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Maintenance therapy with the PARP* inhibitor niraparib led to a sustained and durable progression-free survival (PFS), regardless of biomarker status, in patients with primary advanced ovarian cancer who responded to platinum-based chemotherapy, an updated analysis of the phase III PRIMA/ENGOT-OV26/GOG-3012 trial has shown.

The benefit of deucravacitinib in moderate to severe plaque psoriasis was demonstrated in a population of Asian patients, according to results of the phase III POETYK PSO-3 trial.

Poorly controlled glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels appear to aggravate the risk of mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), a recent study has found. Glycaemic control is not associated with progression to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).

In the updated analysis of the POSEIDON trial presented at ESMO 2022, the combination regimen comprising tremelimumab, durvalumab, and chemotherapy (T+D+CT) used in the first-line setting conferred long-term overall survival (OS) benefit in individuals with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (mNSCLC).

In prostate cancer patients, the initiation of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) lowers the concentrations of 13 circulating steroids, according to a new study.

Patients with psoriasis report improved quality of life under the COVID-19 pandemic despite harsh movement restrictions, a recent study has found. Such an effect, however, may suggest that current tools do not completely capture the negative impacts of harsh lockdowns on patients’ wellbeing.