PMID- 36465024 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230314 LR - 20230318 IS - 1399-0012 (Electronic) IS - 0902-0063 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 3 DP - 2023 Mar TI - A viewpoint describing the American Society of Transplantation rationale to conduct a comprehensive patient survey assessing unmet immunosuppressive therapy needs. PG - e14876 LID - 10.1111/ctr.14876 [doi] AB - This viewpoint aims to "set the stage" and provide the rationale for the proposed development of a large-scale, comprehensive survey assessing transplant patients' perceived unmet immunosuppressive therapy needs. Research in organ transplantation has historically focused on reducing the incidence and impact of rejection on allograft survival and minimizing or eliminating the need for chronic immunosuppressive therapies. There has been less emphasis and investment in therapies to improve patient-reported outcomes including health-related quality of life and side-effects. Patient-focused drug development (PFDD) is a new and important emphasis of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that provides a guiding philosophy for incorporating the patient experience into drug development and evaluation. The American Society of Transplantation (AST) Board of Directors commissioned this working group to prepare for the conduct of a comprehensive patient survey assessing unmet immunosuppressive therapy needs. This paper aims to describe the basis for why it is important to conduct this survey and briefly outline the plan for broad stakeholder engagement to ensure the information gained is diverse, inclusive, and relevant for advancing PFDD in organ transplant recipients. CI - (c) 2022 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Taber, David J AU - Taber DJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7273-4589 AD - Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. FAU - Gordon, Elisa J AU - Gordon EJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0969-1998 AD - Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. FAU - Jesse, Michelle T AU - Jesse MT AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0847-0368 AD - Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, Michigan, USA. FAU - Myaskovsky, Larissa AU - Myaskovsky L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7268-1517 AD - Center for Healthcare Equity in Kidney Disease and Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. FAU - Peipert, John Devin AU - Peipert JD AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5762-7881 AD - Department of Medical Social, Sciences & Northwestern University Transplant Outcomes Research Collaboration, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. FAU - Jaure, Allison AU - Jaure A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8973-9538 AD - Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia. FAU - George, Roshan AU - George R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3853-967X AD - Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. FAU - Fitzsimmons, William AU - Fitzsimmons W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6189-5499 AD - Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. CN - American Society of Transplantation Board of Directors LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20221213 PL - Denmark TA - Clin Transplant JT - Clinical transplantation JID - 8710240 RN - 0 (Immunosuppressive Agents) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - United States MH - *Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use MH - Quality of Life MH - *Organ Transplantation MH - Immunosuppression Therapy MH - Surveys and Questionnaires MH - Graft Rejection/epidemiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - patient characteristics OT - quality of life (QOL) OT - rejection OT - side effects EDAT- 2022/12/06 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/15 06:00 CRDT- 2022/12/05 03:32 PHST- 2022/11/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/07/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/05 03:32 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/ctr.14876 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Transplant. 2023 Mar;37(3):e14876. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14876. Epub 2022 Dec 13.