Faculty Opinions recommendation of Effects of ultra-low-dose transdermal estradiol on cognition and health-related quality of life.

Author(s):  
Oliver Wolf
2006 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristine Yaffe ◽  
Eric Vittinghoff ◽  
Kristine E. Ensrud ◽  
Karen C. Johnson ◽  
Susan Diem ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (11) ◽  
pp. 6443-6456
Author(s):  
NAOYUKI OGASAWARA ◽  
MAKOTO NAKIRI ◽  
HIROFUMI KUROSE ◽  
KOSUKE UEDA ◽  
KATSUAKI CHIKUI ◽  
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Blood ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 132 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 4260-4260
Author(s):  
Henrik Hjorth-Hansen ◽  
Satu Mustjoki ◽  
Ulla Olsson-Strömberg ◽  
Jesper Stentoft ◽  
Fabio Efficace ◽  
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Abstract Background: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) have revolutionized CML treatment but only a minority of patients are candidates to discontinue their TKI treatment, i.e. achieve treatment-free remission (TFR). Therefore, for the majority of patients TKI treatments are lifelong and it becomes critical to understand impact of therapy on patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL).To obtain a maximal response for TFR, second generation TKIs like Dasatinib (DAS) induce deeper and faster responses than imatinib,and combination with pegylated forms of interferon-α2 have shown promising effect in several studies. Aims: To prospectively examine HRQoL outcomes in CML patients treated with DAS plus low-dose pegylated interferon- α2b (PegIFN). Methods: We have performed a single armed study (NordCML007) using DAS 100 mg OD from inclusion through the study including 40 patients, of these 31 were male. From month 3 (M3) low-dose PegIFN was added for one year until M15. We chose, based on previous experience, a dose of only 15 µg/week for 3 months and if tolerated, the dose was increased to 25 µg/week from M6. At M12, 80% of patients still took PegIFN and the mean administered dose was 18 µg/week. Side effects were moderate and fewer patients than expected developed pleural effusions in the combination period. Efficacy of the combination measured by BCR-ABL1 RQ-PCR was superior to the historical control DASISION, exemplified by M12 achievement of MMR, 46% vs 86% and MR4, 12% vs 46%. Before starting this project, concern was raised regarding tolerability of PegIFN. An acceptable tolerability of combined TKI+PegIFN is key for inclusion of combination treatment as standard of caretreatment. We did expect moderate negative effect of PegIFN treatment on HRQoL parameters. We assessed HRQoL with the well validated and widely used EORTC-QLQC30 questionnaire combined with the disease-specific CML module EORTC-CML24 at study inclusion and thereafter at 3, 6, 12 and at 18 months. Patient scoring was also compared with sex- and age-matched normative data. Results: Patients completed HRQOL questionnaires at baseline, M3 (DAS only), M6 and M12 (on combination) and finally at M18 (DAS only). About 80% of HRQOL forms were completed, withh 31-33 respondents at each time point. Most of these patients completed all forms. CML patients at baseline had statistically and clinically significant poorer scores for "Overall quality of life" (65 vs 77 points), "Role functioning" (72 vs 87 points), "Emotional functioning" (73 vs 82 points,) "Social functioning" (79 vs 91 points), "Fatigue" (32 vs 19 points) and "Insomnia" (25 vs 16 points) compared to matched normal populations (a difference of >5 pts is estimated to representa difference of clinically significance) During treatment, scoring of all modalities approached the normative (i.e. no statistical difference), except for "Fatigue". Most of the improvement occurred during the first 3 months, i.e on DAS alone. Of note, HRQOL scores remained stable or improved further also with combination treatment, hence we observed no negative effect of low dose PegIFN treatment. Conclusions: These preliminary results suggest that low-dose PegIFN in combination with DAS has no detrimental effects on HRQOL over time. Rather we observed improvement with regard to CML disease specific HRQOL domains. The efficacy, safety and HRQoL data encourages further study of PegIFN in combination with 2nd generation TKIs. Disclosures Hjorth-Hansen: Bristol-Myers Squibb: Research Funding; Merck Sharp&Dohme: Research Funding. Mustjoki:Bristol-Myers Squibb: Honoraria, Research Funding; Pfizer: Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Honoraria, Research Funding; Ariad: Research Funding; Celgene: Honoraria. Olsson-Strömberg:Merck Sharp and Dohme: Research Funding; Bristol-Myers-Squibb: Research Funding. Stentoft:Bristol-Myers Squibb: Research Funding; Merck Sharp&Dohme: Research Funding. Efficace:Orsenix: Consultancy; Incyte: Consultancy; Lundbeck: Research Funding; TEVA: Research Funding; AMGEN: Research Funding; Amgen: Consultancy; TEVA: Consultancy; Bristol Meyers Squibb: Consultancy; Seattle Genetics: Consultancy.


CNS Spectrums ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas L. Delahanty ◽  
Crystal Gabert-Quillen ◽  
Sarah A. Ostrowski ◽  
Nicole R. Nugent ◽  
Beth Fischer ◽  
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Objective/IntroductionSecondary pharmacological interventions have shown promise at reducing the development of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSS) in preclinical studies. The present study examined the preliminary efficacy of a 10-day low-dose (20 mg bid) course of hydrocortisone at preventing PTSS in traumatic injury victims.MethodsSixty-four traumatic injury patients (34% female) were randomly assigned in a double-blind protocol to receive either a 10-day course of hydrocortisone or placebo initiated within 12 hours of the trauma. One-month and 3-months posttrauma participants completed an interview to assess PTSS and self-report measures of depression and health-related quality of life.ResultsHydrocortisone recipients reported fewer PTSD and depression symptoms, and had greater improvements in health-related quality of life during the first 3 months posttrauma than did placebo recipients. Hydrocortisone recipients who had never received prior mental health treatment had the lowest PTSD scores.ConclusionLow-dose hydrocortisone may be a promising approach to the prevention of PTSD in acutely injured trauma patients, and may be particularly efficacious in acutely injured trauma victims without a history of significant psychopathology.


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