Articles related to Pulmonology

In this Journal of Clinical Oncology study, anetumab ravtansine yielded manageable safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and clinical activity in a study of 148 heavily pretreated patients with mesothelin-expressing solid tumors.

Based on the results of an open-label trial, selpercatinib (Retevmo) becomes the first targeted therapy to be granted accelerated approval by the FDA for use in patients with cancer who have certain tumors that have an alteration (mutation or fusion) in the RET gene.

Hospitalized patients who had advanced COVID-19 with lung involvement and who received the antiviral agent remdesivir (Gilead Sciences) recovered faster than similar patients who received placebo, according to a preliminary data analysis from a US-led randomized, controlled trial.

Although the findings reported in Blood should be considered as hypothesis-generating and preliminary in nature, a small clinical trial suggested ibrutinib may protect against lung injury and improve pulmonary function in hypoxic patients with COVID-19.

A comprehensive guide from the American Medical Association (AMA), which includes information for those who want to support communities severely impacted by COVID-19, including the how and where to volunteer and all things to consider.

Data to support the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ) for COVID-19 are limited and inconclusive; this article from the American College of Physicians (ACP) discusses the facts to arm yourself with the proper information.