Real-World Patients' Diagnosis-to-Treatment Journey with Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Introduction: The incidence and prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) are increasing globally. Approximately 80% of NTM-PD cases in Japan and five countries within Europe (Eur5; France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK) are caused by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). This study describes the clinical decision-making process associated with the management of patients with NTM-PD in Japan and the Eur5.

Annual prevalence estimation of lymphatic malformation with a cutaneous component: observational study of a national representative sample of physicians.

Background: Lymphatic malformations (LMs) represent a potentially life-threatening, rare disease of the lymphatic system characterized by development of abnormal vessels, outpouchings, or cysts filled with lymphatic fluid. There are three morphologic types of LMs based on the size of the individual cysts: macrocystic (typically > 2 cm), microcystic (generally < 2 cm), and mixed (includes aspects of both). Macrocystic LMs typically exist beneath the skin and often can involve vascular components and/or organs.

Repository corticotropin injection in patients with advanced symptomatic sarcoidosis: retrospective analysis of medical records.

Background: Repository corticotropin injection (RCI) has regulatory approval for many indications, including symptomatic sarcoidosis. This large case series of patients with advanced symptomatic sarcoidosis treated with RCI describes patient characteristics, RCI utilization patterns, concomitant therapies, and physicians' assessments of treatment response.

Methods: Patients ⩾18 years with symptomatic sarcoidosis, treated with RCI in the previous 36 months, who had completed a course of RCI or received RCI for ⩾6 months at the time of data collection were included.

Real-world adverse events with niraparib 200 mg/day maintenance therapy in ovarian cancer: a retrospective study.

To assess real-world occurrence of common clinical trial-reported adverse events (AE) among patients with recurrent ovarian cancer initiating niraparib 200 mg/day. This retrospective observational study used physician-extracted anonymized medical record data of eligible patients initiating niraparib 200 mg/day after platinum-based chemotherapy. Of 153 patients, 57 (37%) experienced ≥1 of the three most common all-grade AEs within 3 months after niraparib initiation: nausea (16%; grade 3/4: 2%), thrombocytopenia (14%; grade 3/4: 3%) and fatigue (24%; grade 3/4: 3%).

Retrospective Medical Record Review to Describe Use of Repository Corticotropin Injection Among Patients with Uveitis in the United States.

Introduction: Repository corticotropin injection (RCI) has immune-modulatory and anti-inflammatory effects and is approved for multiple indications, including severe and acute chronic allergic and inflammatory processes involving the eye and adnexa. This study describes patient characteristics, treatment patterns, and physicians' assessments of patients with uveitis treated with RCI.

Methods: This was a retrospective medical record review of US patients.

Understanding if, How, and Why Women with Prior Spontaneous Preterm Births are Treated with Progestogens: A National Survey of Obstetrician Practice Patterns.

 In 2017, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Guideline Committee reaffirmed that 17 -hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17-OHPC) to prevent preterm birth (PTB) is underutilized. We sought to determine what drove progestogen treatment choice of obstetricians managing pregnant women with histories of 1+ singleton spontaneous PTBs (< 37 weeks) who then delivered singleton gestations within the previous 12 months.  We recruited a nationally representative random sample of obstetricians to abstract medical records of study-qualified patients.

A Retrospective Medical Record Review of Utilization Patterns and Medical Resource Use Associated with Repository Corticotropin Injection among Patients with Rheumatologic Diseases in the United States.

Introduction: Repository corticotropin injection (RCI) has anti-inflammatory and immune-modulatory effects and is approved for multiple indications, including several rheumatologic conditions. The aims of this nationally representative, retrospective, observational study were to describe patient characteristics, RCI treatment patterns, and barriers to RCI use in patients with rheumatologic disease, and to compare medical resource use (MRU) before and after RCI therapy.

Methods: A random sample of US physicians was recruited to abstract the medical records of deidentified patients with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), dermatomyositis/polymyositis (DM/PM), or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who had been treated with RCI in the previous 24 months.

Utility of the Oncotype DX Prostate Cancer Assay in Clinical Practice for Treatment Selection in Men Newly Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer: A Retrospective Chart Review Analysis.

Introduction: The 17-gene Oncotype DX® prostate cancer assay (Genomic Health Inc., Redwood City, California) is a validated, biopsy based gene expression assay that reports the Genomic Prostate Score. Combined with clinical risk features, Genomic Prostate Score provides an individualized estimation of disease aggressiveness at diagnosis.

The use of immediate postoperative instillations of intravesical chemotherapy after TURBT of NMIBC among European countries.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the use of immediate postoperative instillation of intravesical chemotherapy (IPOIC) after transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT) of nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) in Europe.

Methods: Urologists based in five European Union nations were asked to extract information from the records of patients with NMIBC-urothelial carcinoma who received at least one TURBT. Multivariate logistic regression models were developed to determine the significant predictors of IPOIC usage.

National practice patterns for immediate postoperative instillation of chemotherapy in nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer.

Purpose: We assessed the use of intravesical postoperative chemotherapy among United States urologists in patients with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer.

Materials And Methods: A national sample of United States based urologists (259) retrospectively assessed their practice patterns involving intravesical postoperative chemotherapy after transurethral resection in patients with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. These urologists reviewed the medical records of their last 4 patients with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer, and completed a case report form for specific demographic, pathological and treatment information.

Predictors of treatment choices and associated outcomes in actinic keratoses: results from a national physician survey study.

Objectives: Actinic keratoses (AKs) are common skin lesions with the potential to progress to squamous cell carcinoma. Many effective treatment alternatives exist, yet the reasons for treatment choice have not been explored. This study examined which AK therapy was preferred among dermatologists and primary care physicians (PCPs), as well as potential determinants of therapeutic selection.