Medical Digest & Congress Report

Prof. Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos discusses the results of the AQUILA trial, a phase 3 randomized study presented at the 2024 ASH Annual Meeting. New results indicate that these patients not only tolerate daratumumab monotherapy well, but compared with active monitoring, they experience a delay to progression or prevention of active MM.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:daratumumab-shows-better-outcomes-active-monitoring-smoldering-multiple-myeloma

Sumit Gupta, MD, PhD discusses results from the phase 3 Children’s Oncology Group Study AALL1731 presented at the 2024 ASH Annual Meeting. The study showed that adding blinatumomab to chemotherapy improved 3-year disease-free survival rates in newly diagnosed, standard risk pediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:blinatumomab-combination-chemotherapy-may-improve-survival-pediatric-patients-newly-diagnosed-b-cell-precursor-all

Gareth Gregory, MBBS, PhD on the options for treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, which have expanded in recent years, particularly with the emergence of bispecific antibodies.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:guiding-our-patients-path-managing-first-relapse-diffuse-large-b-cell-lymphoma-outside-car-ts

Urvi A. Shah, MD discusses the NUTRIVENTION study, the current result from the trial, how it may delay progression of myeloma, and the importance of having a high fiber diet presented at the 2024 ASH Annual Meeting.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:high-fiber-nutrivention-study-delaying-progression-myeloma

Jennifer R. Brown, MD, PhD explains the interim analysis of the multicenter, open-label, randomized, phase 3 AMPLIFY trial presented at the 2024 ASH Annual Meeting.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:fixed-duration-acalabrutinibvenetoclax-fit-patients-cll-amplify-trial

Suzanne Lentzsch, MD, PhD explains a symposium presented at the 2024 ASH Annual Meeting on the clinical challenges and intricacies of care associated with the management of light chain amyloidosis.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:escape-amyloid-maze-unraveling-data-and-care-strategies-al-amyloidosis

Professor Robert Jacobson shares his thoughts on how to improve immunization in children and adolescents.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:how-improve-immunization-children-and-adolescents

Professor Jennifer Chan shares her insights on the new developments in neurendocrine tumours. She talks about studies like CABINET and NETTER-2.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:new-developments-neurendocrine-tumours

David J. Birnkrant, MD, FCCP held the prestigious Margaret Pfrommer Endowed Memorial Lecture In Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation at CHEST 2024. We asked him about the lecture and the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:duchenne-muscular-dystrophy-then-and-now-lessons-respiratory-medicine

Aanchal Kapoor, MD, FCCP shares her thoughts on updates in RSV, COVID and influenza vaccines.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:update-vaccines-rsv-covid-influenza