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December 16, 2024
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Highlights from ASH 2024

Highlights from ASH 2024

In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you expert insights from the ASH Annual Meeting and Exhibition, as well as Healio’s top headlines from the meeting.

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November 06, 2024
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Lactated Ringer solution superior to normal saline for sickle cell vaso-occlusive episodes

Lactated Ringer solution superior to normal saline for sickle cell vaso-occlusive episodes

IV lactated Ringer solution should be the preferred volume-expanding fluid for resuscitation of patients with sickle cell disease who experience vaso-occlusive episodes at the time of hospital admission, according to study results.

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December 09, 2023
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Lovo-cel gene therapy ‘transformative’ for sickle cell disease

Lovo-cel gene therapy ‘transformative’ for sickle cell disease

SAN DIEGO — One-time treatment with lovotibeglogene autotemcel gene therapy conferred “transformative” benefit to patients with sickle cell disease, according to a presenter at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

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December 29, 2022
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ASH recognizes Choosing Wisely, Guideline Implementation champions

ASH recognizes Choosing Wisely, Guideline Implementation champions

ASH recognized three Choosing Wisely champions and three guideline implementation champions at this year’s ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

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April 26, 2022
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Corticosteroids may increase risk for hospitalization for sickle cell disease pain crises

Corticosteroids may increase risk for hospitalization for sickle cell disease pain crises

Exposure to systemic corticosteroids appeared to increase risk for hospitalization for vaso-occlusive episodes among patients with sickle cell disease, according to a French study published in Blood.

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March 29, 2022
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Music therapy helps patients with sickle cell disease cope with pain

Music therapy helps patients with sickle cell disease cope with pain

According to one patient undergoing treatment for sickle cell disease at University Hospitals Connor Whole Health, pain associated with the disease “feels like someone’s constantly stabbing you, but you’re not dying.”

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August 19, 2021
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‘Continuous long-term education’ needed amid advances in sickle cell disease treatment

‘Continuous long-term education’ needed amid advances in sickle cell disease treatment

Sickle cell disease is the most common genetic disorder, affecting approximately 100,000 people in the United States.

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November 03, 2020
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FDA grants orphan drug designation to CSL889 for sickle cell disease

FDA grants orphan drug designation to CSL889 for sickle cell disease

The FDA granted orphan drug designation to CSL889 for the treatment of sickle cell disease, according to the agent’s manufacturer.

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July 17, 2020
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Inhaled cannabis fails to significantly reduce chronic sickle cell disease pain

Inhaled cannabis fails to significantly reduce chronic sickle cell disease pain

Vaporized cannabis did not significantly reduce chronic pain and most associated symptoms compared with placebo among adults with sickle cell disease, according to results of a randomized study published in JAMA Network Open.

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June 24, 2020
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Escalated hydroxyurea dosing more effective for Ugandan children with sickle cell disease

Escalated hydroxyurea dosing more effective for Ugandan children with sickle cell disease

Escalated dosing of hydroxyurea had greater clinical efficacy than fixed dosing of the drug for children with sickle cell disease in sub-Saharan Africa, according to randomized study results published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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