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Treatment with S-1, an oral fluoropyrimidine formulation similar to capecitabine, plus oxaliplatin (SOX) results in substantial improvements in overall response rate relative to capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (CapeOx) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, according to a Philippines study presented at the recent ESMO GI 2023.

In the secondary analysis of the NAMSAL and ADVANCE trials, first-line treatment with dolutegravir (DTG) was associated with significantly higher risks of treatment-emergent hypertension in people living with HIV (PLWH), especially in combination with tenofovir alafenamide (TAF).

In the phase III TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 study, donanemab significantly slowed clinical progression in individuals with early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease* (AD) with amyloid and tau pathologies, demonstrating an important replication of the phase II findings.

Delivering electrical stimulation over the cerebellum appears to improve gait disturbances in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and help them walk better, as reported in a study from Japan.

Treatment with either febuxostat or benzbromarone results in comparable outcomes among patients with stage G3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) with asymptomatic hyperuricaemia and hypertension, a study has shown.