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Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) treated in routine clinical care appear to fare better with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) than with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4is), with GLP-1Ras being associated with lower rates of hyperkalemia and renin-angiotensin system inhibitor (RASi) medication discontinuation, as shown in an observational study.

Treatment with rucaparib in patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer provides long-term improvements in progression-free survival (PFS) both in those with high and low risk of disease progression, as shown in the updated PFS analyses of the ATHENA-MONO study.

For patients with severe alopecia areata who achieved meaningful hair regrowth with 1-year course of baricitinib, subsequent discontinuation appears to reverse treatment gains, highlighting the need for ongoing therapy.

Treatment with carboplatin-paclitaxel (CP) plus atezolizumab results in better quality-adjusted survival in patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer (EC) as compared with CP alone, according to a post hoc analysis of the AtTEnd/ENGOT-EN7 trial.

In a systematic review and individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis, the use of oral corticosteroids (OCS) improves short-term outcomes in children aged 12–71 months with acute preschool wheeze, more so among children with previous wheeze or asthma and those with moderate-to-severe acute wheeze.

In untreated myelofibrosis, using navitoclax in combination with ruxolitinib appears to result in a twofold increase in the number of patients experiencing spleen volume shrinkage, regardless of prognosis, according to updated data from the phase III TRANSFORM-1 trial.