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Pathological response rates are high for neoadjuvant dabrafenib plus trametinib among patients with stage III melanoma, but recurrence-free survival (RFS) rates are low, reports a study.

First-line treatment with nivolumab (NIVO) in combination with ipilimumab (IPI) results in better health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and fewer symptoms, when compared with chemotherapy, in patients with centrally confirmed microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H)/mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), as shown in the CheckMate 8HW study presented at ESMO GI 2024.

Combination therapy with sodium-glucose transporter inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide receptor agonists (GLP1ra) prevents heart failure and improves long-term survival in a real-world population as compared with SGLT2i or GLP1ra monotherapy, according to a study.

In the interim analysis of the pivotal phase III PURPOSE 1 trial, twice-yearly subcutaneous lenacapavir, a first-in-class, high-potency HIV-1 capsid inhibitor, shows 100-percent efficacy and superiority to background HIV (bHIV*) incidence and daily oral emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (F/TDF**) for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in HIV-negative cisgender women.

A 16-week dosing interval for the IL-23 inhibitor guselkumab appears to sufficiently keep psoriasis controlled among patients who have achieved complete skin clearance shortly after starting standard treatment with the drug, according to the phase IIIb GUIDE clinical trial.