Impact of intestinal failure and parenteral support on adult patients with short-bowel syndrome: A multinational, noninterventional, cross-sectional survey.

Background: Patients with short-bowel syndrome and intestinal failure (SBS-IF) require parenteral support (PS) and experience various symptoms and comorbidities. This survey assessed the impact of SBS-IF and PS on patients and their health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Methods: An online survey of adult patients who had a self-reported clinician diagnosis of SBS-IF and were receiving PS was conducted in France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and the USA.

Treatment patterns and characteristics of European patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Background: European treatment guidelines recommend the use of hormonal therapy for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer, including castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), but there is little understanding of how common practices in prostate cancer treatment compare across Europe. The aim of this analysis was to evaluate the management of CRPC patients across five European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK).

Methods: Data were drawn from the Adelphi Real World Prostate Cancer Disease Specific Programme (DSP), a cross-sectional survey of patients undertaken between December 2009 and May 2010.