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Mashup Score: 0Wolters Kluwer Health - 1 year(s) ago
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Mashup Score: 3Alternative dosing strategies for immune checkpoint inhibitors to improve cost-effectiveness: a special focus on nivolumab and pembrolizumab - 1 year(s) ago
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionised cancer treatment by offering durable responses to many patients with solid and haematological cancers. The high prices and increasing use of immune checkpoint inhibitors put considerable strain on health-care budgets globally. This financial strain could jeopardise patients’ access to these anti-cancer therapies. However, substantial evidence…
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Mashup Score: 0Lack of Harmonized Adherence Criteria in Allergen Immunotherapy Prevents Comparison of Dosing and Application Strategies: A Scoping Review - 2 year(s) ago
Allergen immunotherapy (AIT) involves the application of increasing doses of allergen extract (as oral, sublingual, or subcutaneous immunotherapy) until immunologic tolerance is reached. Successful AIT relies on the consistent administration of allergen extract; therefore, adherence to these treatments is vital for compelling long-term results.Our review discusses the current terminology from…
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Mashup Score: 1
Zandelisib 60 mg once daily on an intermittent dosing schedule was safe, with low frequency of grade 3 or worse adverse events, warranting the ongoing global phase 2 and phase 3 trials.
Source: The Lancet OncologyCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Reply to “House dust mite liquid SLIT effective in atopic dermatitis, even with suboptimal dosing” - 2 year(s) ago
We appreciated the comments of Larenas-Linnemann and Pech1 on our recent article.2 Their concerns regarding sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) schedule, optimal dose, and composition of allergenic extracts are fundamental to our specialty. However, Larenas-Linnemann and Pech’s analysis was based on studies conducted in patients with rhinitis and/or asthma, or on experimental data from a mouse model…
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Mashup Score: 0House dust mite liquid SLIT effective in atopic dermatitis even with suboptimal dosing - 2 year(s) ago
We have read the article by Langer et al1 on sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) with a house dust mite (HDM) extract for atopic dermatitis (AD) with great interest and would like to congratulate our Brazilian colleagues for having been able to conduct a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial under the not always favorable local circumstances and with budget limitations. The study is of even greater…
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Mashup Score: 2
Obesity is highly prevalent in hospitalized patients admitted with COVID-19. Evidence based guidelines are available for COVID-19-related therapies but dosing information specific to patients with obesity is lacking. Failure to account for the pharmacokinetic alterations that exist in this population can lead to underdosing, and treatment failure, or overdosing, resulting in an adverse effect….
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Mashup Score: 5Most Oncologists Discuss Drug Side Effects, Open to Reduce Doses - 2 year(s) ago
All oncologists surveyed indicated that they ask patients with metastatic breast cancer about side effects at every visit, and the vast majority are open to flexible dosing.
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Mashup Score: 1Vaccine Dosing & Schedule - 3 year(s) ago
Last Reviewed: October 25, 2021 On this page: Overview Additional Doses Primary Series Immunocompetent Populations Immunocompromised Populations Booster Doses Mixed Products Timing/Intervals Coadministration Resources Multimedia The following is a curated review of key information and literature about this topic. It is not comprehensive of all data related to this…
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Mashup Score: 1
Removing race from the CKD-EPI equation will calculate a lower eGFR for Black patients and exclude more patients from receiving anticancer therapy, which could lead to undertreatment of Black patients with cancer and adversely affect their outcomes.
Source: The Lancet OncologyCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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