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Physician Views on the Provision of Information on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy to Patients with Cancer and Pre-Existing Autoimmune Disease: A Qualitative Study

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العنوان: Physician Views on the Provision of Information on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy to Patients with Cancer and Pre-Existing Autoimmune Disease: A Qualitative Study
المؤلفون: Maria A. Lopez-Olivo, Gabrielle F. Duhon, Juan I. Ruiz, Mehmet Altan, Hussein Tawbi, Adi Diab, Clifton O. Bingham, Cassandra Calabrese, Natalia I. Heredia, Robert J. Volk, Maria E. Suarez-Almazor
المصدر: Cancers; Volume 15; Issue 10; Pages: 2690
بيانات النشر: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: MDPI Open Access Publishing
مصطلحات موضوعية: qualitative interviews, patient education, immunotherapy, autoimmune diseases
الوصف: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have improved cancer outcomes but can cause severe immune-related adverse events (irAEs) and flares of autoimmune conditions in cancer patients with pre-existing autoimmune disease. The objective of this study was to identify the information physicians perceived as most useful for these patients when discussing treatment initiation with ICIs. Twenty physicians at a cancer institution with experience in the treatment of irAEs were interviewed. Qualitative thematic analysis was performed to organize and interpret data. The physicians were 11 medical oncologists and 9 non-oncology specialists. The following themes were identified: (1) current methods used by physicians to provide information to patients and delivery options; (2) factors to make decisions about whether or not to start ICIs in patients who have cancer and pre-existing autoimmune conditions; (3) learning points for patients to understand; (4) preferences for the delivery of ICI information; and (5) barriers to the implementation of ICI information in clinics. Regarding points to discuss with patients, physicians agreed that the benefits of ICIs, the probability of irAEs, and risks of underlying autoimmune condition flares with the use of ICIs were most important. Non-oncologists were additionally concerned about how ICIs affect the autoimmune disease (e.g., impact on disease activity, need for changes in medications for the autoimmune disease, and monitoring of autoimmune conditions).
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اللغة: English
العلاقة: Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers15102690Test
DOI: 10.3390/cancers15102690
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15102690Test
حقوق: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.6330E448
قاعدة البيانات: BASE