{"title":"Setmelanotide for the Treatment of Acquired Hypothalamic Obesity. Reply.","authors":"Christian L Roth, Jennifer L Miller","doi":"10.1056/NEJMc2610994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2610994","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"395 15","pages":"1563-1564"},"PeriodicalIF":84.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149186222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chemotherapy-free Treatment of Ph-Positive ALL.","authors":"Adele K Fielding","doi":"10.1056/NEJMe2610489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMe2610489","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"395 15","pages":"1542-1544"},"PeriodicalIF":84.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149186268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Allan E Pineda, Jad S Husseini, Edwin Choy, Hugh G Auchincloss, Ganesh M Shankar, Frances J Hayes, Valentina Zanfagnin
{"title":"Case 29-2026: A 39-Year-Old Man with Abdominal Pain, Foot Drop, and a Spinal Mass.","authors":"Allan E Pineda, Jad S Husseini, Edwin Choy, Hugh G Auchincloss, Ganesh M Shankar, Frances J Hayes, Valentina Zanfagnin","doi":"10.1056/NEJMcpc2603183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcpc2603183","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"395 15","pages":"1530-1539"},"PeriodicalIF":84.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149186239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extended DAPT for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease. Reply.","authors":"Jinwei Tian, Gregg W Stone, Bo Yu","doi":"10.1056/NEJMc2610855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2610855","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"395 15","pages":"1561"},"PeriodicalIF":84.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149186290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Setmelanotide for the Treatment of Acquired Hypothalamic Obesity.","authors":"Qifeng Ou, Juyu Tang","doi":"10.1056/NEJMc2610994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2610994","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"395 15","pages":"1563"},"PeriodicalIF":84.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149186233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liesbeth Van Wesenbeeck, Freya Rasschaert, Kristen K Pierce, Guillermo Herrera-Taracena, Beulah P Sabundayo, Annemie Buelens, Patricia Lutton, Veerle Van Eygen, Megan McKnight, Kim De Clerck, Isabel Fetter, Xi Fang, Nele Goeyvaerts, Kathleen Callewaert, Sarah Sampson, Jeffrey Mayfield, Oliver Lenz, Sandra De Meyer, Thomas N Kakuda, Helen He, Emérito Amaro-Carambot, Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, Marya Carmolli, Marnix Van Loock, Stephen S Whitehead, Anna P Durbin
{"title":"Once-Weekly Mosnodenvir as Dengue Prophylaxis in a Human Infection Model.","authors":"Liesbeth Van Wesenbeeck, Freya Rasschaert, Kristen K Pierce, Guillermo Herrera-Taracena, Beulah P Sabundayo, Annemie Buelens, Patricia Lutton, Veerle Van Eygen, Megan McKnight, Kim De Clerck, Isabel Fetter, Xi Fang, Nele Goeyvaerts, Kathleen Callewaert, Sarah Sampson, Jeffrey Mayfield, Oliver Lenz, Sandra De Meyer, Thomas N Kakuda, Helen He, Emérito Amaro-Carambot, Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, Marya Carmolli, Marnix Van Loock, Stephen S Whitehead, Anna P Durbin","doi":"10.1056/NEJMc2516395","DOIUrl":"10.1056/NEJMc2516395","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"395 15","pages":"1553-1555"},"PeriodicalIF":84.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13671277/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149186271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extended DAPT for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease.","authors":"Robert W Yeh, Eric A Secemsky, David J Cohen","doi":"10.1056/NEJMc2610855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2610855","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"395 15","pages":"1559-1560"},"PeriodicalIF":84.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149186293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sabina Chiaretti, Alfonso Piciocchi, Cristina Skert, Matteo Leoncin, Erika Borlenghi, Chiara Cattaneo, Mariangela Di Trani, Loredana Elia, Giada Almici, Deborah Cardinali, Francesca Kaiser, Federico Lussana, Paolo Fabio Fiumara, Cinzia Maugeri, Caterina Alati, Massimo Martino, Michela Ansuinelli, Giulia Lucco Navei, Daniele Mattei, Stefano Soddu, Monica Messina, Martina R Marino, Valentina Mancini, Patrizia Chiusolo, Barbara Scappini, Maria P Martelli, Prassede Salutari, Marco Cerrano, Bianca Serio, Antonella Cucca, Mario Luppi, Lara Pochintesta, Crescenza Pasciolla, Claudio Romani, Federico Mosna, Massimiliano Bonifacio, Ilaria Tanasi, Nicola S Fracchiolla, Monica Bocchia, Silvia Imbergamo, Catello Califano, Giuseppe R Nunziata, Mario Annunziata, Antonino Mulé, Patrizia Zappasodi, Sara Mastaglio, Sara Butera, Matteo G Della Porta, Ferdinando Porretto, Monia Lunghi, Eleonora De Bellis, Elisabetta Todisco, Claudia M Basilico, Paola Fazi, Alessandro Rambaldi, Renato Bassan, Robin Foà
{"title":"Ponatinib-Blinatumomab or Imatinib-Chemotherapy for Adult Ph-Positive ALL.","authors":"Sabina Chiaretti, Alfonso Piciocchi, Cristina Skert, Matteo Leoncin, Erika Borlenghi, Chiara Cattaneo, Mariangela Di Trani, Loredana Elia, Giada Almici, Deborah Cardinali, Francesca Kaiser, Federico Lussana, Paolo Fabio Fiumara, Cinzia Maugeri, Caterina Alati, Massimo Martino, Michela Ansuinelli, Giulia Lucco Navei, Daniele Mattei, Stefano Soddu, Monica Messina, Martina R Marino, Valentina Mancini, Patrizia Chiusolo, Barbara Scappini, Maria P Martelli, Prassede Salutari, Marco Cerrano, Bianca Serio, Antonella Cucca, Mario Luppi, Lara Pochintesta, Crescenza Pasciolla, Claudio Romani, Federico Mosna, Massimiliano Bonifacio, Ilaria Tanasi, Nicola S Fracchiolla, Monica Bocchia, Silvia Imbergamo, Catello Califano, Giuseppe R Nunziata, Mario Annunziata, Antonino Mulé, Patrizia Zappasodi, Sara Mastaglio, Sara Butera, Matteo G Della Porta, Ferdinando Porretto, Monia Lunghi, Eleonora De Bellis, Elisabetta Todisco, Claudia M Basilico, Paola Fazi, Alessandro Rambaldi, Renato Bassan, Robin Foà","doi":"10.1056/NEJMoa2606208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2606208","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The outcome of Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph-positive ALL) has greatly improved with the use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors and immunotherapy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this trial, we randomly assigned adult patients with Ph-positive ALL in a 2:1 ratio to receive ponatinib plus blinatumomab (intervention group) or imatinib plus chemotherapy (control group) as frontline treatment. A crossover to the intervention group was allowed for patients with persistence or reappearance of measurable residual disease in the control group. The primary end point was event-free survival.