{"title":"Missing Father.","authors":"Donna Pucciani","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.2918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.2918","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":"334 2","pages":"185"},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144585703","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}
Sailesh Kumar, William Tarnow-Mordi, Ben W Mol, Vicki Flenady, Helen G Liley, Nadia Badawi, Susan Walker, Jonathan Hyett, Anna Lene Seidler, Emily Callander, John Simes, Rachel L O'Connell
{"title":"Intrapartum Sildenafil to Improve Perinatal Outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Sailesh Kumar, William Tarnow-Mordi, Ben W Mol, Vicki Flenady, Helen G Liley, Nadia Badawi, Susan Walker, Jonathan Hyett, Anna Lene Seidler, Emily Callander, John Simes, Rachel L O'Connell","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.7710","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2025.7710","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Sildenafil citrate may increase uteroplacental blood flow. Its ability to reduce perinatal complications related to fetal hypoxia during labor is uncertain.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the effectiveness of intrapartum maternal oral sildenafil citrate vs placebo in improving perinatal outcomes potentially related to intrapartum hypoxia in term pregnancies.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This pragmatic, multicenter, investigator-initiated, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial including 3257 women was conducted in 13 Australian hospitals from September 6, 2021, to June 28, 2024. The last date of follow-up (28-day neonatal mortality) was July 26, 2024. Women aged 18 years or older with singleton or dichorionic twin pregnancies, planning vaginal birth at term by either spontaneous labor or induction of labor, were recruited.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Women were assigned to 50 mg oral sildenafil citrate every 8 hours up to 150 mg or equivalent placebo.</p><p><strong>Main outcome and measures: </strong>The primary composite outcome was intrapartum stillbirth, neonatal death, Apgar score less than 4 at 5 minutes (a score of <4 at 5 minutes is indicative of severe neonatal depression at birth, with scores ranging from 0 to 10), acidosis at birth (umbilical cord artery pH <7.0), hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, neonatal seizures, neonatal respiratory support for greater than 4 hours, neonatal unit admission for greater than 48 hours, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, or meconium aspiration syndrome. Secondary outcomes were the individual components of the primary composite and emergency cesarean delivery or instrumental birth for intrapartum fetal distress.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 3257 women were randomized to sildenafil citrate (n = 1626 women and 1634 infants) or placebo (n = 1631 women and 1641 infants). Mean (SD) maternal age and gestation at randomization were similar in both groups (31.7 [5.1] vs 31.5 [5.0] years and 39.5 [1.2] vs 39.5 [1.1] weeks, respectively). A total of 868 participants (53.4%) vs 874 participants (53.6%) were of Australia/New Zealand ethnicity and 315 participants (19.4%) vs 311 participants (19.1%) were of European ethnicity. Most participants were nulliparous (944 of 1624 [58.1%; 2 missing values] vs 966 of 1630 [59.3%; 1 missing value]). Induction of labor occurred in 1353 of 1621 women (83.5%) in the sildenafil citrate group and 1348 of 1627 women (82.9%) in the placebo group. The primary outcome occurred in 83 of 1625 women (5.1%) in the sildenafil citrate group and 84 of 1625 (5.2%) in the placebo group (relative risk, 1.02; 95% CI, 0.75-1.37). Sildenafil citrate had no significant effect on emergency cesarean delivery or instrumental vaginal birth for fetal distress (relative risk, 1.12; 95% CI, 0.98-1.29) or on any of the individual components of the primary outcome. Subgroup analyses showed ","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"149-159"},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12150225/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250961","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":"Effect of Medicaid Cuts on the Medical Care Ecosystem.","authors":"Mitchell H Katz","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.7535","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2025.7535","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"113-114"},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144163810","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":"Trauma-Informed Care.","authors":"Megan R Gerber, Angela Adger Antonikowski","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.6554","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2025.6554","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"173-174"},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250964","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":"Negative