Satisfaction and quality of life in patients with symptomatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours treated with lanreotide Autogel in South Africa
SA Journal of Oncology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Satisfaction and quality of life in patients with symptomatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours treated with lanreotide Autogel in South Africa | |
| Creator | Geldenhuys, Daleen Rapoport, Bernardo L. Fourie, Samuel Szpak, Waldemar M. Rodrigues, Sylvia Pirjol, Anca I. Harris, Jill Botha, Michiel Jonas, Natalie Nel, Monique Bouharati, Celia McMaster, Alicia | |
| Description | Background: Neuroendocrine tumours are known to impact patients’ quality of life because of the symptoms caused by hypersecretion of serotonin and other peptides, in particular diarrhoea and flushing.Aim: The Q-SYMTU study was a prospective, observational registry that included 24 symptomatic patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours.Setting: Multiple oncology practices in South Africa.Method: Patients’ level of satisfaction was evaluated for a 6-month period from initiation of treatment with lanreotide Autogel.Results: The number of patients who had greater than 50% self-reported reduction in daily episodes of diarrhoea and flushing were 67% and 80%, respectively, over a 6-month period.Conclusion: Treatment with lanreotide Autogel was generally well tolerated, as demonstrated by low occurrence of Grade 3 and Grade 4 adverse events (AEs). None of the Grade 4 AEs were related to the study treatment. No Grade 5 AEs were reported. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2020-10-01 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajo.v4i0.138 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Oncology; Vol 4 (2020); 7 pages 2523-0646 2518-8704 | |
| Language | eng | |
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