2019
Utilization and Early Discontinuation of First-Line Ibrutinib for Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treated in the Community Oncology Setting in the United States
Huntington S, Soulos P, Barr P, Jacobs R, Lansigan F, Odejide O, Schwartzberg L, Davidoff A, Gross C. Utilization and Early Discontinuation of First-Line Ibrutinib for Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treated in the Community Oncology Setting in the United States. Blood 2019, 134: 797. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-122054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFirst-line settingChronic lymphocytic leukemiaFlatiron Health databaseECOG performance statusFirst-line treatmentEarly discontinuationMultivariable logistic regressionPerformance statusIbrutinib discontinuationSpeakers bureauClinical trialsCLL diagnosisCLL therapyLymphocytic leukemiaHealth databasesLogistic regressionBruton tyrosine kinase inhibitorsFirst-line ibrutinibUse of ibrutinibWorse performance statusPoor performance statusRetrospective cohort studyCommunity oncology settingClinical decision support toolCommunity oncology practicesPhysician Experience and Risk of Rituximab Discontinuation in Older Adults With Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
Huntington SF, Hoag JR, Wang R, Zeidan AM, Giri S, Gore SD, Ma X, Gross CP, Davidoff AJ. Physician Experience and Risk of Rituximab Discontinuation in Older Adults With Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Journal Of The National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2019, 17: 1194-1202. PMID: 31590152, DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2019.7314.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRituximab discontinuationRituximab initiationHodgkin's lymphomaRelative riskPhysician experienceHigh-quality cancer careOlder adultsInitiation of rituximabEarly treatment discontinuationInfusion-related reactionsPopulation-based studySEER-Medicare dataNon-Hodgkin lymphomaModified Poisson regressionCancer treatment outcomesEarly discontinuationTreatment discontinuationAnticancer immunotherapyPhysician volumeCancer careImproved outcomesOncologists' experiencesTreatment outcomesDiscontinuationRituximab
2018
Does Provider Experience Treating Patients (pts) with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Explain Duration of Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) Therapy and Overall Survival (OS)? A Large Population-Based Analysis
Zeidan A, Hu X, Zhu W, Stahl M, Giri S, Huntington S, Wang R, Podoltsev N, Gore S, Ma X, Davidoff A. Does Provider Experience Treating Patients (pts) with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Explain Duration of Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) Therapy and Overall Survival (OS)? A Large Population-Based Analysis. Blood 2018, 132: 370. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-111052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHMA cyclesOverall survivalHMA initiationHMA therapyMyelodysplastic syndromeProvider typeCancer CenterMD volumeMultivariate Cox proportional hazardsKaplan-Meier log-rank testAZA-001 trialMedian overall survivalTwo-sided statistical testsLog-rank testReal-world survivalCox proportional hazardsLogistic regression analysisWilcoxon rank sum testChi-square testCommunity-based practiceRank sum testEligible ptsLookback periodEarly discontinuationAgent therapy
2017
Physician volume and discontinuation of rituximab during lymphoma treatment.
Huntington S, Long J, Hoag J, Wang R, Zeidan A, Giri S, Gore S, Ma X, Gross C, Davidoff A. Physician volume and discontinuation of rituximab during lymphoma treatment. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 6593-6593. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.6593.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-Hodgkin lymphomaEarly discontinuationRituximab discontinuationPhysician volumeProvider volumeEnd Results-Medicare dataB-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomaCell non-Hodgkin lymphomaCox proportional hazards modelDiscontinuation of rituximabSevere infusion reactionsRetrospective cohort studyImpact of discontinuationDays of initiationProportional hazards modelDose-dependent mannerRituximab cyclesRituximab initiationInfusion reactionsOverall survivalCohort studyPrimary outcomeSystemic treatmentLymphoma treatmentRelative risk