Evaluating Generalizability of Oncology Trial Results to Real-World Patients Using Machine Learning-Based Trial Emulations

Evaluation of the Generalizability of Oncology Trial Results Using Machine Learning-Based Trial Emulations Academic Background Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for evaluating the efficacy of anti-cancer drugs, but their results often cannot be directly generalized to real-world oncology patients. RCTs typically employ stric...

Clinicogenomic Landscape of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Identifies KRAS Mutant Dosage as Prognostic of Overall Survival

Clinicogenomic Landscape of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: The Prognostic Role of KRAS Mutation Dosage Academic Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most common histological type of pancreatic cancer, is the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality and has the lowest five-year survival rate among all cancer types. Over ...

High-Efficiency Base Editing in the Retina of Primates and Human Tissues

High-precision Base Editing Technology in Primates and Human Retina Research Background Stargardt disease is a currently untreatable, inherited neurodegenerative disease that leads to macular degeneration and blindness due to loss-of-function mutations in the ABCA4 gene. The protein encoded by the ABCA4 gene is a membrane lipid flippase localized i...

Reduced-Energy Diet in Women with Gestational Diabetes: The Dietary Intervention in Gestational Diabetes DIGEST Randomized Clinical Trial

Research Report on Low-Energy Diet Intervention in Gestational Diabetes Academic Background Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is a form of diabetes diagnosed for the first time during pregnancy, with a global incidence rate of approximately 6-15%. GDM not only increases the risk of short-term complications for both mothers and fetuses, such as la...

Management of High-Risk Acute Pulmonary Embolism: An Emulated Target Trial Analysis

Target Trial Emulation Analysis for the Management of High-Risk Acute Pulmonary Embolism Background Introduction Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening cardiovascular disease affecting more than 35 people per 100,000 annually. Approximately 5% of PE patients present with persistent hypotension, cardiogenic shock, or cardiac arrest, oft...

Ventilation Practices in Acute Brain Injured Patients and Association with Outcomes: The Ventibrain Multicenter Observational Study

Academic Report on “Ventilation Practices in Acute Brain Injured Patients and Association with Outcomes: The Ventibrain Multicenter Observational Study” Academic Background Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a fundamental component of the intensive care unit (ICU) management of acute brain injury (ABI) patients. However, strong evidence on the best ven...