2024
Impact of insurance payer status (IS) on practice patterns and overall survival (OS) in patients (pts) with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC).
Mercier B, Tripathi N, Govindarajan A, Gebrael G, Narang A, Li X, Castro D, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Dizman N, Ebrahimi H, Chawla N, Hsu J, Bergerot C, Barragan-Carrillo R, Zengin Z, Meza L, Pal S, Agarwal N, Tripathi A. Impact of insurance payer status (IS) on practice patterns and overall survival (OS) in patients (pts) with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 547-547. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.4_suppl.547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic urothelial carcinomaOverall survivalCox proportional hazards multivariate modelPresence of visceral metastasesChi-square test/Fisher's exact testIS groupPractice patternsPredictors of OSKaplan-Meier methodImpact practice patternsLog-rank testMedicare groupPrivate insuranceMulti-institutional studyANOVA/Kruskal-Wallis testVisceral metastasesInsurance payer statusNeoadjuvant chemotherapyNCI-designated comprehensive cancer centerSystemic therapyUrothelial carcinomaMedian ageBaseline characteristicsExact testClinical trial participation
2023
The impact of insurance status on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC)
Castro D, Tripathi N, Sayegh N, Gebrael G, Li X, Meza L, Zengin Z, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Govindarajan A, Dizman N, Ebrahimi H, Chawla N, Mercier B, BS J, Shi J, Philip E, Bergerot C, Barragan-Carrillo R, Pal S. The impact of insurance status on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). The Oncologist 2023, 28: s5-s6. PMCID: PMC10445577, DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad216.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaMedian progression-free survivalProgression-free survivalLog-rank testMedian overall survivalOverall survivalMedicaid/Insurance statusSecondary insurancePrivate insurancePrimary insuranceSystemic therapyClinical outcomesEntire cohortInferior median progression-free survivalSuperior median progression-free survivalSignificant differencesCox proportional hazards regression modelFirst-line systemic therapyMedicaid/uninsured patientsSuperior progression-free survivalProportional hazards regression modelsLine systemic therapyFirst-line treatmentKaplan-Meier method