Direct medical costs of treatment in newly-diagnosed high-grade glioma among commercially insured US patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 1237-1243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shan Jiang ◽  
Kala Hill ◽  
Dipen Patel ◽  
A. Reginald Waldeck ◽  
Marc Botteman ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (Supplement_6) ◽  
pp. vi154-vi155
Author(s):  
Lingchao Chen ◽  
Junrui Chen ◽  
Kun Song ◽  
Jingtao Nie ◽  
Dongxiao Zhuang ◽  
...  

Abstract OBJECTIVES Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) has been approved for the treatment of newly diagnosed and relapsed glioblastoma(GBM)in China in 2020. Only few TTFields data in Asia patients were reported. This retrospective analysis is aimed at investigating the efficacy, safety and the potential relationship with biomarkers of TTFields treatment in the real-world clinical practice of the Chinese glioma population. METHODS High-grade glioma patients who were under TTFields treatment from May 2019 to May 2021 in Shanghai Huashan Hospital were analyzed, including baseline data, efficacy data and incidence of adverse events. RESULTS Eighty-two patients (median age 51.0 [26.0 - 47.0] years) with high-grade glioma were enrolled, including 60 newly diagnosed GBM, 16 recurrent GBM, and 6 WHO grade III gliomas. The median time was 9.9 (4.6-15.7) months for follow-ups, median time for TTFields treatment was 4.3(1.1-20.35) months. The median compliance rate was 90% (40%-97%). For newly diagnosed GBM (n=60) and recurrent GBM (n=16), the 6-month PFS rate were 78.4% (95%CI: 63.9-87.6) and 46.7% (95%CI: 21.2- 67.8) respectively. The 10-month OS rate were 86.3% (95%CI: 69.6- 94.2) and 60.0% (95%CI: 12.6- 88.2) respectively. The 6-month PFS rate in the IDHw/TERTm population was 69.9% (95%CI: 45.9-84.9) and 78.3% (95%CI: 46.5-92.5) in the IDHw/TERTw patients with newly diagnosed GBM. 59(72%) patients had skin-related adverse reactions, and majority are grade 1-2 (grade 1-2, 69.5%; grade 3, 2.5%). CONCLUSIONS This is the 1st retrospective analysis done using TTFields in the treatment of high-grade gliomas in the Chinese population with the largest sample size. From our short follow up, TTFields appears good efficacy among GBM patients. The incidence of skin adverse reactions is higher comparable to published data, but mainly consisted of grade1-2. Long-term efficacy data need to be further followed-up.


2020 ◽  
Vol 148 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-342
Author(s):  
Monica Ribeiro ◽  
Thomas Durand ◽  
Martine Roussel ◽  
Loïc Feuvret ◽  
Julian Jacob ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (suppl_6) ◽  
pp. vi201-vi201
Author(s):  
Sharon Gardner ◽  
Fernando Suarez ◽  
James M Stafford ◽  
Rohinton S. Tarapore ◽  
Krystal Merdinger ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Baumstarck ◽  
T. Leroy ◽  
Z. Hamidou ◽  
E. Tabouret ◽  
P. Farina ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (20) ◽  
pp. 4037-4047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Klein ◽  
Martin J.B . Taphoorn ◽  
Jan J. Heimans ◽  
Henk M. van der Ploeg ◽  
W. Peter Vandertop ◽  
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PURPOSE: To evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and cognitive functioning of high-grade glioma patients in the postneurosurgical period. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The HRQOL, as assessed by the Short-Form Health Survey-36, tumor-specific symptoms, and objective and subjective neuropsychologic functioning, of 68 newly diagnosed glioma patients were compared with that of 50 patients with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and to age- and sex-matched healthy controls. The association between tumor lateralization, extent of resection, and use of medication, and the HRQOL outcomes was also investigated. RESULTS: The HRQOL of the two patient groups was similar but significantly lower than that of the healthy controls. Glioma patients reported significantly more neurologic symptoms and poorer objective and subjective neuropsychologic functioning than the NSCLC patients. Using healthy controls as the reference group, cognitive impairment assessed at the individual patient level was observed in all glioma patients and 52% of the NSCLC patients. Poor performance on timed tasks in the glioma group could be attributed, in large part, to visual and motor deficits. Tumor lateralization was found to affect neuropsychologic functioning in a predictable manner. The extent of resection was not related significantly to neuropsychologic functioning. Corticosteroid use was associated with better recognition memory, whereas antiepileptic drug use was correlated negatively with working memory capacity. CONCLUSION: The general HRQOL of glioma patients is similar to that of patients with NSCLC. However, they suffer from a number of condition-specific neurologic and neuropsychologic problems that have a significant impact on their daily lives in the postsurgical period, before treatment with radiotherapy.


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