Progression-Free Survival of Daratumumab Versus Bortezomib Triplet Combination With Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone in Transplant Ineligible Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: TAURUS Chart Review Study.

BACKGROUND: Daratumumab, lenalidomide and dexamethasone (DRd) and bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone (VRd) are preferred regimens for transplant ineligible (TIE) patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM). Both DRd and VRd demonstrated superior efficacy versus Rd in the MAIA and SWOG S0777 trials, respectively, but there is no head-to-head (H2H) clinical trial comparing their efficacy. Differing populations in the MAIA and S0777 trials make an unadjusted comparison of outcomes challenging and biased. The current TAURUS study is the first real-world H2H study comparing progression-free survival (PFS) among TIE NDMM patients treated with DRd or VRd as first-line (1L) in similar clinical settings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A multicenter chart review study was conducted at nine sites across the United States. All TIE patients treated with DRd and a randomly selected population of VRd patients were included. TIE NDMM patients aged ≥65 were included if they initiated 1L DRd/VRd between January 2019 and September 2021. PFS was defined as the time from DRd/VRd initiation until disease progression or death. A doubly-robust multivariable Cox regression model combined with inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) methodology was used to compare PFS between cohorts. RESULTS: Weighted cohorts comprised 91 DRd and 87 VRd patients. Thirteen DRd and 24 VRd patients experienced progression/death. Patients treated with DRd had a lower risk of progression/death versus VRd (adjusted hazard ratio: 0.35, 95% confidence interval: [0.17; 0.73]). CONCLUSION: DRd is associated with a significantly lower risk of disease progression or death compared to VRd as 1L treatment for TIE NDMM patients.

Arritmia cardiaca com uso de oxamniquine oral no tratamento de esquistossomose mansonica / Cardiac arrhytmia with oral oxamniquine in the treatment of schistosomiasis mansoni

Os autores relatam caso clinico de paciente com esquistossomose mansonica, tratado com oxamniquine oral em dose unica de 15mg/Kg, que apresenta como efeito colateral um bloqueio atrio-ventricular incompleto tipo Mobitz I, com parada sinusal e escape ventricular. Concluem que, apesar de a oxamniquine ser eficaz e segura, pode ser determinante de cardiotoxicidade.

Propsotas de atividades em monitoria na disciplina de semiologia médica / Propositions of monitors activities in Physical Diagnosis

Neste trabalho o autor apresenta e discute algumas propostas de atividades de monitoria em semiologia médica, salientando a importância da participaçäo estudantil na potencializaçäo da aprendizagem e na evoluçäo do ensino médico. É enfatizado um sistema dinâmico de instruçäo-aprendizagem, supervisionado por docente orientador, que objetiva uma formaçäo global do aluno, através de estímulo ao aprendizado de semiologia médica