Andreas Hochhaus, Jorge E Cortes, Timothy P Hughes
{"title":"Asciminib in Newly Diagnosed Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Reply.","authors":"Andreas Hochhaus, Jorge E Cortes, Timothy P Hughes","doi":"10.1056/NEJMc2412813","DOIUrl":"10.1056/NEJMc2412813","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"391 23","pages":"2275-2276"},"PeriodicalIF":96.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142814625","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}
Alicia Casey, Vandana L Madhavan, Evan J Zucker, Jocelyn R Farmer
{"title":"Case 39-2024: A 30-Month-Old Boy with Recurrent Fever.","authors":"Alicia Casey, Vandana L Madhavan, Evan J Zucker, Jocelyn R Farmer","doi":"10.1056/NEJMcpc2402490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcpc2402490","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"391 23","pages":"2256-2265"},"PeriodicalIF":96.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142814831","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}
Jonas Hugosson, Rebecka Arnsrud Godtman, Johan Stranne
{"title":"Four Years of Screening for Prostate Cancer with PSA and MRI. Reply.","authors":"Jonas Hugosson, Rebecka Arnsrud Godtman, Johan Stranne","doi":"10.1056/NEJMc2413296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2413296","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"391 23","pages":"2274"},"PeriodicalIF":96.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142814904","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":"Pomalidomide in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. Reply.","authors":"Hanny Al-Samkari, Sonya M Thomas, Keith R McCrae","doi":"10.1056/NEJMc2413110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2413110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"391 23","pages":"2278-2279"},"PeriodicalIF":96.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142814915","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":"Pleural Plaques from Secondhand Asbestos Exposure.","authors":"Shawn Chillag, Richard Scott Morehead","doi":"10.1056/NEJMicm2313725","DOIUrl":"10.1056/NEJMicm2313725","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"2255"},"PeriodicalIF":96.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142803547","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":"The Art and Science of Managing Stable Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing TAVI.","authors":"Rishi Puri","doi":"10.1056/NEJMe2411216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMe2411216","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"391 23","pages":"2267-2268"},"PeriodicalIF":96.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142814923","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}
Jacob Lønborg, Reza Jabbari, Muhammad Sabbah, Karsten T Veien, Matti Niemelä, Phillip Freeman, Rickard Linder, Dan Ioanes, Christian J Terkelsen, Olli A Kajander, Sasha Koul, Mikko Savontaus, Pasi Karjalainen, Andrejs Erglis, Mikko Minkkinen, Rikke Sørensen, Hans-Henrik Tilsted, Lene Holmvang, Gintautas Bieliauskas, Julia Ellert, Jarkko Piuhola, Ashkan Eftekhari, Oskar Angerås, Andreas Rück, Evald H Christiansen, Troels Jørgensen, Burcu T Özbek, Charlotte Glinge, Lars Søndergaard, Ole De Backer, Thomas Engstrøm
{"title":"PCI in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation.","authors":"Jacob Lønborg, Reza Jabbari, Muhammad Sabbah, Karsten T Veien, Matti Niemelä, Phillip Freeman, Rickard Linder, Dan Ioanes, Christian J Terkelsen, Olli A Kajander, Sasha Koul, Mikko Savontaus, Pasi Karjalainen, Andrejs Erglis, Mikko Minkkinen, Rikke Sørensen, Hans-Henrik Tilsted, Lene Holmvang, Gintautas Bieliauskas, Julia Ellert, Jarkko Piuhola, Ashkan Eftekhari, Oskar Angerås, Andreas Rück, Evald H Christiansen, Troels Jørgensen, Burcu T Özbek, Charlotte Glinge, Lars Søndergaard, Ole De Backer, Thomas Engstrøm","doi":"10.1056/NEJMoa2401513","DOIUrl":"10.1056/NEJMoa2401513","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The benefit of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with stable coronary artery disease and severe aortic stenosis who are undergoing transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) remains unclear.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In an international trial, we randomly assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis and at least one coronary-artery stenosis with a fractional flow reserve of 0.80 or less or a diameter stenosis of at least 90% either to undergo PCI or to receive conservative treatment, with all patients also undergoing TAVI. The primary end point was a major adverse cardiac event, defined as a composite of death from any cause, myocardial infarction, or urgent revascularization. Safety, including bleeding events and procedural complications, was assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 455 patients underwent randomization: 227 to the PCI group and 228 to the conservative-treatment group. The median age of the patients was 82 years (interquartile range, 78 to 85), and the median Society of Thoracic Surgeons-Predicted Risk of Mortality score (on a scale from 0 to 100%, with higher scores indicating a greater risk of death within 30 days after the procedure) was 3% (interquartile range, 2 to 4). At a median follow-up of 2 years (interquartile range, 1 to 4), a major adverse cardiac event (primary end point) had occurred in 60 patients (26%) in the PCI group and in 81 (36%) in the conservative-treatment group (hazard ratio, 0.71; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.51 to 0.99; P = 0.04). A bleeding event occurred in 64 patients (28%) in the PCI group and in 45 (20%) in the conservative-treatment group (hazard ratio, 1.51; 95% CI, 1.03 to 2.22). In the PCI group, 7 patients (3%) had PCI procedure-related complications.