In concurrent studies, the team will examine the gene expression profile of
subsets of patients with different clinical outcomes to provide further insight into why certain dogs have more aggressive B - CLL and to identify possible drug targetable pathways to improve the treatment for this cancer.
The Solution: Dr. Awan looked at
subsets of patients with variety of the most common chronic joint and soft tissue conditions.
Not only does this suggest that the cause of Crohn's disease in these patients may be oxidative stress due to dysfunctional MDR1, but that for
the subset of patients with this dysfunction, bile acid sequestrants may be an effective treatment.
The result is a genomically defined
subset of patients with a clear likelihood of clinical improvement.
The finding might lead to new therapies for
a subset of patients with glioblastoma, the most common and lethal form of brain cancer.
But Yale researchers have identified
a subset of those patients with a rare genetic mutation who are living significantly longer than patients without the mutation.
Ambulatory systolic blood pressure — measured by a portable machine that patients wore for 24 hours — dropped significantly for all patients at six months, with a drop of 7.9 mmHg for all patients with blood pressure readings of 140 or higher — and the largest reductions, 9.2 mmHg, for
the subset of patients with ambulatory systolic blood pressure of 160 or higher.
«We found that intensive doses of statins carry the potential for clearing up the lipid debris that can lead to vision impairment in
a subset of patients with macular degeneration,» said Joan W. Miller, M.D., the Henry Willard Williams Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital.
«This probably only explains a small
subset of patients with pulmonary fibrosis,» he says.
The third paper in the issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology describes an analysis of a very rare
subset of patients with low - stage disease and amplification of the MYCN oncogene.
It is the first treatment targeting the underlying cause of CF in
a subset of patients with a specific mutation.
A growing number of studies also suggest that HHV - 6 may play a role in
a subset of patients with chronic conditions.
Only
a subset of patients with neuropathies may respond well to opiates; 51 alternatively, higher - than - typical opiate dosing may be necessary for effective pain control in neuropathies, 52 thus raising serious concerns about sedation and drug dependence.
«It might have a role, but in a very, very small subset of patients,» Ismail said, «and I don't think we've identified that
subset of patients with a really good randomized controlled trial.»
Not exact matches
Associate professor Mary - Ellen Taplin,
of the Dana - Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA, will tell the 26th EORTC - NCI - AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Barcelona, Spain, that galeterone was well tolerated by
patients in the ARMOR2 trial, and also lowered PSA levels in a
subset of men
with CRPC that was resistant to other drugs that target the cancer, such as enzalutamide and abiraterone.
If hypofractionated radiation
with curative intent can reduce the treatment time for lung cancer
patients by half
with no greater toxicity, and
with equivalent — if not better — tumor control and survival outcomes, this research could result in a change in the paradigm
of how a large
subset of locally advanced NSCLC
patients are treated.»
The new findings build on prior research from the Dhodapkar lab demonstrating that
patients with Gaucher disease, an inherited lipid storage disorder, have a significant increased risk for developing myeloma; and the discovery
of a
subset of lipid - reactive immune cells, called type II NKT - TFH, that promote the development
of plasma cells.
Using a novel combination
of technologies, including trio exome sequencing
of patient / parental DNA and genetic studies in the tiny larvae
of zebrafish, the EuroEPINOMICS RES consortium found that mutations in the gene CHD2 are responsible for a
subset of epilepsy
patients with symptoms similar to Dravet syndrome — a severe form
of childhood epilepsy that is in many
patients resistant to currently available anti-epileptic drugs.
In addition to anti-tumor responses, immune checkpoint inhibitors have also been associated
with long - term remission in a
subset of patients, Gu said.
A clinical trial studying the use
of Verapamil (a drug currently in use for cardiovascular disease and cluster headache) in alleviating chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS)
with nasal polyps revealed significant improvement in the symptoms
of this
subset of patients.
He and his colleagues wanted to see whether the effect
of these drugs was limited to the
subset of depression
patients with high cytokine levels, or if it helped all people diagnosed
with depression.
After a median follow - up
of 22 months, the team found that the drugs were safe and shrank tumors in a
subset of patients,
with an overall response rate
of 27 percent, which included complete responses in two
patients and partial responses in four
patients.
In a matched cohort
of 1,706
patients in each arm, the researchers still found an overall survival benefit
with BCT over mastectomy in the HR positive
subset but not in the HR negative
subset.
«First - line immunotherapy treatment can improve survival for
subset of lung cancer
patients: Results
of phase III global clinical trial show that 75 percent
of stage IV lung cancer
patients with both complex tumor mutations and PDL - 1 positive status respond to nivolumab.»
And the real reason the trial is being conducted
with these previously released drugs is to test whether the new medication really is a lot riskier to everyone or just to a
subset of patients.
In a randomized, phase 2 multi-center clinical study, led by Manisha Shah, MD
of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC — James), investigators tested the effectiveness
of the targeted therapy drug, dabrafenib (pronounced «da bRAF e nib» and marketed as Tafinlar), given alone compared
with the same drug given in combination
with trametinib (pronounced «tra ME ti nib,» marketed at MeKinist) to treat a
subset of advanced papillary thyroid cancer
patients with B - raf mutations.
