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In patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC), adjuvant pembrolizumab continues to improve disease-free survival (DFS) over placebo, according to extended follow-up of the phase III KEYNOTE-564 trial.

A single dose of FINLAY-FR-1A, a recombinant d-RBD*-based COVID-19 vaccine, strengthens pre-existing natural immunity in patients who have recovered from asymptomatic, mild or moderate COVID-19, and has an excellent safety profile, a phase IIa/b study has shown.

Among older patients with metastatic breast cancer, first-line treatment with reduced-dose eribulin mesylate is reasonably safe but yields a low disease control rate, reports a recent phase II trial.

Reslizumab, a biologic targeting interleukin(IL)-5, reduced severe asthma exacerbation rate and oral corticosteroid (OCS) use in individuals with severe eosinophilic asthma, according to a real-world study using patient-level data from RAPSODI*.

In the treatment of children with atopic eczema, ciclosporin is linked to a more rapid response while methotrexate (MTX) is associated with sustained disease control following discontinuation, a study has found.

Timing of antihypertensive medication intake, be it in the morning or evening, does not appear to affect the risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) or non-fatal stroke, according to results of the TIME trial presented at ESC 2022.