Pressure Dressings to Prevent Surgical Site Infection.","authors":"Wang Huang, Hao Sun","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.4324","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2025.4324","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"177-178"},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144200882","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":"Incorrect Immunoblot in Figure.","authors":"","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.9581","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2025.9581","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"184"},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12150221/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144259357","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":"Knowing Alzheimer Disease Risk May Reduce Lifestyle Change Motivation.","authors":"Samantha Anderer","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.7764","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2025.7764","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"12-13"},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144188500","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":"Illicit Opioid Use May Be More Prevalent Than Previously Estimated.","authors":"Samantha Anderer","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.7760","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2025.7760","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"12"},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144188499","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}
Timothy S Walsh, Richard A Parker, Leanne M Aitken, Cathrine A McKenzie, Lydia Emerson, Julia Boyd, Alix Macdonald, Gayle Beveridge, Annabel Giddings, David Hope, Sîan Irvine, Sharon Tuck, Nazir I Lone, Kalliopi Kydonaki, John Norrie, David Brealey, David Antcliffe, Michael Reay, Alan Williams, Jeremy Bewley, Benedict Creagh-Brown, Daniel F McAuley, Paul Dark, Matt P Wise, Anthony C Gordon, Gavin D Perkins, Michael C Reade, Bronagh Blackwood, Alasdair MacLullich, Robert Glen, Valerie J Page, Christopher J Weir
{"title":"Dexmedetomidine- or Clonidine-Based Sedation Compared With Propofol in Critically Ill Patients: The A2B Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Timothy S Walsh, Richard A Parker, Leanne M Aitken, Cathrine A McKenzie, Lydia Emerson, Julia Boyd, Alix Macdonald, Gayle Beveridge, Annabel Giddings, David Hope, Sîan Irvine, Sharon Tuck, Nazir I Lone, Kalliopi Kydonaki, John Norrie, David Brealey, David Antcliffe, Michael Reay, Alan Williams, Jeremy Bewley, Benedict Creagh-Brown, Daniel F McAuley, Paul Dark, Matt P Wise, Anthony C Gordon, Gavin D Perkins, Michael C Reade, Bronagh Blackwood, Alasdair MacLullich, Robert Glen, Valerie J Page, Christopher J Weir","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.7200","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2025.7200","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Whether α2-adrenergic receptor agonist-based sedation, compared with propofol-based sedation, reduces time to extubation in patients receiving mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU) is uncertain.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate whether dexmedetomidine- or clonidine-based sedation reduces duration of mechanical ventilation compared with propofol-based sedation (usual care).</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>Pragmatic, open-label randomized clinical trial conducted at 41 ICUs in the UK including adults who were within 48 hours of starting mechanical ventilation, were receiving propofol plus an opioid for sedation and analgesia, and were expected to require mechanical ventilation for 48 hours or longer. The median time from intubation to randomization was 21.0 (IQR, 13.2-31.3) hours. Recruitment occurred from December 2018 to October 2023; the last follow-up occurred on December 10, 2023.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>The bedside algorithms used targeted a Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale score of -2 to 1 (unless clinicians requested deeper sedation). The algorithms supported uptitration in the dexmedetomidine- and clonidine-based sedation intervention groups and supported downtitration for propofol-based sedation followed by sedation primarily with the allocated sedation (dexmedetomidine or clonidine). If required, supplemental use of propofol was permitted.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The primary outcome was time from randomization to successful extubation. The secondary outcomes included mortality, sedation quality, rates of delirium, and cardiovascular adverse events.