When Dillon and colleagues used a global proteomics approach to compare all proteins in the blood from a
subset of the
patients, CRP emerged
with the strongest association to postoperative delirium.
Some Academy members are PhDs who study HIV but can't prescribe medication, so survey results were analyzed for only the
subset of members who can do so: mostly primary care providers, internal medicine, and infectious disease specialists who see a mix
of patients, some
with the virus and some without it.
The study suggests that attacking those
subsets with targeted drugs may degrade the disease's ability to spread throughout the bone marrow
of affected
patients, the authors say.
To confirm that the missing mutations were important for generating an immune response, the researchers cultured a
subset of the neoantigen protein fragments containing the tumor mutations
with immune cells taken from three
patients» blood samples.
«The results
of our study could offer new treatment to this population
of patients, identifying a
subset of malignant pleural mesothelioma who expressed PD - L1 and could be treated
with targeted therapies to PD - L1,» Cedres says.
People
with severe resistant hypertension — high blood pressure not controlled
with three classes
of medications — are a very challenging
subset of patients.
«We now have a better idea
of how NSAID use may benefit a
subset of patients diagnosed
with colorectal cancer,» said Xinwei Hua, the study's first author and an epidemiologist at Fred Hutch.
«Further research will reveal whether these antibodies are the mark
of a clinically relevant
subset of patients and, if so, whether immunosuppressive therapies can effectively treat children
with these debilitating illnesses.»
The study enrolled 100
patients with de novo coronary lesions 2.25 - 3.50 mm in diameter and length ≤ 27 mm in two 50 -
patient cohorts for angiographic, intravascular ultrasound, and clinical assessment at nine or 24 months,
with optical coherence tomography (OCT) performed in a
subset of 30
patients at multiple time periods.
But that optimism, plus the availability
of FDA - approved drugs
with an HDAC inhibitory effect, has also prompted many families to find doctors who will prescribe these drugs, without knowing whether they work, or at what doses, or in which
subset of patients.
The paper, «Perturbations in the lipid profile
of individuals
with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus: lipidomics analysis
of a Diabetes Antibody Standardization Program sample
subset,» published in Clinical Biochemistry, described lipidomics (see sidebar) analyses
of blood samples from
patients recently diagnosed
with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).
An expert panel has published guidelines for treatment
of Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and a
subset of patients diagnosed
with PAN Disorder Associated
with Streptococcal Infection (PANDAS).
Overall, despite the dramatic therapeutic advances made elsewhere in the melanoma field, the poor prognosis
of patients with mucosal melanoma mandates continued emphasis on laboratory and clinical research efforts in this rare
subset of disease.
[44] Two other phase II clinical trials evaluated the efficacy
of imatinib in
patients with melanoma — including mucosal melanomas — harboring KIT mutations and / or amplifications,
with a
subset of cases involving mucosal primaries, and both found a disease control rate
of approximately 50 %.
Characterized as a biological
subset of PTCL - NOS,
patients with dysregulation
of the histone modification machinery may be amenable to therapeutic intervention
with HDAC inhibitors, given either alone or in combination
with hypomethylating agents.
While PEC - Direct development could advance more rapidly and make a major impact for the
subset of type 1 diabetes
patients at highest risk, we view PEC - EnCap as holding the promise
of a functional cure for all
patients with type 1 diabetes as well as an important therapy for many
patients with type 2 diabetes.»
However,
subset analyses
of phase III trials suggest that
patients with EGFR mutation - positive NSCLCs do not benefit from immunotherapy compared
with docetaxel.
MYH7 mutations were predominantly found in Ebstein anomaly associated
with LVNC and may warrant genetic testing and family evaluation in this
subset of patients.
Drug Labels FDA drug labels contain the name
of the particular symptom, disease, or
subset of patients within a disease that the drug is approved to treat, along
with instructions for using the drug properly (including the dosage and what to do when a
patient misses a dose), a description
of any special instructions for taking the drug (such as
with food or water), storage instructions, the symptoms
of side effects to the drug, the names
of any conditions or foods the
patient should not have while using the medication, any warnings or precautions, any risk
of drug tolerance or dependency, and a list
of drug ingredients.
Modeling mRNA expression heterogeneity in tumors through bimodal profiles is a novel powerful approach
with the potential to uncover therapeutic targets that benefit
subsets of cancer
patients.
«There might be a
subset of COPD
patients who might benefit from statin use who don't need a statin for cardiovascular reasons, but the heart and lungs are intertwined, and it's hard to tease out someone
with COPD who doesn't have risk factors for cardiovascular disease,» Horovitz said.
In one recent trial, 9 a
subset of patients resistant to antidepressant treatment and identified by serum markers
of inflammation, most notably C - reactive protein > 3mg / L, were responsive to treatment
with the TNF - alpha antagonist (anti-inflammatory) infliximab (Remicade).
A
subset of patients was randomly assigned to booster sessions, where they were asked to follow up
with their therapist every 2 months up to a year from initiating the program.
High levels
of HHV - 6B DNA in the brain biopsies
of refractory epilepsy
patients suggest the virus may play a role in a
subset of those
with this condition.