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ArticleAdvances in therapy2024

Quality of Life Evaluation in Patients with Follicular Cell Lymphoma: A Real-World Study in Europe and the United States.

Patrick Connor Johnson, Abigail Bailey, Qiufei Ma, Neil Milloy, Emilia Biondi, Ruben G W Quek, Sarah Weatherby, Sophie Barlow

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Article in Advances in therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) in Lymphoma.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Patrick Connor JohnsonCancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3943-6608
Abigail BaileyAdelphi Real World, Adelphi Mill, Grimshaw Lane, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 5JB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0238-6723
Qiufei MaHealth Economics and Outcomes Research, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Tarrytown, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4270-3487
Neil MilloyAdelphi Real World, Adelphi Mill, Grimshaw Lane, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 5JB, UK. neil.milloy@adelphigroup.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6811-6312
Emilia BiondiAdelphi Real World, Adelphi Mill, Grimshaw Lane, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 5JB, UK.ORCID 0009-0005-1983-8529
Ruben G W QuekHealth Economics and Outcomes Research, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Tarrytown, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9602-3239
Sarah WeatherbyAdelphi Real World, Adelphi Mill, Grimshaw Lane, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 5JB, UK.ORCID 0009-0009-6750-2666
Sophie BarlowAdelphi Real World, Adelphi Mill, Grimshaw Lane, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 5JB, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5604-1360

Funding

Defining the Role of Palliative care for Patients with Hematologic Malignancies Undergoing Adoptive Cellular TherapyK08CA279772 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Patrick Connor Johnson · 2024 to 2026
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NCI NIH HHS K08 CA279772
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionFollicular lymphoma (FL) is an indolent subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), characterized by a long natural course of remissions/relapses. We aimed to evaluate real-world quality of life (QoL) in patients with FL, by line of therapy (LOT), and across countries.

methodsData were drawn from the Adelphi FL Disease Specific Programme™, a cross-sectional survey of physicians and their patients in Europe [France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom (UK)], and the United States (US) from June 2021 to January 2022. Patients provided demographics and patient-reported outcomes via the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer QoL questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30). Bivariate analysis assessed QoL versus NHL, across LOT [first line (1L), second line (2L), third line or later (3L+)] and country.

resultsPatients (n = 401) had a mean [standard deviation (SD)] age of 66.0 (9.24) years, 58.1% were male, and 41.9%/22.9% were Ann Arbor stage III/IV. Patients with FL mean EORTC global health status (GHS)/QoL, nausea/vomiting, pain, dyspnea, appetite loss, and diarrhea scores were statistically significantly worse (p < 0.05) versus the NHL reference values. Mean (SD) GHS/QoL worsened from 1L [56.5 (22.21)] to 3L+ [50.4 (20.11)]. Physical and role functioning, fatigue, pain, dyspnea, and diarrhea scores also significantly worsened across later LOTs (p < 0.05). Across all functional domains, mean scores were significantly lower (p < 0.05) and almost all symptom scores (excluding diarrhea) were significantly higher (p < 0.05) for European versus US patients.

conclusionsPatients with FL at later LOTs had significantly worse scores in most QoL aspects than earlier LOTs. European patients had significantly lower functioning and higher symptom burden than in the US. These real-world findings highlight the need for novel FL therapies that alleviate patient burden, positively impacting QoL.

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Lymphoma, FollicularQuality of LifeAgedCross-Sectional StudiesEuropeFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresUnited StatesCross-sectional studyDisease burdenFollicular lymphomaQuality of life

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PMID38976122
PMCPMC11263223

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