Do Patients With Multiple Myeloma Enrolled in Clinical Trials Live Longer?

Objectives: Enrollment in clinical trials is thought to improve survival outcomes through the trial effect. In this retrospective observational cohort study, we aimed to discern differences in survival outcomes by clinical trial enrollment and race-ethnicity.

Materials And Methods: Of 1285 patients receiving care for multiple myeloma at an National Cancer Institute designated cancer center from 2012 to 2018, 1065 (83%) were nontrial and 220 (17%) were trial participants.

A Randomized, Controlled, 3-Arm Trial of Pharmacological Penile Rehabilitation in the Preservation of Erectile Function After Radical Prostatectomy.

Background: Although the concept of penile rehabilitation after radical prostatectomy (RP) has been advocated for decades, there is little definitive evidence regarding its utility or the best strategy to optimize patient outcomes.

Aim: The goal of this study is to analyze the ability of 3 different pharmacological strategies to preserve the ability of men to achieve spontaneous (non-medication assisted) erections after bilateral nerve-sparing RP.

Methods: This IRB- and FDA-approved study studied penile rehabilitation in a 3-arm fashion with a target enrollment of 200 patients.

Prospective analysis of penile length changes after radical prostatectomy.

Objectives: To assess the impact of radical prostatectomy (RP) on penile dimensions. To assess the impact of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor (PDE5i) use on penile length changes.

Patients And Methods: Men undergoing RP were enrolled in this prospective study before surgery.

Computed tomography based renal parenchyma volume measurements prior to renal tumor surgery are predictive of postoperative renal function.

Introduction: To determine whether preoperative computed tomography (CT) based renal parenchymal volume (RPV) measurements would be predictive of postoperative chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Materials And Methods: From 2005 to 2010, 189 patients with preoperative CT imaging performed at Emory University Hospital underwent renal tumor surgery. Preoperative and postoperative renal function was determined by estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR) using standard Cockcroft-Gault (CG) and Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equations.

Prospective pilot study of smoking cessation in patients undergoing urologic surgery.

Objective: To evaluate whether preoperative smoking cessation counseling by urologists using the Ask, Advise, and Refer approach was effective in producing abstinence in patients undergoing urologic surgery.

Methods: Smokers who were scheduled for inpatient urologic surgery were prospectively enrolled. Smoking cessation counseling consisted of an Ask, Advise, Refer approach.