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Selective autotaxin inhibition shows promise in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis
The selective autotaxin inhibitor ziritaxestat shows therapeutic potential in patients with early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, conferring greater reductions in modified Rodnan skin score compared with placebo and potentially reducing fibrosis, according to data from the phase IIa NOVESA study.
Neoadjuvant olaparib feasible in BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer
Neoadjuvant treatment with the PARP* inhibitor olaparib yielded encouraging outcomes in patients with BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer, with all participants completing two cycles of therapy followed by surgery in the NOW trial presented at SGO 2023.
LIBERTY-UC: Maintenance subcutaneous infliximab eases moderate-to-severe UC
The subcutaneous infliximab formulation CT-P13 appears beneficial in the maintenance treatment of patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC), with data from the phase III study LIBERTY-UC showing that the drug outperforms placebo in multiple endpoints.
Dupilumab cuts exacerbations, improves lung function in paediatric asthma patients with high eosinophils
In the post hoc analysis of data from the phase III LIBERTY ASTHMA VOYAGE study, the monoclonal antibody dupilumab reduced exacerbations and improved lung function in children aged between 6 and 11 years with moderate-to-severe asthma and baseline blood eosinophil count of ≥500 cells/μL.
Panitumumab plus trifluridine-tipiracil confers survival advantage in RAS wild-type MCRC
In the third-line treatment of patients with refractory RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (MCRC), use of panitumumab plus the standard-of-care trifluridine-tipiracil appears to prolong progression-free survival (PFS) when compared with trifluridine-tipiracil alone, according to data from a phase II study.
Herbal combination works in treatment of active ulcerative colitis
The herbal combination of curcumin plus QingDai (CurQD) appears beneficial to patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC), with a recent study showing that the combination induced clinical and biomarker remission.