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Trial sheds light on combined treatment for colorectal cancer

Drug Discovery World

A new combination therapy could represent a significant advancement in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. Findings from the SUNLIGHT trial have revealed that the combination of trifluridine/tipiracil plus bevacizumab showed a statistically significant improvement in overall survival compared to trifluridine/tipiracil alone.

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Trial to test monoclonal antibody for virus of growing concern

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is sponsoring a clinical trial to evaluate the safety of an investigational monoclonal antibody to treat enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), which can cause severe respiratory and neurological diseases such as acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). Credit: NIAID and CDC.

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Add-on treatment for severe uncontrolled asthma approved 

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Owing to the complexity of severe asthma, many patients have unclear or multiple drivers of airway inflammation resulting in some patients not responding to the current standard of treatment, and being at increased risk of asthma attacks, hospitalisations, and a poor quality of life 3,4,5,6. 2018; 10 (1): 34‐45 Duchesne M, et al.

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£3m boost to paediatric brain cancer research

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Brain tumours are the leading cause of cancer death in children and those that do survive often face life-changing side effects as a result of their treatment. Cancer Research UK launched the Centre of Excellence in 2018.

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Integration of AI in imaging clinical trials 

Drug Discovery World

Sophie Winandy , Executive Director of Medical Imaging at ICON explores the benefits of AI and how it can be integrated throughout medical imaging within clinical trials. This can lead to generation of more objective endpoints that might lead to a better assessment of treatment efficacy. The benefits of AI are many.

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Diabetic eye disease: The urgent need for early, non-invasive treatments

Drug Discovery World

Despite affecting such a large subset of diabetic patients, treatment options are limited to repeated, invasive intravitreal injections to the eye. Diabetic retinopathy – current treatments The journey for patients with DR is one of increasing severity and loss of vision. In 2019 there were >14.2 Diabetes Res Clin Pract.

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New avenues for rare disease treatment

Drug Target Review

Most of these conditions are genetic in origin and the majority have no effective treatment. Symptoms were reversed in mouse models and a clinical trial is planned for later this year. That includes countless rare peripheral diseases, including many for which there are currently no treatments.

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