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Elderly and frail patients with multiple myeloma (MM) are more vulnerable to the toxicity of combination therapies, often resulting in treatment modifications and suboptimal outcomes. The phase 3 BOSTON study showed that once-weekly selinexor and bortezomib with low-dose dexamethasone (XVd) improved PFS and ORR compared with standard twice-weekly bortezomib and moderate-dose dexamethasone (Vd) in patients with previously treated MM. This is a retrospective subgroup analysis of the multicenter, prospective, randomized BOSTON trial. Post hoc analyses were performed to compare XVd versus Vd safety and efficacy according to age and frailty status (<65 and ≥65 years, nonfrail and frail). Patients ≥65 years with XVd had higher ORR (OR 1.77, p = .024), ≥VGPR (OR, 1.68, p = .027), PFS (HR 0.55, p = .002), and improved OS (HR 0.63, p = .030), compared with Vd. In frail patients, XVd was associated with a trend towards better PFS (HR 0.69, p = .08) and OS (HR 0.62, p = .062). Significant improvements were also observed in patients <65 (ORR and TTNT) and nonfrail patients (PFS, ORR, ≥VGPR, and TTNT). Patients treated with XVd had a lower incidence of grade ≥ 2 peripheral neuropathy in ≥65 year-old (22% vs. 37%; p = .0060) and frail patients (15% vs. 44%; p = .0002). Grade ≥3 TEAEs were not observed more often in older compared to younger patients, nor in frail compared to nonfrail patients. XVd is safe and effective in patients <65 and ≥65 and in nonfrail and frail patients with previously treated MM.

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Autozomálně dominantní polycystická choroba ledvin způsobená mutacemi PKD2 – prevalence, klinický průběh, spektrum mutací a prognóza

Postgraduální nefrologie. 2017 ; 15 (2) : 13.

ISSN 1214-178X
Medvik
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Keywords
mutace PDK2,
MeSH
Kidney Failure, Chronic etiology MeSH
Adult MeSH
Epidemiologic Studies MeSH
TRPP Cation Channels * genetics MeSH
Middle Aged MeSH
Humans MeSH
Multicenter Studies as Topic statistics & numerical data MeSH
Mutation * MeSH
Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant * diagnosis epidemiology etiology genetics MeSH
Prognosis MeSH
Disease Progression MeSH
Aged, 80 and over MeSH
Aged MeSH
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Adult MeSH
Middle Aged MeSH
Humans MeSH
Male MeSH
Aged, 80 and over MeSH
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Female MeSH

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Novinky u pneumonií: viry, kortikosteroidy a další

Fila, Libor, 1968-
Author Authority ORCID Pneumologická klinika, 2. LF UK a FN Motol, Praha

Studia pneumologica et phtiseologica. 2016 ; 76 (2) : 43-44.

Stud. pneumol. phtiseol.
ISSN 1213-810X
Medvik
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Worldwide Opinion on Multicenter Randomized Interventions Showing Mortality Reduction in Critically Ill Patients: A Democracy-Based Medicine Approach

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia. 2016 ; 30 (5) : 1386-95. [pub] 20160506

J Cardiovasc Vasc Anesth
ISSN 1532-8422
Medvik
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OBJECTIVES: Democracy-based medicine is a combination of evidence-based medicine (systematic review), expert assessment, and worldwide voting by physicians to express their opinions and self-reported practice via the Internet. The authors applied democracy-based medicine to key trials in critical care medicine. DESIGN AND SETTING: A systematic review of literature followed by web-based voting on findings of a consensus conference. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 555 clinicians from 61 countries. INTERVENTIONS: The authors performed a systematic literature review (via searching MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, and Embase) and selected all multicenter randomized clinical trials in critical care that reported a significant effect on survival and were endorsed by expert clinicians. Then they solicited voting and self-reported practice on such evidence via an interactive Internet questionnaire. Relationships among trial sample size, design, and respondents' agreement were investigated. The gap between agreement and use/avoidance and the influence of country origin on physicians' approach to interventions also were investigated. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: According to 24 multicenter randomized controlled trials, 15 interventions affecting mortality were identified. Wide variabilities in both the level of agreement and reported practice among different interventions and countries were found. Moreover, agreement and reported practice often did not coincide. Finally, a positive correlation among agreement, trial sample size, and number of included centers was found. On the contrary, trial design did not influence clinicians' agreement. CONCLUSIONS: Physicians' clinical practice and agreement with the literature vary among different interventions and countries. The role of these interventions in affecting survival should be further investigated to reduce both the gap between evidence and clinical practice and transnational differences.