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Renoir: A Randomised, Double-blind, Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effects of a New Human Milk Fortifier on Growth and Tolerance in Preterm Infants.

Preterm birth (birth before start of the 37th week of gestation) is a major determinant of neonatal morbidity and mortality and has long-term adverse consequences for health and neurodevelopment. Preterm infants have much higher nutrient requirements than term infants. The preferred nutrition for all infants including preterm infants is human milk from the infant's own mother, or alternatively donor human milk, provided it is fortified with several nutrients as human milk alone does not sufficiently meet the nutritional needs of preterm infants. Human milk fortifiers (HMFs) are multicomponent enrichments that can be added to human milk (own mother´s milk or donor milk) to meet the increased nutritional needs of preterm infants. The current Nutricia HMF (control product) has been available in its current composition since 2010. It is a multicomponent HMF providing protein, energy, minerals, and vitamins in accordance with the ESPGHAN recommendations. Recent investigation suggests positive effects on growth and development of preterm infants when lipids are added to their nutrition. Therefore, Nutricia has added lipids to their HMF (test product) for a nutritionally more complete fortification of human milk aiming for optimal growth and optimal cognitive and brain development. The Renoir study will investigate the difference between both HMFs with regards to the growth velocity as well as the safety and tolerance of the new HMF.

Start: March 2018
Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment With Adcetris and Levact in the Old Patient

Treatment outcome with ABVD in elderly patients remains inferior to adults. Moreover, Bleomycin-induced lung toxicity in the elderly has been reported as high as 46%. For these reasons, questions arise whether ABVD could be still considered the standard treatment in HL patients aged > than 60. Regimens containing other alkylators such as CHOP proved even superior to ABVD, with a 3-y PFS of 67%. Frontline treatment of advanced-stage HL with Brentuximab Vedotin (BV) in association with AVD (Doxorubicin, Vinblastine, Dacarbazine) proved very active in a pioneer study, reporting the preliminary results of a phase 1 multicentre trial, in which the percentage of patients achieving CR was as high as 92%. For all these reason the investigators decided to test the association of an alkylator with an innovative mechanism of action and a very safe toxicity profile in the elderly such as Bendamustine (Be) with BV in untreated elderly HL patients. The combination of BV and Be, investigated in this study, might represent an innovative treatment alternative for HL patients older than 60 years of age, especially for those of them in whom ABVD chemotherapy, the current standard front-line treatment, is not suitable. However, even when ABVD is given as upfront treatment for elderly HL patients, it is associated with substantial dose reduction, treatment delay, toxicity, and treatment-related mortality, with treatment outcomes remaining much inferior to those obtained in younger patients. This drug association is expected to be safe, well-tolerated and to demonstrate higher efficiency compared with ABVD. In this setting, it is expected that this therapy could be offered to the large majority of elderly patients with a full treatment completion reached in up to 80% of these patients. Thus, the aim of this study will be to assess safety and efficacy of the above association.

Start: July 2015