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Pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis (PM-CDT) using the Bashir endovascular catheter demonstrated potential for the treatment of intermediate-risk acute pulmonary embolism (PE), findings from the RESCUE* trial have shown.

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).

Results of the STOP-COVID trial, presented at ERS 2022, showed no clinical outcome benefit with the dipeptidyl peptidase-1 (DPP-1) inhibitor brensocatib compared with placebo in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the UK.

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.

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*.

Treatment with sotrovimab does not appear to confer protection against severe forms of COVID-19 in a setting dominated by the Omicron BA.2 subvariant, a study has found.

Children suffering from bronchiectasis may benefit from a play-based therapeutic exercise regimen, which results in better fitness and fundamental movement skill (FMS), according to a recent pilot trial.