Publications by authors named "C Abboud"

Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD) are common, underrecognized, and impact patients' quality of life. Research around this topic is scarce in the Arab world. The aim of this comprehensive narrative review was to examine available evidence and discusses its strengths and limitations.

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Haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation (haplo-HCT) is an increasingly used treatment for hematologic malignancies. Although post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PtCy) has improved graft vs. host disease (GvHD) prophylaxis in haplo-HCT, patients continue to experience life-threatening complications.

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Accurate assessment of therapy response in myelodysplastic neoplasm (MDS) has been challenging. Directly monitoring mutational disease burden may be useful, but is not currently included in MDS response criteria, and the correlation of mutational burden and traditional response endpoints is not completely understood. Here, we used genome-wide and targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) to monitor clonal and subclonal molecular disease burden in 452 samples from 32 patients prospectively treated in a clinical trial.

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Article Synopsis
  • The SIERRA trial aimed to improve outcomes for older patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (RR AML) by comparing a new treatment, I-apamistamab, against standard care before bone marrow transplant.
  • The study involved 153 patients, with results showing a significantly higher durable complete remission (dCR) rate of 17.1% for the I-apamistamab group compared to 0% for the conventional care group.
  • Although the overall survival rates were similar between the two groups, the I-apamistamab regimen exhibited more promise for achieving long-lasting remission with similar levels of severe side effects.
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The growing interest in the therapeutic potential of cannabidiol (CBD) has led to the need for effective and reliable delivery methods that overcome its low oral absorption. Zeolites, a class of porous nanoparticles, offer unique advantages as drug carriers due to their high surface area and adjustable pore size. In this study, a zeolite-based drug delivery system was developed for the encapsulation of CBD.

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