The LancetPub Date : 2026-04-25DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00663-x
Christian R Engwerda,Ashraful Haque
{"title":"Antibody-based malaria prevention in an intense perennial transmission setting.","authors":"Christian R Engwerda,Ashraful Haque","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00663-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00663-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"19 1","pages":"1575-1577"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147751337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2026-04-23DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00789-0
Nick C Fox,Susan Kohlhaas,Jonathan M Schott
{"title":"Alzheimer's disease immunotherapy and the amyloid hypothesis: when aggregation obscures interpretation.","authors":"Nick C Fox,Susan Kohlhaas,Jonathan M Schott","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00789-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00789-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147751270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2026-04-23DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00796-8
Paul Webster
{"title":"Europe's medical AI reforms","authors":"Paul Webster","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00796-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00796-8","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"325 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147735774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2026-04-22DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00510-6
Noele P Nelson,John W Ward
{"title":"Hepatitis A prevention in the USA depends on routine universal childhood vaccination.","authors":"Noele P Nelson,John W Ward","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00510-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00510-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147743873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2026-04-21DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00690-2
Tuan Vu, Ali A Habib, Saiju Jacob, Renato Mantegazza, Hiroyuki Murai, John Vissing, Aziz Shaibani, Todd Levine, Yessar Hussain, Andreas Meisel, Agnieszka Adamczak-Ratajczak, Jan Ilkowski, Paulo Sgobbi, Alexandre Guerreiro, Sushan Luo, Rodrigo Pavani, Umesh Chaudhari, Neda Jalali, Michelle DeVeaux, Warren Moore, Sashikumar Tharmarajah
{"title":"Efficacy and safety of cemdisiran siRNA in myasthenia gravis (NIMBLE): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial","authors":"Tuan Vu, Ali A Habib, Saiju Jacob, Renato Mantegazza, Hiroyuki Murai, John Vissing, Aziz Shaibani, Todd Levine, Yessar Hussain, Andreas Meisel, Agnieszka Adamczak-Ratajczak, Jan Ilkowski, Paulo Sgobbi, Alexandre Guerreiro, Sushan Luo, Rodrigo Pavani, Umesh Chaudhari, Neda Jalali, Michelle DeVeaux, Warren Moore, Sashikumar Tharmarajah","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00690-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00690-2","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>Autoantibody-mediated complement activation drives pathology in acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody-positive generalised myasthenia gravis. Newer targeted therapies lower overall antibody concentrations or inhibit complement activity. We aimed to evaluate an siRNA (cemdisiran) targeting complement component 5 (C5) as monotherapy and in combination with a C5 antibody (pozelimab) in generalised myasthenia gravis.<h3>Methods</h3>NIMBLE is a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial conducted at 86 centres in 13 countries. We enrolled patients aged 18 years or older with a diagnosis of generalised myasthenia gravis, positive serology for anti-AChR or anti-LRP4 antibodies, and a Myasthenia Gravis-Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) score of 6 or greater. Patients were randomly allocated to receive cemdisiran monotherapy (600 mg every 12 weeks; cemdisiran group), pozelimab monotherapy (200 mg every 4 weeks; pozelimab group), combined cemdisiran (200 mg every 4 weeks) and pozelimab (200 mg every 4 weeks; combination group), or placebo, all administered subcutaneously, during a 24-week double-blind treatment period. The primary endpoint was change from baseline in MG-ADL scores at week 24, assessed in the modified intention-to-treat (mITT) primary analysis set (the first 245 randomly allocated patients who received any dose of study treatment and had at least one post-baseline assessment). A prespecified hierarchal statistical testing strategy was used; multiplicity was controlled for comparisons of cemdisiran versus placebo and combination versus placebo (pozelimab was not statistically tested against placebo and was used only to assess the contribution of components to the combination treatment). Safety was mainly assessed by recording of treatment-emergent adverse events in all patients who received any dose of study treatment. This study is registered with <span><span>ClinicalTrials.gov</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span> (<span><span>NCT05070858</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span>); the current status is active, not recruiting.<h3>Findings</h3>Between Jan 20, 2022 and July 18, 2025, 390 participants were screened and, as of the data cut-off presented in this report (July 8, 2025), 284 were randomly allocated to the cemdisiran group (79 [28%] patients), pozelimab group (50 [18%]), combination group (80 [28%]), and placebo group (75 [26%]). Of 277 patients who received any study treatment, 263 (95%) completed the double-blind treatment period. In the mITT primary analysis set, at week 24, the least-squares mean change from baseline in MG-ADL total score was –4·5 (SE ","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147731993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2026-04-18DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00548-9
François Gueyffier,Jim M Wright,Rémy Boussageon,Guillaume Grenet
{"title":"Meta-analyses of biased RCTs give biased results, even on individual data.","authors":"François Gueyffier,Jim M Wright,Rémy Boussageon,Guillaume Grenet","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00548-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00548-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"19 1","pages":"1511"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147719593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2026-04-18DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00715-4
Daniel Marchalik,Ethan Booker
{"title":"Demon Copperhead and the reach of social realism.","authors":"Daniel Marchalik,Ethan Booker","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00715-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00715-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"1 1","pages":"1503"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147719598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}