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 1404 patients in the analysis population (mean age, 59.2 [SD, 14.9] years; 901 [64%] were male; and the mean APACHE II score was 20.3 [SD, 8.2]), the subdistribution hazard ratio (HR) for time to successful extubation was 1.09 (95% CI, 0.96-1.25; P = .20) for dexmedetomidine (n = 457) vs propofol (n = 471) and was 1.05 (95% CI, 0.95-1.17; P = .34) for clonidine (n = 476) vs propofol (n = 471). The median time from randomization to successful extubation was 136 (95% CI, 117-150) hours for dexmedetomidine, 146 (95% CI, 124-168) hours for clonidine, and 162 (95% CI, 136-170) hours for propofol. In the predefined subgroup analyses, there were no interactions with age, sepsis status, median Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, or median delirium risk score. Among the secondary outcomes, agitation occurred at a higher rate with dexmedetomidine vs propofol (risk ratio [RR], 1.54 [95% CI, 1.21-1.97]) and with clonidine vs propofol (RR, 1.55 [95% CI, 1.22-1.97]). Compared with propofol, the rates of severe bradycardia (heart rate <50/min) were higher with dexmedetomidine (RR, 1.62 [95% CI, 1.36-1.93]) and clonidine (RR, 1.58 [95% CI, 1.33-1.88]). Compared with propofol, mortality was similar over 180 days for dexmedetomidine (","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"32-45"},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12090071/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144210276","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}
Akshay S Desai, Adam D Karns, Jolita Badariene, Ahmad Aswad, Joel M Neutel, Farhana Kazi, Wansu Park, Daniel Stiglitz, Nune Makarova, Andrea Havasi, Dion H Zappe, Manish Saxena
{"title":"Add-On Treatment With Zilebesiran for Inadequately Controlled Hypertension: The KARDIA-2 Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Akshay S Desai, Adam D Karns, Jolita Badariene, Ahmad Aswad, Joel M Neutel, Farhana Kazi, Wansu Park, Daniel Stiglitz, Nune Makarova, Andrea Havasi, Dion H Zappe, Manish Saxena","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.6681","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2025.6681","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>In prior monotherapy studies of patients with hypertension, single subcutaneous doses of zilebesiran, an investigational RNA interference therapeutic, reduced serum angiotensinogen levels and systolic blood pressure (SBP) at 3 and 6 months.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the efficacy and safety of zilebesiran vs placebo when added to a standard antihypertensive medication.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This phase 2, randomized, prospective, double-blinded trial enrolled adults with uncontrolled hypertension from 150 sites across 8 countries between January 2022 and June 2023. The final follow-up date was December 11, 2023, and analyses were conducted on March 1, 2024.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Eligible patients were initially randomized in cohorts to receive open-label run-in treatment for at least 4 weeks with indapamide 2.5 mg, amlodipine 5 mg, or olmesartan 40 mg (4:7:10 randomization), each administered once daily. Within cohorts, adherent patients with 24-hour mean ambulatory SBP of 130 mm Hg to 160 mm Hg were subsequently randomized (1:1) to additional blinded treatment to receive single subcutaneous doses of zilebesiran 600 mg or matching placebo.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The primary end point in each cohort was the difference between zilebesiran and placebo in change from baseline in 24-hour mean ambulatory SBP at 3 months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 1491 patients entering the run-in phase, 663 (130 receiving indapamide, 240 receiving amlodipine, and 293 receiving olmesartan) were randomized to receive zilebesiran (n = 332) or placebo (n = 331). The least-squares mean difference between zilebesiran and placebo in change from baseline to 3 months in 24-hour mean ambulatory SBP was -12.1 mm Hg (95% CI, -16.5 to -7.6; P < .001) for indapamide, -9.7 mm Hg (95% CI, -12.9 to -6.6; P < .001) for amlodipine, and -4.5 mm Hg (95% CI, -8.2 to -0.8; P = .02) for olmesartan. Across cohorts, more patients who received zilebesiran than placebo experienced hyperkalemia (18 [5.5%] vs 6 [1.8%]), hypotension (14 [4.3%] vs 7 [2.1%]), and acute kidney failure (16 [4.9%] vs 5 [1.5%]) events, but most episodes were mild and resolved without medical intervention.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In patients with uncontrolled hypertension despite treatment with indapamide, amlodipine, or olmesartan, the addition of single-dose zilebesiran resulted in significant SBP reductions compared with placebo at 3 months, with low rates of serious adverse events.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05103332.</p>","PeriodicalId":54909,"journal":{"name":"Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"46-55"},"PeriodicalIF":63.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12120674/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144210273","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}