How to Use combination therapy in a Sentence

combination therapy

noun
  • AstraZeneca is conducting a Phase 2 trial of its combination therapy for patients with an aggressive form of lymphoma.
    — Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In addition, 92% of patients who received the combination therapy were alive at the five-year mark, compared with 71% of those who only used Keytruda.
    — Allison Aubrey, NPR, 1 June 2026
  • The combination therapy is currently being evaluated in a phase 3 study — the final confirmation stage.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
  • For example, if prior art reveals that a new combination therapy improves treatment outcomes, officials may deem subsequent patents using the same drug cocktail as obvious and refuse to grant or enforce the patent.
    — Lucy Xiaolu Wang, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
  • In the Phase 2b trials, this combination therapy achieved a 49% decrease in the risk of recurrence or death relative to Keytruda alone, following three years of monitoring.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • For older patients who are not strong enough to receive intensive chemotherapy, the standard treatment is venetoclax/azacytidine (a combination therapy used to treat certain types of AML), Chung said.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
  • These next-generation molecules effectively integrate combination therapy into a single drug, attacking cancer from multiple angles simultaneously.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Investors were previously disappointed by late-stage trial results for CagriSema, a combination therapy which combines Semaglutide, the active ingredient in Wegovy, along with Cagrilintide.
    — Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Compared to no treatment, oxygen alone reduced AHI by about 33%, MAD alone reduced AHI by about 54%, and combination therapy reduced AHI by about 68%, a statistically significant effect.
    — New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025

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