoxic chemotherapy docetaxel to the immune-checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) nivolumab leads to a significantly longer survival, although at the expense of slightly elevated toxicity, according to the results of a phase II/III trial.