JAMAPub Date : 2024-09-12DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.16359
Grace Y Kim,Peter Gibbs
{"title":"Cancer Stage vs Mortality End Points in Randomized Clinical Trials of Cancer Screening.","authors":"Grace Y Kim,Peter Gibbs","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.16359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.16359","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142174827","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}
JAMAPub Date : 2024-09-12DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.16026
Grace A Lin,Janet M Coffman,Kathryn A Phillips
{"title":"State Biomarker Testing Insurance Coverage Laws-Reply.","authors":"Grace A Lin,Janet M Coffman,Kathryn A Phillips","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.16026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.16026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142174829","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}
JAMAPub Date : 2024-09-12DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.15050
Charles McMahon
{"title":"Toward Understanding","authors":"Charles McMahon","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.15050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.15050","url":null,"abstract":"In this narrative medicine essay, a gastroenterologist learns of his 34-year-old brother’s stroke in Oslo and struggles to understand how such a young, healthy man could have a stroke while exercising.","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142174981","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}
{"title":"Tenecteplase vs Alteplase for Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: The ORIGINAL Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Xia Meng,Shuya Li,Hongguo Dai,Guozhi Lu,Weiwei Wang,Fengyuan Che,Yu Geng,Minghui Sun,Xiyan Li,Hao Li,Yongjun Wang","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.14721","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.14721","url":null,"abstract":"ImportanceTenecteplase is a bioengineered variant of alteplase with greater fibrin specificity and a longer half-life, allowing single-bolus administration. Evidence on the treatment effect of tenecteplase 0.25 mg/kg in Chinese patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is limited.ObjectiveTo establish the noninferiority of tenecteplase to alteplase in patients with AIS within 4.5 hours of symptom onset.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThe ORIGINAL study was a multicenter, active-controlled, parallel-group, randomized, open-label, blinded end point, noninferiority trial conducted between July 14, 2021, and July 14, 2023. Participants were recruited from 55 neurology clinics and stroke centers in China and were eligible if they had AIS with a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score of 1 to 25 with measurable neurologic deficit and were symptomatic for at least 30 minutes without significant improvement.InterventionsPatients were randomized (1:1) within 4.5 hours of symptom onset to receive intravenous tenecteplase (0.25 mg/kg) or intravenous alteplase (0.9 mg/kg).Main Outcomes and MeasuresThe primary outcome was the proportion of patients with a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of 0 or 1 (no symptoms or no significant disability) at day 90, tested for noninferiority (risk ratio [RR] margin, 0.937). Safety end points included symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (per European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study III definition) and 90-day all-cause mortality.ResultsAmong the 1489 patients randomized, 1465 patients were included in the full analysis set (732 in the tenecteplase group; 733 in the alteplase group) and 446 (30.4%) were female. The primary outcome occurred in 72.7% (532/732) of patients receiving tenecteplase and 70.3% (515/733) receiving alteplase (RR, 1.03 [95% CI, 0.97-1.09]; noninferiority threshold met). Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage occurred in 9 patients (1.2%) in each group (RR, 1.01 [95% CI, 0.37-2.70]). The 90-day mortality rate was 4.6% (34/732) in the tenecteplase group and 5.8% (43/736) in the alteplase group (RR, 0.80 [95% CI, 0.51-1.23]).Conclusions and RelevanceIn patients with AIS eligible for intravenous thrombolysis within 4.5 hours after stroke onset, tenecteplase was noninferior to alteplase with respect to excellent functional outcome (mRS score of 0 or 1) at 90 days and had a similar safety profile. Findings from this study support tenecteplase as a suitable alternative to alteplase in this setting.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04915729.","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142174824","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}
JAMAPub Date : 2024-09-12DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.15296
K Casey Lion,Yu-Hsiang Lin,Theresa Kim
{"title":"Artificial Intelligence for Language Translation: The Equity Is in the Details.","authors":"K Casey Lion,Yu-Hsiang Lin,Theresa Kim","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.15296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.15296","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142174825","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}
JAMAPub Date : 2024-09-12DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.16365
Hilary A Robbins,Xiaoshuang Feng,Ruth Etzioni
