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Asthma

Budesonide-formoterol versus terbutaline reliever in adults with asthma using maintenance inhaled corticosteroids in New Zealand (INFORM ASTHMA): an open-label, parallel-group, randomised, controlled, phase 4 trial

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Gevaert P, Desrosiers M, Cornet M, Mullol J, De Corso E, Keles Turel N, Maspero J, Fujieda S, Zhang L, Sousa AR, Woods SJ, Davis AM, Schalkwijk S, Edwards D, Ranganathan P, Follows R, Marshall C, Han JK, ANCHOR-1 and ANCHOR-2 trial investigators

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Lung Cancer

First-line serplulimab plus chemotherapy with or without HLX04 versus chemotherapy in locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (ASTRUM-002): a randomised, double-blind, multicentre phase 3 trial

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Wang L, Hao X, Hao Y, Hu Y, Chen C, Chen B, Huang Y, Zang A, Wang Y, Chen Z, Zhuang W, Shi J, Ren X, Nie L, Yu G, Luo F, Mao Y, Wang X, Li B, Bai Y, Shi J, Ni H, Yu H, Li J, Wang Q, Zhu J, Shi Y, ASTRUM-002 Study Group

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Lung Cancer

Aumolertinib as adjuvant therapy in resected EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer (ARTS): a double-blind, multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial

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Zhang L, Zhang X, Wu L, Xing W, Liu C, Zhang P, Chen K, Shi J, Xu S, Zhang X, Dong X, Fang H, Yu X, Gao Y, Li G, Chen Z, Fan S, Zhang X, Cheng Y

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Budesonide-formoterol versus salbutamol as reliever therapy in children with mild asthma (CARE): a 52-week, open-label, multicentre, superiority, randomised controlled trial

★ 3 Recommended and commented by Dr Martin Frey, Faculty Member

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Hatter L, Holliday M, Oldfield K, Kearns C, Barry T, Black M, Bruce P, Colman A, Dickinson E, Eathorne A, Harwood M, Hills T, Lamb R, Kerse K, Krishnamoorthy S, Martindale J, Semprini A, Shortt N, McNamara D, Byrnes CA, Dalziel SR, Bush A, Weatherall M, Beasley R, CARE study team

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00861-X

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Clinical Remission Outcome in Chinese Patients With Severe Asthma With an Eosinophilic Phenotype Receiving Mepolizumab: A Post-hoc Analysis of a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

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doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(25)00205-X

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