College of Nursing, Michigan State University, C346 Bott Building, 1355 Bogue Street, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Support Care Cancer. 2018 Dec;26(12):3975-3977. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4414-8. Epub 2018 Aug 23.
Conducting research into supportive care for patients as they initiate treatment with oral oncolytic agents poses numerous new challenges. Some of these medications have very complex dosing schedules and produce symptoms that patients need to manage at home with less reliance on oncology clinicians. We describe lessons learned from a multi-site trial designed to improve adherence to these medications and self-management of symptoms among patients newly prescribed oral oncolytic agents. Identifying these challenges can assist researchers to improve the integrity of their future supportive care trials.
在患者开始使用口服肿瘤溶解剂进行治疗时,对支持性护理进行研究带来了诸多新的挑战。其中一些药物的剂量方案非常复杂,会产生一些症状,患者需要在家中自行管理,减少对肿瘤学临床医生的依赖。我们描述了从一项旨在提高新处方口服肿瘤溶解剂患者对这些药物的依从性和自我管理症状的多中心试验中吸取的经验教训。识别这些挑战可以帮助研究人员提高他们未来支持性护理试验的完整性。