The LancetPub Date : 2025-10-02DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01815-x
Beverley Chalmers, Dana Solomon
{"title":"Actually empowering women during childbirth","authors":"Beverley Chalmers, Dana Solomon","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01815-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01815-x","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"214 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145209470","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 : 2025-10-02DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01967-1
Thirusha Naidu
{"title":"The gaze reversed: global health through local eyes | Seye Abimbola, The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health, IRD Éditions (2024), p. 150, Open access at https://www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/9782709930437/the-foreign-gaze, ISBN: 9782709930444","authors":"Thirusha Naidu","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01967-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01967-1","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145209465","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 : 2025-10-02DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)02001-x
Richard Horton
{"title":"Offline: Those one should not forgive","authors":"Richard Horton","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)02001-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)02001-x","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145209677","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 : 2025-10-02DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01970-1
{"title":"Department of Error","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01970-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01970-1","url":null,"abstract":"<em>Ochoa-Urrea M, Luo X, Vilella L, et al. Risk markers for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: an observational, prospective, multicentre cohort study.</em> Lancet <em>2025; <strong>406:</strong> 1497–507</em>—In figure 1, of this Article, the number of patients with seizures <10 s has been amended to 104. In figure 2B, the key and the row labels for number at risk have been corrected. In table 1, the third row under each of the headings Drug-resistant epilepsy and Cardiac comorbidities has been relabelled as Missing data. In the third paragraph of the Results, the numbers of patients used as denominators for the patient groups have been amended to correspond with the denominators presented in tables 1 and 2 and to account for missing data, and text has been added to the third sentence of the same paragraph to reflect this change. In table 2, under the heading Hypoxaemia severity, the denominators and percentages in the first row (SpO<sub>2</sub> signal available but no desaturation) and the denominators in the second (SpO<sub>2</sub> 75–89%) and third (SpO<sub>2</sub> <75%) rows of columns two (Overall) and three (Non-SUDEP) have been amended to account for missing data. In the first sentence of the Discussion, the number of person-years of follow-up has been changed to 7982. These corrections have been made to the online version as of Oct 2, 2025, and the printed version is correct.","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"114 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145209473","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 : 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01039-6
Jeremy Chataway, Thomas Williams, James Blackstone, Nevin John, Marie Braisher, Floriana De Angelis, Alessia Bianchi, Alberto Calvi, Anisha Doshi, Sean Apap Mangion, Charles Wade, Ekaterina Bordea, Rachel Merry, Gil Barton, Dawn Lyle, Elisabeth Jarman, Don Mahad, Abdullah Shehu, Tarunya Arun, Gavin McDonnell, Thomas Minton
{"title":"Effect of repurposed simvastatin on disability progression in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS-STAT2): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","authors":"Jeremy Chataway, Thomas Williams, James Blackstone, Nevin John, Marie Braisher, Floriana De Angelis, Alessia Bianchi, Alberto Calvi, Anisha Doshi, Sean Apap Mangion, Charles Wade, Ekaterina Bordea, Rachel Merry, Gil Barton, Dawn Lyle, Elisabeth Jarman, Don Mahad, Abdullah Shehu, Tarunya Arun, Gavin McDonnell, Thomas Minton","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01039-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01039-6","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>Despite the success of immune modulation in the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis, disability progression is a major problem driven by multiple mechanisms. Comorbidities (eg, vascular risk) and ageing are thought to augment these neurodegenerative pathologies. In the phase 2b MS-STAT trial of simvastatin (80 mg) versus placebo in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS), the adjusted difference in brain atrophy rate between groups was −0·254% per year: a 43% reduction. In this phase 3 MS-STAT2 trial, we aimed to assess the efficacy of simvastatin versus placebo in slowing the progression of disability in SPMS.<h3>Methods</h3>This phase 3, randomised, double-blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted at 31 neuroscience centres and district general hospitals in the UK. Participants aged 18–65 years with a diagnosis of SPMS and an Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) of between 4·0 and 6·5 were eligible and randomly assigned (1:1) to oral simvastatin (80 mg) or matched placebo for up to 4·5 years, based on a minimisation algorithm within an independent and secure online randomisation service. All participants, site investigators, and the trial coordinating team were masked to treatment allocation. The primary outcome was time to 6-month EDSS confirmed disability progression (an increase of at least 1 point if EDSS score at baseline visit was less than 6·0 or an increase of 0·5 point if EDSS score at baseline visit was 6·0 or more) assessed in all randomly assigned participants (intention-to-treat analysis) without imputation. 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>NCT03387670</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>) and is on the ISRCTN registry (ISRCTN82598726). The study is completed.<h3>Findings</h3>Between May 10, 2018, and July 26, 2024, 1079 patients were screened for eligibility and 964 participants were randomly assigned, with 482 (50%) in the placebo group and 482 (50%) in the simvastatin group. Of all 964 participants, 704 (73%) were female and 260 (27%) were male, with a mean age of 54 years (SD 7). 173 (36%) of 482 participants in the placebo group and 192 (40%) of 482 participants in the simvastatin group had 6-month confirmed disability progression (adjusted hazard ratio 1·13 [95% CI 0·91 to 1·39], p=0·26). Although no emergent safety issues were seen, there was one serious adverse reaction (rhabdomyolysis) in the simvastatin group. 12 (2%) of 482 participants in the placebo group and five (1%) of 482 participants in the simvastatin group had a cardiovascular s","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"101 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145203261","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 : 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01673-3
Massimo Filippi, Maria A Rocca
{"title":"MS-STAT2: lessons from negative trials in multiple sclerosis","authors":"Massimo Filippi, Maria A Rocca","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01673-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01673-3","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145203260","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 : 2025-09-29DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01625-3
Elliot Israel, Michael E Wechsler, David J Jackson, Wendy C Moore
{"title":"Anti-cytokine biologics for asthma in adults","authors":"Elliot Israel, Michael E Wechsler, David J Jackson, Wendy C Moore","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01625-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01625-3","url":null,"abstract":"An estimated 3–10% of patients with asthma are unable to reach full control with currently available inhaled therapies. In a large proportion of these patients, asthma can be driven in whole or in part by type 2 (T2) inflammation, which is usually initiated by an immunological response to stimulation at mucosal surfaces. The introduction of monoclonal antibodies, which target T2 inflammatory processes, provides important options for this population. In the past decade, five anticytokine biologics (ACBs) that block specific T2 inflammatory cytokines have been introduced. Three biologics, mepolizumab, reslizumab, and benralizumab, inhibit the IL-5 or IL-5 receptor pathway; dupilumab blocks IL-4 and IL-13 through its activity on the IL-4 receptor-alpha; and tezepelumab prevents activation of the thymic stromal lymphopoietin cytokine production cascade. These drugs reduce exacerbations and improve lung function and patient-reported asthma quality of life in individuals with a history of asthma exacerbations and evidence of T2 inflammation. Some also allow oral corticosteroid reduction or elimination in patients dependent on these therapies for asthma control. The effect of ACBs varies by the degree of T2 inflammation, which is most easily assessed by blood eosinophil counts and exhaled nitric oxide. The use of ACBs guided by these biomarkers and phenotypic characteristics of patients with severe asthma allows a personalised medicine approach that increases the likelihood of improvement.","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145188931","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 : 2025-09-28DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01150-x
Vanessa M McDonald
{"title":"Anti-inflammatory reliever therapy for children with asthma","authors":"Vanessa M McDonald","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01150-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01150-x","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145183312","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}