2023
Real-World Treatment Patterns, Overall Survival, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Costs Among U.S. Elderly Patients with Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) after Failure of Covalent Btki Treatment
Squires P, Puckett J, Ryland K, Kamal-Bahl S, Raut M, Doshi J, Huntington S. Real-World Treatment Patterns, Overall Survival, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Costs Among U.S. Elderly Patients with Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) after Failure of Covalent Btki Treatment. Blood 2023, 142: 2326. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-181024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchR mantle cell lymphomaHealthcare resource useLines of therapyMantle cell lymphomaMedian overall survivalOverall survivalTreatment initiationElderly patientsTyrosine kinase inhibitorsTreatment patternsPrior linesStandard chemotherapyU.S. patientsCell lymphomaReal-world treatment patternsRefractory mantle cell lymphomaBruton tyrosine kinase inhibitorsCause total costsFourth-line treatmentService Medicare coverageThird-line settingProgression-free survivalHalf of patientsHealthcare resource utilizationLarge unmet needIbrutinib discontinuation and associated factors in a real-world national sample of elderly Medicare beneficiaries with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Huntington S, de Nigris E, Puckett J, Kamal-Bahl S, Farooqui M, Ryland K, Sarpong E, Leng S, Yang X, Doshi J. Ibrutinib discontinuation and associated factors in a real-world national sample of elderly Medicare beneficiaries with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2023, 64: 2286-2295. PMID: 37870435, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2023.2256911.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic lymphocytic leukemiaIbrutinib discontinuationLymphocytic leukemiaHalf of patientsMonths of initiationElderly Medicare beneficiariesLarge unmet needPart D low-income subsidyLow-income subsidyCardiovascular comorbiditiesElderly patientsReal-world practiceIbrutinib treatmentLymphocytic lymphomaAdvanced ageClinical trialsMedical CenterMedicare claimsDiscontinuationHigh riskMedicare beneficiariesUnmet needPatientsLeukemiaTwo-thirdsAssessing unmet need among elderly Medicare Beneficiaries with Mantle cell lymphoma: an analysis of treatment patterns, survival, healthcare resource utilization, and costs
Squires P, Puckett J, Ryland K, Kamal-Bahl S, Raut M, Doshi J, Huntington S. Assessing unmet need among elderly Medicare Beneficiaries with Mantle cell lymphoma: an analysis of treatment patterns, survival, healthcare resource utilization, and costs. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2023, 64: 1752-1770. PMID: 37497877, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2023.2234525.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthcare resource utilizationMantle cell lymphomaElderly patientsTreatment patternsCell lymphomaUnmet needLater linesNational Medicare claimsHalf of patientsHealth care utilizationElderly Medicare beneficiariesLarge unmet needReal-world outcomesCause hospitalizationOverall survivalCare utilizationHospitalization ratesNovel therapiesMedicare claimsL regimenHealthcare costsMedicare beneficiariesL treatmentPatientsLymphomaThe COVID-19 Pandemic and In-Person Visit Rate Disruptions Among Patients With Hematologic Neoplasms in the US in 2020 to 2021
Goyal G, Lau K, Wang X, Davidoff A, Huntington S, Jamy O, Calip G, Shah H, Stephens D, Miksad R, Parikh R, Takvorian S, Neparidze N, Seymour E. The COVID-19 Pandemic and In-Person Visit Rate Disruptions Among Patients With Hematologic Neoplasms in the US in 2020 to 2021. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2316642. PMID: 37273206, PMCID: PMC10242428, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.16642.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly pandemic monthsOral therapyOutpatient infusionsChronic lymphocytic leukemiaHematologic neoplasmsVisit ratesTelemedicine useCohort studyPandemic monthsLymphocytic leukemiaRetrospective observational cohort studyData cutoff datePerson medical careSubsequent cancer outcomesHalf of patientsObservational cohort studyMantle cell lymphomaCOVID-19COVID-19 pandemicNon-Hispanic whitesMedian ageActive treatmentCancer outcomesMultiple myelomaActive patients
2021
Perceptions of Prognosis Among Patients with Advanced Hematologic Malignancies
Odejide O, Huntington S, Kuczmarski T, Shi E, Tulsky J, Abel G. Perceptions of Prognosis Among Patients with Advanced Hematologic Malignancies. Blood 2021, 138: 4026. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2021-153361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthcare teamPrognostic discussionsHematologic oncologistsBlood cancersUnivariable analysisLife expectancyHematologic malignanciesAdvanced hematologic malignanciesHalf of patientsCohort of patientsLarge cancer centerPerceptions of prognosisBlood cancer patientsAccurate prognostic understandingEnd of lifeAdult patientsCommon diagnosisMedian timeOutpatient visitsCancer CenterCancer patientsPrognostic understandingAcute leukemiaPatients' perceptionsOwn life expectancy