PMID- 30711987 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190220 LR - 20211204 IS - 1791-7530 (Electronic) IS - 0250-7005 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 2 DP - 2019 Feb TI - Usefulness of Implementing Comprehensive Pharmaceutical Care for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Outpatients Treated with Pazopanib. PG - 999-1004 LID - 10.21873/anticanres.13205 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Pazopanib is an effective treatment option for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). However, the therapy is often limited by the appearance of adverse events (AEs), including nausea/vomiting, hepatic impairment, hand-foot syndrome, diarrhea, hypertension and oral mucositis. Early management of AEs is, therefore, extremely important in order to maximize treatment outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This non-randomized controlled before-and-after study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of our comprehensive pharmaceutical interventions in 37 outpatients receiving pazopanib for RCC (experimental group). Data were compared with those obtained from 13 patients before the start of pharmaceutical intervention (control group). RESULTS: The incidence rates of grade 2 or more nausea and anorexia were significantly lower in the experimental, than in the control group (3% versus 38% for nausea, respectively, p=0.003; 8% versus 46% for anorexia, respectively, p=0.005). Importantly, non-adherence based on patient self-assessment was not observed with intervention (0% versus 38%, p<0.001). Consequently, the median total dose of pazopanib was increased by the intervention (72,600 versus 18,200 mg, p=0.002). Moreover, the median time to treatment failure was significantly longer with intervention than before (10.2 versus 1.7 months, HR=0.23, 95% CI=0.110-0.499, p<0.001). These findings suggest that our interventions are highly effective for enhancing treatment outcomes. CI - Copyright(c) 2019, International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved. FAU - Todo, Maki AU - Todo M AD - Department of Pharmacy, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan m_todo@saitama-med.ac.jp. FAU - Shirotake, Suguru AU - Shirotake S AD - Department of Uro-Oncology, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Nishimoto, Koshiro AU - Nishimoto K AD - Department of Uro-Oncology, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Yasumizu, Yota AU - Yasumizu Y AD - Department of Uro-Oncology, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Kaneko, Gou AU - Kaneko G AD - Department of Uro-Oncology, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Kondo, Hideyuki AU - Kondo H AD - Department of Uro-Oncology, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Okabe, Takashi AU - Okabe T AD - Department of Uro-Oncology, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Makabe, Hideki AU - Makabe H AD - Department of Pharmacy, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Oyama, Masafumi AU - Oyama M AD - Department of Uro-Oncology, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan. LA - eng PT - Controlled Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PL - Greece TA - Anticancer Res JT - Anticancer research JID - 8102988 RN - 0 (Angiogenesis Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Indazoles) RN - 0 (Pyrimidines) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - 7RN5DR86CK (pazopanib) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Angiogenesis Inhibitors/*adverse effects MH - Carcinoma, Renal Cell/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Disease Progression MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Incidence MH - Indazoles MH - Kaplan-Meier Estimate MH - Kidney Neoplasms/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Male MH - Medication Adherence MH - Middle Aged MH - *Neoplasm Metastasis MH - Outpatients MH - Patient Compliance MH - Pyrimidines/*adverse effects MH - Self Report MH - Sulfonamides/*adverse effects MH - Treatment Outcome OTO - NOTNLM OT - Pazopanib OT - adverse events OT - metastasis OT - pharmaceutical care OT - renal cell carcinoma EDAT- 2019/02/04 06:00 MHDA- 2019/03/21 06:00 CRDT- 2019/02/04 06:00 PHST- 2018/12/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/01/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/01/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/02/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/02/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/03/21 06:00 [medline] AID - 39/2/999 [pii] AID - 10.21873/anticanres.13205 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anticancer Res. 2019 Feb;39(2):999-1004. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.13205.