Immunosuppression

Concomitant use of statins improved survival among people with cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, according to results of a meta-analysis.

Pre-transplant immune checkpoint inhibitors extended survival for patients with relapsed classic Hodgkin lymphoma compared with chemotherapy, according to results of a retrospective study.

Low doses of glucocorticoids added to immunosuppression yield no significant benefit for skin fibrosis in early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

SAN DIEGO — Health care providers and advocates must confront social disparities among patients with kidney disease to improve the standard of care, American Society of Nephrology President Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM, FASN, said.

Repeat kidney biopsies may help patients with lupus nephritis manage disease flares, particularly those who transition between proliferative and non-proliferative disease classes, data from a racially diverse study cohort show.

Fecal microbiota-based therapies are becoming more prevalent in the management of Clostridioides difficile infection.

After protests from transplant patient advocacy groups and legislators for more than a year, CMS has agreed to drop a proposal that would have limited access to a noninvasive test used to determine the health of a transplanted organ.

A two-dose series of a hepatitis B vaccine with a CpG adjuvant resulted in a more than 90% response rate among health care workers previously classified as nonresponders, researchers found.

PHILADELPHIA — Preemptive kidney transplant in older adults with a high kidney donor profile index pre-transplant may be linked to better patient and graft survival, data show.

Postoperative chemotherapy may be associated with increased risk of periprosthetic joint infection after total joint arthroplasty, according to published results.