Clinical and economic impact of the advanced practice nurse in lung cancer patients receiving immunotherapy-based treatments: A quantitative study.

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of an advanced practice nurse (APN) intervention on the reduction of emergency department visits due to immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in patients receiving immunotherapy-based treatments. Also, to analyze changes in hospitalization and hospital costs due to adverse effects of treatment and in the time to action against these.

Methods: The study compared a prospective sample of patients who received APN support (intervention) and a retrospective sample of patients with lung cancer without APN support (control).