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 236 patients underwent randomization: 158 to the intervention group and 78 to the control group. The median age of the patients was 55 years (range, 24 to 82). At a median follow-up of 23.7 months, the estimated 24-month event-free survival was 86% in the intervention group and 67% in the control group (P<0.001). Survival with no measurable residual disease was 68% and 42%, respectively. At the end of induction, a complete hematologic response was observed in 94% of the patients in the intervention group and in 79% of those in the control group. After blinatumomab consolidation, a molecular response was observed in 71% and 49% of the patients, respectively. After crossover to the intervention group, 20 of 31 patients (64%) had a molecular response. Overall survival was 90% in the intervention group and 85% in the control group. The cumulative incidence of relapse was 5% and 13%, respectively. As of this report, only 19% of the patients in the intervention group had undergone hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation after having had a first complete hematologic response.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this phase 3 trial, a frontline chemotherapy-free targeted and immunotherapeutic approach was superior to the use of imatinib and chemotherapy. (Funded by Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro and others; GIMEMA ALL2820 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04722848.).</p>","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"395 15","pages":"1483-1494"},"PeriodicalIF":84.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149186240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria T Abreu, Britta Siegmund, Lindsey Surace, Ngozi Erondu, Minhu Chen, Karen Chachu, Edouard Louis, Katsuyoshi Matsuoka, Jimmy Limdi, Edmund Arthur, Nicole Houck, Colleen Marano, Marion L Vetter, Bin Zou, Joyce Zhan, Mary Ellen Frustaci, Arun K Kannan, Grazyna Rydzewska, Edward V Loftus, Vipul Jairath
{"title":"Phase 2 Trial of Icotrokinra for Patients with Ulcerative Colitis.","authors":"Maria T Abreu, Britta Siegmund, Lindsey Surace, Ngozi Erondu, Minhu Chen, Karen Chachu, Edouard Louis, Katsuyoshi Matsuoka, Jimmy Limdi, Edmund Arthur, Nicole Houck, Colleen Marano, Marion L Vetter, Bin Zou, Joyce Zhan, Mary Ellen Frustaci, Arun K Kannan, Grazyna Rydzewska, Edward V Loftus, Vipul Jairath","doi":"10.1056/NEJMoa2604435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2604435","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Monoclonal antibodies targeting the interleukin-23 pathway are effective in treating inflammatory bowel disease. However, these therapies must be administered intravenously or by subcutaneous injection.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a phase 2b, double-blind, randomized trial of oral icotrokinra, a peptide that blocks the interleukin-23 receptor, in adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis. Participants were assigned to receive icotrokinra at a once-daily dose of 400 mg, 200 mg, or 100 mg or placebo. The primary end point was clinical response at week 12. Secondary end points included clinical remission, remission of symptoms, and endoscopic improvement at week 12.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 252 participants underwent randomization: 63 were assigned to the 400-mg group, 62 to the 200-mg group, 64 to the 100-mg group, and 63 to the placebo group. All the doses of icotrokinra were superior to placebo with respect to a clinical response at week 12, which occurred in 63% of the participants in the 400-mg group, 58% in the 200-mg group, and 55% in the 100-mg group, as compared with 27% in the placebo group (P<0.001 for all comparisons with placebo). The percentage of participants with clinical remission at week 12 was also significantly higher in the 400-mg group than in the placebo group (30% vs. 11%, P = 0.006), as were the percentage of participants with symptomatic remission (46% vs. 19%, P<0.001) and the percentage of participants with endoscopic improvement (37% vs. 14%, P = 0.002). Clinical remission at week 12 occurred in 24% of the participants in the 200-mg group (P = 0.054 for the comparison with placebo); in accordance with the fixed-sequence testing procedure to account for multiple comparisons, no further formal testing of secondary end points was conducted. Through week 28, the percentage of participants with adverse events was 60% in the 400-mg group, 66% in the 200-mg group, 66% in the 100-mg group, and 62% in the placebo group. For serious adverse events, the percentages were 2%, 5%, 0%, and 10%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Among participants with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis, a clinical response at week 12 was significantly more common with once-daily oral icotrokinra at each of three tested doses than with placebo. (Funded by Johnson & Johnson; ANTHEM-UC ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT06049017.).</p>","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"395 15","pages":"1495-1504"},"PeriodicalIF":84.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149186308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}