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The results of the real-world, observational study were presented by Eli Lilly during the American Diabetes Association's 80th Virtual Scientific Sessions.

Dapagliflozin is typically used as a second line GLM in T2D and often added to metformin.

A study of more than 9000 people finds overall need for better access to psychological and other non-medical diabetes care for people living with diabetes and their caregivers.

Managing diabetes in rural areas is difficult due to limited access to specialty care and self-management programs.

Ripretinib is a kinase inhibitor indicated for adults with advanced GIST, approved by the FDA in May 2020.

Apalutamide in combination with ADT prolonged median OS by 14 months and decreased the risk of death by 22%. Further, median OS was significantly longer, with 73.9 months for patients receiving treatment with apalutamide in combination with ADT compared with 59.9 months for patients receiving placebo in combination with ADT.

The recent analysis of VB-111 was a phase 3 potential registration study conducted with 400 patients and 95 sites around the world.

“Providing quality of care in a field of cancer risk, genetics, and prevention revolves around 3 essential interdependent components,” said presenter Erin Wysong Hofstatter, MD.

At the 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting, speaker Leslie R. Ellis, MD, MSHPEd, FACP, discussed the results of studies in a session looking into current research on leukemia, MDS, and allotransplant.

A study found that nurse-led follow-up and mobile health app leads to improved relative dose intensity, patient experiences, hospitalizations and their duration, and the rate of treatment-related grade 3 or higher toxicities.

The presence of ongoing SHM or CSR in the context of CLL may support the functionality of DNA damage repair pathways, with potential relevance to therapeutic strategies.

Osimertinib is a third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor and is approved in the United States for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic NSCLC with tumors that have EGFR mutations (exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R mutations).

This study was the first to demonstrate efficacy of front-line treatment in the period after initial chemotherapy.

The results of the new study were presented during the virtual scientific program of the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

Daunorubicin and cytarabine liposome for injection is a dual-drug liposomal encapsulation of cytarabine and daunorubicin approved by the FDA and EMA for the treatment of adults with newly diagnosed therapy-related AML or AML with myelodysplasia-related changes.

The recent analysis studied 400 patients with thoracic cancers who received chemotherapy within 3 months of being diagnosed with COVID-19.

At the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology Virtual Scientific Program, researchers presented a recent study that is the largest to date analyzing CLL treatment patterns among VHA patients between 2013 and 2018.

Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) (Enhertu) demonstrated strong efficacy in a phase 2 trial for treatment of HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Treatment with avelumab (Bavencio) potentially cured 8 of 15 women in a trial with gestational trophoblastic tumors resistant to single-agent chemotherapy.

In 2017 alone, there was an estimated 785 fewer cancer deaths in states that adopted Medicaid expansion.

At 5 years follow up, the data showed that the OS for women on olaparib was 42.1%, while the placebo OS was 33.2%.

Lenvatinib (Lenvima, Eisai) plus pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) showed significant response rates in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma and in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma who progressed following immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Treatment of COVID-19 with both hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin also was strongly associated with increased risk of death.

ASCO’s special report summarizes a wide range of policies and practices developed by cancer facilities, as well as guidance provided by government agencies and other medical societies.

At the first educational session of PQA, the speakers discussed pharmacists’ roles in influencing outcomes associated with social determinants of health in the US population.

Before COVID-19, the health care industry was largely headed toward a value-based system that was shifting to focus on social determinants of health, according to Bruce Japsen, at the PQA 2020 Annual Meeting.

Primary care will require a focus on individual and community health in the post coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era, according to a session presented on Thursday during the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) 2020 Annual Meeting.

Awards honor an individual and community pharmacy for innovative and pioneering practices.