Category: Clinical Breakthroughs
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Documenting Curbside Consultations to Improve Patient Safety
Implementing a hospital-wide program for documenting informal clinician consultations improved patient safety through better communication and multi-disciplinary care in a pediatric healthcare system, according to a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Novel Wireless Sensor Monitors Progression of Soft Tissue Disorders
Northwestern scientists have developed a novel wireless sensor device that can continuously monitor skin elasticity in patients with soft tissue disorders including lymphedema and scleroderma, which can support early disease detection and better inform care strategies, as detailed in a study published in Science Advances.
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Blood Test Spots Hidden Pancreatic Cancer After Treatment
A highly sensitive blood test can detect traces of pancreatic cancer missed by standard testing, potentially helping physicians identify patients whose disease is more likely to return even when scans appear reassuring.
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Treating a Rare Form of Obesity Caused by Brain Injury
A rare condition that causes rapid, uncontrollable weight gain can now be treated, according to a recent phase 3 clinical trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Immunotherapy Shows Long-Term Promise in Aggressive Lymphoma
A leading-edge immunotherapy may extend survival for patients with one of the most aggressive forms of blood cancer, according to newly published five-year results from a major clinical trial in the journal Blood.
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Signaling Pathway May Help Predict Immunotherapy Response in Glioblastoma
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered a biological mechanism that helps explain why most patients with glioblastoma fail to respond to immunotherapy, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
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Northwestern Medicine Study Finds Lung Transplant Dramatically Improves Survival for Patients With Terminal Lung Cancer
A landmark study from the Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute, published in JAMA, suggests lung transplantation can significantly extend survival in select patients with advanced lung cancer.
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Combination Therapy Shows Promise in High-Risk Prostate Cancer, Study Finds
A large international clinical trial has found that adding the drug apalutamide to standard hormone therapy before and after prostate cancer surgery significantly improves outcomes for men with high-risk disease, according to details published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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New GLP-1 Drug Promotes Weight Loss in Obesity
A new strategy for delivering GLP-1 drugs to patients with obesity or who were overweight resulted in up to an 11 percent reduction in body weight after 36 weeks, according to a randomized phase II clinical trial published in Nature Medicine.
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Cryoprobe Improves Diagnostic Accuracy and Safety in Lung Biopsies
Transbronchial lung biopsy procedures performed with a 1.1 millimeter cryoprobe demonstrated higher diagnostic accuracy and safety than two-millimeter forceps in patients with lung nodules or masses and lung transplant, according to a recent randomized trial published in JAMA.