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Among patients with coronary artery disease who were undergoing TAVI, PCI was associated with a lower risk of a composite of death from any cause, myocardial infarction, or urgent revascularization at a median follow-up of 2 years than conservative treatment. (Funded by Boston Scientific and the Danish Heart Foundation; NOTION-3 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03058627.).</p>","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"2189-2200"},"PeriodicalIF":96.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114862","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}
Marianna Fontana, Scott D Solomon, Jessica Kachadourian, Liron Walsh, Ricardo Rocha, David Lebwohl, Derek Smith, Jörg Täubel, Edward J Gane, Björn Pilebro, David Adams, Yousuf Razvi, Joy Olbertz, Alexandra Haagensen, Peijuan Zhu, Yuanxin Xu, Adia Leung, Alison Sonderfan, David E Gutstein, Julian D Gillmore
{"title":"CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing with Nexiguran Ziclumeran for ATTR Cardiomyopathy.","authors":"Marianna Fontana, Scott D Solomon, Jessica Kachadourian, Liron Walsh, Ricardo Rocha, David Lebwohl, Derek Smith, Jörg Täubel, Edward J Gane, Björn Pilebro, David Adams, Yousuf Razvi, Joy Olbertz, Alexandra Haagensen, Peijuan Zhu, Yuanxin Xu, Adia Leung, Alison Sonderfan, David E Gutstein, Julian D Gillmore","doi":"10.1056/NEJMoa2412309","DOIUrl":"10.1056/NEJMoa2412309","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a progressive, often fatal disease. Nexiguran ziclumeran (nex-z) is an investigational therapy based on CRISPR-Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats and associated Cas9 endonuclease) targeting the gene encoding transthyretin (<i>TTR</i>).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this phase 1, open-label trial, we administered a single intravenous infusion of nex-z to patients with ATTR-CM. Primary objectives included assessment of the effect of nex-z on safety and pharmacodynamics, including the serum TTR level. Secondary end points included changes in N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels, the 6-minute walk distance, and the New York Heart Association (NYHA) class.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 36 patients received nex-z and completed at least 12 months of follow-up. Of these patients, 50% were in NYHA class III and 31% had variant ATTR-CM. The mean percent change from baseline in the serum TTR level was -89% (95% confidence interval [CI], -92 to -87) at 28 days and -90% (95% CI, -93 to -87) at 12 months. Adverse events were reported in 34 patients. Five had transient infusion-related reactions, and two had transient liver-enzyme elevations that were assessed as treatment-related. Serious adverse events, most of which were consistent with ATTR-CM, were reported in 14 patients. The geometric mean factor change from baseline to month 12 was 1.02 (95% CI, 0.88 to 1.17) in the NT-proBNP level and 0.95 (95% CI, 0.89 to 1.01) in the high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T level. The median change from baseline to month 12 in the 6-minute walk distance was 5 m (interquartile range, -33 to 49). A total of 92% of the patients had either improvement or no change in their NYHA class.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this phase 1 study involving patients with ATTR-CM, treatment with a single dose of nex-z was associated with transient infusion-related reactions and consistent, rapid, and durable reductions in serum TTR levels. (Funded by Intellia Therapeutics and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04601051.).</p>","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"2231-2241"},"PeriodicalIF":96.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142648956","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":"Asciminib in Newly Diagnosed Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.","authors":"Nathan Punwani","doi":"10.1056/NEJMc2412813","DOIUrl":"10.1056/NEJMc2412813","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":"391 23","pages":"2275"},"PeriodicalIF":96.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142814621","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}
Bindu Kanapuru, Theresa Carioti, Nicole Gormley, Richard Pazdur
{"title":"Autopsy of a Drug Withdrawal - The Case of Melphalan Flufenamide.","authors":"Bindu Kanapuru, Theresa Carioti, Nicole Gormley, Richard Pazdur","doi":"10.1056/NEJMp2412068","DOIUrl":"10.1056/NEJMp2412068","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54725,"journal":{"name":"New England Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"2177-2179"},"PeriodicalIF":96.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142803539","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}