| Literature DB >> 32750219 |
Mir Lim1,2, David S Shulman2, Holly Roberts2, Anran Li2, Jessica Clymer2, Kira Bona2, Hasan Al-Sayegh2, Clement Ma2, Steven G DuBois2.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Off-label drug prescribing is common in pediatric clinical medicine, though the extent and impact of this practice in pediatric oncology has not yet been characterized.Entities:
Keywords: dosing; neuro-oncology; off-label drug; pediatric cancer; target therapy; toxicity
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32750219 PMCID: PMC7520353 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.3349
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Med ISSN: 2045-7634 Impact factor: 4.711
FIGURE 1Prevalence of off‐label use by diagnosis‐treatment year and agent type for patients diagnosed or treated between 2007 and 2017. For the purpose of this analysis, patients who received off‐label therapy were counted in the year they received their first off‐label therapy. Patients who did not receive off‐label therapy were counted in the year of their initial diagnosis. Numbers in parentheses indicate number of patients included in denominator for each yearly prevalence calculation
Patient characteristics
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Off‐label use N = 374 n/N (%) or median (range) |
No off‐label use N = 3706 n/N (%) or median (range) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Age at diagnosis (y) | 10 (0.1, 25.9) | 9 (0, 29.1) | .2 |
| Sex | .07 | ||
| Male | 222/374 (59) | 2018/3706 (54) | |
| Female | 152/374 (41) | 1688/3706 (46) | |
| Disease category | <.0001 | ||
| Heme malignancy | 96/374 (26) | 1229/3629 (34) | |
| Solid tumor | 106/374 (28) | 1275/3629 (35) | |
| Neuro‐oncology | 172/374 (46) | 1047/3629 (29) | |
| Other | 0/374 (0) | 78/3629 (2) | |
| Area‐level poverty | .6 | ||
| High poverty (≥20% below federal poverty level) | 40/342 (12) | 432/3414 (13) | |
| Low poverty (<20% below federal poverty level) | 302/342 (88) | 2982/3414 (87) | |
| Insurance | |||
| Private | 184/313 (59) | ||
| Public | 129/313 (41) | ||
| Stage at diagnosis | |||
| Localized | 209/316 (66) | ||
| Metastatic | 107/316 (34) | ||
| Stage at first off‐label therapy | |||
| Localized | 160/316 (51) | ||
| Metastatic | 156/316 (49) | ||
| Number of treatment lines prior to first off‐label use | |||
| 0 | 87/374 (23) | ||
| 1 | 124/374 (33) | ||
| 2 | 75/374 (20) | ||
| 3 or more | 88/374 (24) | ||
| Prior radiation before the start of off‐label therapy | 168 (45) | ||
| Prior allogeneic stem cell transplant before the start of the first off‐label therapy | 41 (8) | ||
Details of off‐label prescribing patterns for 571 distinct uses
| Type of off‐label drug | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Overall N = 571 n (%) |
Small Molecule N = 308 n (%) |
Monoclonal Antibody N = 263 n (%) | |
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Duration of off‐label use (Median and range) |
99 d (1, 3412) n = 544 |
93 d (1, 3412) n = 285 |
104 d (1, 3063) n = 259 |
| Dose modified | 132/562 (23%) | 113/302 (37%) | 19/260 (7%) |
| Type of modification | |||
| Decreased | 71/132 (54%) | 56/113 (50%) | 15/19 (79%) |
| Increased | 61/132 (46%) | 57/113 (50%) | 4/19 (21%) |
| Given with conventional chemotherapy | 322/570 (56%) | 132/307 (43%) | 190/263 (72%) |
| Given with other targeted therapy | 129/571 (23%) | 68/308 (22%) | 61/263 (23%) |
Response and toxicity for 571 distinct off‐label uses
| Type of Off‐Label Drug | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Overall N = 571 (n/N, %) |
Small Molecule N = 308 (n/N, %) |
Monoclonal Antibody N = 263 (n/N, %) | |
| Complete response | 80/544 (15%) | 31/289 (11%) | 49/255 (19%) |
| Met toxicity criteria | 208/558 (38%) | 118/295 (40%) | 90/257 (35%) |
| Drug discontinued at time of data collection | 543/544 (97%) | 285/299 (95%) | 258/259 (100%) |
| Reason for stopping off‐label therapy | |||
| Progression | 249/543 (46%) | 148/285 (52%) | 101/258 (39%) |
| Other | 138/543 (25%) | 68/285 (24%) | 70/258 (27%) |
| Completed planned cycles | 85/543 (16%) | 24/285 (8%) | 61/258 (24%) |
| Toxicity | 71/543 (13%) | 45/285 (16%) | 26/258 (10%) |
Unplanned clinic visits for toxicity, emergency department visits for toxicity, and/or unplanned admissions for toxicity.