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ArticlePharmacoepidemiology and drug safety2025

Effectiveness of Additional Risk Minimization Measures Related to Interstitial Lung Disease/Pneumonitis With Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Treatment of Breast Cancer in European Countries: Results and Learnings From a Post-Authorization Safety Survey Among Physicians.

Angelika Wientzek-Fleischmann, Ulf Stellmacher, Elisabeth Beyerlein, Annegret Gohlke, Birgit Ehlken

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Angelika Wientzek-FleischmannDaiichi-Sankyo Europe GmbH, Munich, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5778-3283
Ulf StellmacherDaiichi-Sankyo Europe GmbH, Munich, Germany.
Elisabeth BeyerleinDaiichi-Sankyo Europe GmbH, Munich, Germany.
Annegret GohlkeIQVIA, Munich, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5923-1351
Birgit EhlkenIQVIA, Munich, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4751-4220

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Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH, Munich, Germany
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Abstract

backgroundInterstitial lung disease (ILD)/pneumonitis is an important safety risk of trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) treatment. This study assessed the effectiveness of additional risk minimization measures (aRMMs) outlined in the educational material (EM) for the product regarding physicians' awareness, knowledge, and implementation related to the risk, early detection, and management of ILD/pneumonitis.

methodsA web-based survey was conducted among prescribers of T-DXd from seven European countries (Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Spain, and the UK) between 03/2021 and 11/2022. The overall effectiveness of the aRMMs was determined as the percentage of physicians correctly responding to questions in the awareness, knowledge, and implementation domains, with cut-off thresholds of ≥ 80%, ≥ 60%, and ≥ 75%, respectively.

resultsOverall, 172 prescribing physicians from seven countries completed the survey questionnaire (response rate: 3.1%). The majority (73.8%) of the physicians acknowledged receiving EMs. In all, 91.6%, 46.7%, and 76.7% of the physicians correctly responded to questions in the awareness, knowledge, and implementation domains, respectively. The low score observed in the knowledge domain was primarily because the respondents did not acknowledge fever as a typical symptom of ILD/pneumonitis. When a post hoc sensitivity analysis was performed where "fever" was not classified as a mandatory answer to the question about typical symptoms for ILD/pneumonitis, the proportion of physicians achieving the threshold increased to 68.6%.

conclusionThe aRMMs effectively imparted awareness and supported the management of T-DXd-induced ILD/pneumonitis.

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Antineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBreast NeoplasmsLung Diseases, InterstitialPneumoniaPractice Patterns, Physicians'TrastuzumabAdultEuropeFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhysiciansSurveys and QuestionnairesAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalTrastuzumabadditional risk minimization measuresbreast cancereducational materialsinterstitial lung diseasetrastuzumab deruxtecan

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PMCPMC12426362

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