The HCPLive conference coverage page features articles, videos, and expert-led live coverage from major medical meetings throughout the year.
Engraftment of SER-109 Durable, Linked to Sustained Reduction in CDI Recurrence
SER-109 engraftment was durable through week 24 and significantly higher than placebo at all time points for all comparisons.
RBX2660 Showed Consistent Success Compared to Placebo in CDI Treatment
Most adverse events reported were mild or moderate and found in a similar percentage of patients regardless of treatment cohort.
Millie D. Long, MD: Expanding the Safety Data on Ustekinumab
New data suggests there is no connection between ustekinumab and the risk of malignancies.
Paul Feuerstadt, MD: The Future of C Difficile Treatment
There are several companies preparing new treatments for recurrent C difficile infections.
Kanika Sehgal, MBBS: The State of C Difficile Care
There are several potential treatments on the horizon for C difficile infections.
Sleep Pharmacotherapy, Melatonin, and the Link to Substance Use Disorders
Gina Poe, PhD, discusses the potential role of beta blockers in treating psychiatric illness-related sleep, as well as the specific benefit of melatonin.
Mental Health Disparities Among the Hispanic Population
NIDA research director Carlos Blanco-Jerez, MD, PhD, reviews how stigma, language barriers and digital health create disparate outcomes in mentally-ill Hispanic patients.
The New Era of Borderline Personality Disorder Care
Lois Choi-Kain, MD, MEd, discusses her field's interest in improving the modern diagnosis and evidenced-based treatment of personality disorders.
Gina Poe, PhD: How Psychiatric Diseases Impact Sleep Health
The UCLA-based investigator discusses the unique impact of PTSD on patients' sleep stages, and how they can limit their insomnia.
Bruce Sands, MD: Efficacy of Mirikizumab for UC Treatment in LUCENT-1 Trial
At DDW 2022, Dr. Sands highlights the positive findings from the LUCENT-1 study on the efficacy and safety of mirikizumab.
Millie Long, MD: The Safety of Ustekinumab
Patients treated with ustekinumab are not at an increased risk of malignancies.
Kanika Sehgal, MBBS: The Psychological Distress of C Difficile Patients
Treating the disease could reduce the risk of patient distress.
Nora D. Volkow, MD: The Pain Crisis, and Optimizing Addiction Care Delivery
The director of NIDA discusses the interplay of substance use disorder and pain in patients, as well as means to assure patients are receiving evidenced-based treatment.
The Psychiatry Blueprint to Retaining Diverse Trainees, Treating Disparity
The modern psychiatrist may play many roles, including as a mentor and a facilitator to social-based support.
Paul Feuerstadt, MD: New Data on RBX2660 at DDW 2022
There are several live microbiota therapeutics in development, including RBX2660.
Bruce Sands, MD: Safety of Ustekinumab Among Bionaive Patients with IBD
Data show the safety profile of Ustekinumab in long-term IBD pooled safety dataset was found favorable among bionaive patients.
Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD: Promising Data on Upadacitinib for Crohn's Disease
The treatment has previously been approved by the FDA for the treatment of ulcerative colitis.
Amit Singal, MD: Role of Biomarkers in HCC Risk Stratification, Screening
A discussion on the role of PLSec-AFP for HCC risk stratification in patients with cirrhosis and future screening implementations.
Nora D. Volkow, MD: Advancing Clinical Research for Treating Use Disorders
The NIDA director reviews neuromodulation's potential role in treating patients with multiple use disorders, and the importance of patient feedback in shaping clinical research.
Challenges in Psychiatry Patient Disparities and Caregiver Representation
Rachel Talley, MD, discusses the industry-level changes needed to trainee recruitment and retention to create a psychiatry field more representative of its patient population.
Safety Profile of Ustekinumab Favorable in Patients with IBD, History of BIologic Failure
Rates per 100 person-years for adverse events, infections, and major adverse cardiac events were similar between placebo and ustekinumab through up to 5 years.
Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH: Better Detection on Colonoscopies
The age of screening for colon cancer has decreased in recent years.
Marla C. Dubinsky, MD: The Next Revolution for IBD Treatments
Dr. Dubinsky said new IL-23 treatments could enable precision medicine in the future for IBD.
Yen-I Chen, MD: EUS-CDL Comparable to ERCP-M in ELEMENT Trial
The findings show EUS-CDL is more efficient than ERCP-M with comparable short-term effectiveness and safety.
Multiple Risk Factors Increase Risk for VTE After Surgery for IBD
Data show the presence of five and six risk factors increased the risk of VTE exponentially to 10.9% and 25%, respectively
Dupilumab Continues to Show Benefit in Treating EoE
The treatment recently became the first ever FDA-approved medication for EoE.
The Ketamine & Esketamine Care Teams, and Necessary Monitoring
With administration strategies for the psychiatric anesthetic drug well established, clinicians have interest in accumulating long-term data and other potential indications.
Blood Biomarkers, Aducanumab and Setting Precedent for Dementia Care Advances
Brent Forester, MD, MSc, discusses the confluence of biomarker and disease-targeting therapy in Alzheimer's, and the need to appropriately introduce these tools.
Nora D. Volkow, MD: Combating COVID-Era Issues in Substance Use Disorder
The director of NIDA discusses the unprecedented impact of the pandemic on overdose deaths—and how substance use disorder care may still reach greater capability when all is said and done.
The Challenges to Identifying Dementia, Alzheimer-Risk Patients
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease cases are anticipated to boom in coming decades. One expert stressed the need for improved screening and facilitation of care at the earliest stages and signs.