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17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17OHP) is used to reduce the recurrent risk of preterm delivery in women with a history of preterm delivery. Meis etal. conducted a double-blind placebo controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of 17OHP and observed a significant reduction in the risk of recurrent preterm delivery. The FDA granted 17OHP a conditional approval on 2011. A second study observed that 17OHP did not decrease the risk of a recurrent preterm delivery. Criticism of the second study derived from a dissimilarity of the study population.

Our investigation examined the effectiveness of 17OHP in women with a prior preterm delivery in a rural US state with a patient population similar to the original Meis trial.

17OHP became largely unavailable (due to cost and local pharmacies no longer compounding 17 OHP) and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Department of Health, and Arkansas Medicaid co-operated to make 17OHP available to women with a prior PTB in our state. This study was a retrospective review of the 17OHP that was offered to women with a prior preterm delivery. For our retrospective review, logistic regression was used on cases of prior preterm delivery between January 2014 and December of 2018 to examine the relationship between 17OHP injections and preterm delivery.

A total of 268 women were analyzed for this review. They were divided into three groups 0 injections, 1-10 injections, and > 10 injections. We found no relationship between 17OHP injections with preterm delivery.

Although our patient population was similar to that of the original Meis trial, our results were more similar to the second study by Blackwell.

Although our patient population was similar to that of the original Meis trial, our results were more similar to the second study by Blackwell.

This retrospective study aimed to examine the benefits and complications of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) in the isthmus.

This retrospective study included patients with PTMC in the isthmus and treated at the Chinese People's Liberation Army hospital from 05/2014 to 05/2018. The patients were divided into the RFA and total thyroidectomy (TT) groups. The outcomes were operation-related complications, rate of recurrence, metastasis rate, and thyroid carcinoma-specific questionnaire of quality of life (THYCA-QOL).

Among 218 patients, 115 patients underwent RFA, and 103 underwent TT. The rates of disappearance of the ablation zone at 1, 3, 6, 12, and 18 months after RFA were 0.8% (1/115), 10.4% (12/115), 51.3% (59/115), 90.4% (104/115), and 100% (115/115), respectively. Surgical time, blood loss, hospital stays, and treatment costs were higher with TT than with RFA (all

 < 0.001). The final THYCA-QOL score of the RFA group was significantly higher than in the TT group (

 < 0.001). Minor pain at the operation site was seen in all patients in the RFA group. No distant metastasis was detected in all patients, but one patient in the RFA group had a recurrence after 6 months. The final THYCA-QOL score of the RFA group was significantly lower than in the TT group (

 < 0.001).

These results suggest that RFA for PTMC in the isthmus had similar outcomes than TT. It will have to be confirmed in future studies.

These results suggest that RFA for PTMC in the isthmus had similar outcomes than TT. It will have to be confirmed in future studies.Methotrexate (MTX), an antimetabolite for the treatment of leukemia, could cause neutropenia and subsequently fever, which might lead to treatment delay and affect prognosis. Here, we aimed to predict neutropenia and fever related to high-dose MTX using artificial intelligence. This study included 139 pediatric patients newly diagnosed with standard- or intermediate risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Fifty-seven SNPs of 16 genes were genotyped. Univariate and multivariate analysis were used to select SNPs and clinical covariates for model developing. Five machine learning algorithms combined with four resampling techniques were used to build optimal predictive model. The combination of random forest with adaptive synthetic appeared to be the best model for neutropenia (sensitivity = 0.935, specificity = 0.920, AUC = 0.927) and performed best for fever (sensitivity = 0.818, specificity = 0.924, AUC = 0.870). By machine learning, we have developed and validated comprehensive models to predict the risk of neutropenia and fever. Such models may be helpful for medical oncologists in quick decision-making.

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors have significant clinical efficacy for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The combination of fotagliptin (FOT) with metformin (MET) is a promising therapeutic approach in MET-resistant patients. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetic (PK) interaction between FOT and MET in healthy subjects after multiple-dose administration.

Eighteen participants received a randomized open-label, three period treatment that included MET 1000 mg alone, co-administration of FOT 24 mg and MET, followed by FOT 24 mg alone. Serial blood samples were collected for PK analysis, which included geometric mean ratios (GMRs) with 90% confidence intervals (CIs), area under the concentration-time curve (AUC), and maximum plasma concentration (C

).

Analysis results showed that for FOT alone or combination therapy, the 90% CIs of the

for AUC

and C

were 102.08% (98.9%, 105.36%) and 110.65% (102.19%, 119.82%), respectively. For MET, they were 113.41% (100.32%, 128.22%) and 97.11% (83.80%, 112.55%) for AUC

and C

, respectively. FOT or MET monotherapy and the combination therapy with both drugs were well tolerated.

No PK drug-drug interactions were found in the combination therapy with FOT and MET. Therefore, FOT can be co-administered with MET without dose adjustment.

The trial is registered at http//www.chinadrugtrials.org.cn/(Registration No. CTR20190221).

The trial is registered at http//www.chinadrugtrials.org.cn/(Registration No. learn more CTR20190221).

This contribution gives an overview on estimating the economic impact of substance use (SU) and substance use disorders (SUDs) from a societal perspective.

In this Expert Review, we first discuss the scope of the economic costs of SU to society and the methods used to estimate them. In general, cost studies should not be limited to SUDs, but should also include costs related to the consequences of any type of SU to achieve a comprehensive picture of the societal burden. Further, estimating potentially avoidable costs will increase the value of cost studies. Importantly, methodologically sound cost studies shed light on the magnitude of societal problems related to SU and can be used as a reference point to evaluate regulatory policies and other preventive measures. The area of estimating potential economic benefits of SU is understudied and lacks a theoretical and methodological framework.

Overall, economic studies on the impact of SU and SUDs can strongly contribute to better-informed decision-making in the creation of regulatory and control policies.