{"title":"Cancer Stage vs Mortality End Points in Randomized Clinical Trials of Cancer Screening.","authors":"Hilary A Robbins,Xiaoshuang Feng,Ruth Etzioni","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.16365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.16365","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142174828","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}
JAMAPub Date : 2024-09-12DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.16362
Tianyu Wang,Danxue He,Quanyong Yi
{"title":"Cancer Stage vs Mortality End Points in Randomized Clinical Trials of Cancer Screening.","authors":"Tianyu Wang,Danxue He,Quanyong Yi","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.16362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.16362","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142174647","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}
JAMAPub Date : 2024-09-11DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.13964
Joseph A Greer,Jennifer S Temel,Areej El-Jawahri,Simone Rinaldi,Mihir Kamdar,Elyse R Park,Nora K Horick,Kedie Pintro,Dustin J Rabideau,Lee Schwamm,Josephine Feliciano,Isaac Chua,Konstantinos Leventakos,Stacy M Fischer,Toby C Campbell,Michael W Rabow,Finly Zachariah,Laura C Hanson,Sara F Martin,Maria Silveira,Laura Shoemaker,Marie Bakitas,Jessica Bauman,Lori Spoozak,Carl Grey,Leslie Blackhall,Kimberly Curseen,Sean O'Mahony,Melanie M Smith,Ramona Rhodes,Amelia Cullinan,Vicki Jackson,
{"title":"Telehealth vs In-Person Early Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Joseph A Greer,Jennifer S Temel,Areej El-Jawahri,Simone Rinaldi,Mihir Kamdar,Elyse R Park,Nora K Horick,Kedie Pintro,Dustin J Rabideau,Lee Schwamm,Josephine Feliciano,Isaac Chua,Konstantinos Leventakos,Stacy M Fischer,Toby C Campbell,Michael W Rabow,Finly Zachariah,Laura C Hanson,Sara F Martin,Maria Silveira,Laura Shoemaker,Marie Bakitas,Jessica Bauman,Lori Spoozak,Carl Grey,Leslie Blackhall,Kimberly Curseen,Sean O'Mahony,Melanie M Smith,Ramona Rhodes,Amelia Cullinan,Vicki Jackson,","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.13964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.13964","url":null,"abstract":"ImportanceNumerous studies show that early palliative care improves quality of life and other key outcomes in patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers, although most lack access to this evidence-based model of care.ObjectiveTo evaluate whether delivering early palliative care via secure video vs in-person visits has an equivalent effect on quality of life in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Design, Setting, and ParticipantsRandomized, multisite, comparative effectiveness trial from June 14, 2018, to May 4, 2023, at 22 US cancer centers among 1250 patients within 12 weeks of diagnosis of advanced NSCLC and 548 caregivers.InterventionParticipants were randomized to meet with a specialty-trained palliative care clinician every 4 weeks either via video visit or in person in the outpatient clinic from the time of enrollment and throughout the course of disease. The video visit group had an initial in-person visit to establish rapport, followed by subsequent virtual visits.Main Outcomes and MeasuresEquivalence of the effect of video visit vs in-person early palliative care on quality of life at week 24 per the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung questionnaire (equivalence margin of ±4 points; score range: 0-136, with higher scores indicating better quality of life). Participants completed study questionnaires at enrollment and at weeks 12, 24, 36, and 48.ResultsBy 24 weeks, participants (mean age, 65.5 years; 54.0% women; 82.7% White) had a mean of 4.7 (video) and 4.9 (in-person) early palliative care encounters. Patient-reported quality-of-life scores were equivalent between groups (video mean, 99.7 vs in-person mean, 97.7; difference, 2.0 [90% CI, 0.1-3.9]; P = .04 for equivalence). Rate of caregiver participation in visits was lower for video vs in-person early palliative care (36.6% vs 49.7%; P < .001). Study groups did not differ in caregiver quality of life, patient coping, or patient and caregiver satisfaction with care, mood symptoms, or prognostic perceptions.Conclusions and RelevanceThe delivery of early palliative care virtually vs in person demonstrated equivalent effects on quality of life in patients with advanced NSCLC, underscoring the considerable potential for improving access to this evidence-based care model through telehealth delivery.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03375489.","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142170773","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}
JAMAPub Date : 2024-09-11DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.16862
Xiao Xu, Ling Chen, Vrunda B. Desai, Cary P. Gross, Craig Evan Pollack, Peter E. Schwartz, Jason D. Wright
{"title":"Tubal Sterilization Rates by State Abortion Laws After the Dobbs Decision","authors":"Xiao Xu, Ling Chen, Vrunda B. Desai, Cary P. Gross, Craig Evan Pollack, Peter E. Schwartz, Jason D. Wright","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.16862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.16862","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines whether the use of sterilization procedures changed after the <jats:italic>Dobbs</jats:italic> ruling by restrictiveness of state abortion laws.","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142170774","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}