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Corticosteroid-remdesivir combo suppresses secondary infections in severe COVID-19
The combination of corticosteroid (CS) therapy with remdesivir (RDV) has noninferior survival outcomes relative to CS monotherapy in patients hospitalized with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), reports a recent study.
Avelumab continues to show promise for bladder cancer
In individuals with advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC), a first-line maintenance treatment regimen comprising a combination of avelumab and best supportive care (BSC) provided better survival benefit than BSC alone, according to long-term and subgroup analyses of the phase III JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial presented at ASCO GU 2022.
Early ivermectin does not prevent progression to severe COVID-19
The early addition of ivermectin to standard of care (SoC)* in high-risk patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 did not prevent progression to severe disease compared with SoC alone, according to results of the I-TECH** trial conducted in Malaysia.
Schizophrenia genetics not linked to neuropsychiatric features in childhood-onset SLE
No apparent association exists between neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) and known risk loci for schizophrenia in a multiethnic cohort of patients with childhood-onset (c)SLE, reveals a recent study.
