2021
Mitigating the risk of COVID-19 exposure by transitioning from clinic-based to home-based immune globulin infusion
Perreault S, Schiffer M, Clinchy-Jarmoszko V, Bocchetta N, Barbarotta L, Abdelghany O, Foss F, Huntington S, Seropian S, Isufi I. Mitigating the risk of COVID-19 exposure by transitioning from clinic-based to home-based immune globulin infusion. American Journal Of Health-System Pharmacy 2021, 78: 1112-1117. PMID: 33617630, PMCID: PMC7929449, DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/zxab072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHome-based infusionsCOVID-19 exposureSCIG infusionsIntravenous immune globulin therapyBetter patient understandingImmune globulin infusionImmune globulin therapyPatient Outcome QuestionnairePatient outcome assessmentInfusion-related complicationsChair timeRisk of infectionCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virusGlobulin therapyIVIG infusionIVIG therapyChart reviewImmunosuppressed populationImmunosuppressed patientsInfusion visitsMedical visitsOutcomes QuestionnairePatient satisfactionPatient understandingInfusion clinic
2002
Quality-of-Life Improvements in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Patients Treated with Denileukin Diftitox (ONTAK®)
Duvic M, Kuzel TM, Olsen EA, Martin AG, Foss FM, Kim YH, Heald PW, Bacha P, Nichols J, Liepa A. Quality-of-Life Improvements in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Patients Treated with Denileukin Diftitox (ONTAK®). Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia 2002, 2: 222-228. PMID: 11970761, DOI: 10.3816/clm.2002.n.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAntineoplastic AgentsDiphtheria ToxinDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Administration ScheduleFemaleHumansInfusions, IntravenousInterleukin-2Lymphoma, T-Cell, CutaneousMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPatient SatisfactionProbabilityPrognosisProspective StudiesQuality of LifeRecombinant Fusion ProteinsReference ValuesRisk AssessmentSkin NeoplasmsStatistics, NonparametricTreatment OutcomeConceptsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaRecurrent cutaneous T-cell lymphomaDenileukin diftitoxPruritus severityOverall QoLSkin appearanceCutaneous T-cell lymphoma patientsAdverse transfusion-related eventsCancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) questionnaireT-cell lymphoma patientsPhase III trialsVascular leak syndromeT-cell lymphomaTransfusion-related eventsSignificant myelosuppressionIII trialsSkin severityStudy endpointLymphoma patientsOutpatient basisIndividual subscale scoresFunctional assessmentPatientsDiftitoxTreatment cycles