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Real-world patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) who received and remained on secukinumab treatment for 6 months has attained minimal disease activity (MDA) and shown improvements in clinical manifestations, patient-reported outcomes, and work productivity at follow-up, reveals a study. The results are consistent with findings from clinical trials.

Once-weekly treatment with tirzepatide in adults with obesity appears to yield substantial and sustained reductions in body weight, according to the phase III SURMOUNT-1 trial.

Treatment with tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) results in similar virological response compared with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in treatment-naïve patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), according to a real-world study from Korea presented at ILC 2022.

In the treatment of patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy, transdermally administered cannabidiol is well tolerated but is not superior to placebo in terms of reducing seizure frequency, according to a study.

Safety analysis of the phase III MAESTRO-NAFLD-1 trial presented at ILC 2022 demonstrated the potential of resmetirom as a treatment for patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) who have liver fibrosis.

In the final analysis of the phase III ICON8* study, a weekly dose-dense chemotherapy (CT) regimen comprising paclitaxel and carboplatin did not improve survival outcomes in women with epithelial ovarian cancer** compared with the standard first-line (1L) paclitaxel-carboplatin regimen given once every 3 weeks (Q3W).