Orphan drugs, allopurinol and CVD, mavacamten for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Update: 2025-10-01
Description
In this podcast accompanying the October issue of DTB (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/63/10) David Phizackerley (DTB Editor) is joined by Julian Treadwell (DTB Associate Editor). David and Julian discuss the editorial that highlights a few of the challenges associated with the introduction of an orphan medicine into clinical practice (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/63/10/146). They talk about a DTB Select article that summarises a randomised clinical trial that assessed the effect of allopurinol on cardiovascular outcomes in people with ischaemic heart disease who did not have gout (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/63/10/147). They finish by discussing the main article that provides an overview of the evidence for mavacamten (▼Camzyos) for the treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in adults (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/63/10/150).
Links
GP Evidence: https://gpevidence.org/
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2025 International Conference: https://www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/preventing-overdiagnosis
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page. If you want to contact us please email dtb@bmj.com. Thank you for listening.
Links
GP Evidence: https://gpevidence.org/
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2025 International Conference: https://www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/preventing-overdiagnosis
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page. If you want to contact us please email dtb@bmj.com. Thank you for listening.
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