Oral chemotherapy education sessions at an academic and community cancer center.

Authors

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Daniel Aaron Roberts

Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Daniel Aaron Roberts, Jim Doolin, Christina Cibotti, Rebekah A Hartwell, Mary Yenulevich, Kelsey Trillo, Ayad Hamdan, Christopher Rodrigues, Morgan Brittany Smith, Holly Dowling, Noah Xavier Tocci, Scott M Devlin, Meghan Shea, Jessica A. Zerillo

Organizations

Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, Department of Pharmacy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, Office of Improvement & Innovation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, Center for Healthcare Delivery Science, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Research Funding

Other

Background: Oral chemotherapy is becoming more widely utilized within oncology. Concerns regarding poor adherence and toxicity may be addressed by providing patient education. Methods: We developed and implemented a pharmacist-led initial education session for patients newly prescribed oral chemotherapy in both an academic medical center gastrointestinal oncology clinic and an affiliated community oncology cancer center. We provided an education packet including drug-specific information, clinic contact telephone numbers, and a drug schedule calendar. Standardized teaching and documentation templates were used. Patients completed each education session with the MOATT teaching tool for patients receiving Oral Agents for Cancer V1.2. Assessment of compliance with the ASCO/ONS Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards on Oral Chemotherapy Education was assessed through use of Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) quality measures where applicable and compared to historical QOPI data from the academic medical center from 2015-2017. Results: Thirty-one patients were newly prescribed oral chemotherapy and received the initial education session from November 2017 through May 2018. Based on a monthly report generated of new oral chemotherapy prescriptions, after a seven-month run-in, the rate reached 100% of patients at both sites for the most recent month. When comparing the intervention cohort to the historical QOPI cohort using a one-sided P value of 0.017 with bonferroni correction, there was improvement in safe handling/storage (pre: 19%, post 100%, P = 0.0001), drug-drug and food interactions (pre: 31%, post 100%, P = 0.0001), and plan for missed doses (pre: 37%, post: 97%, P = 0.0001). A trend toward improvement was found for schedule/start date discussion (pre: 87%, post: 100% P = 0.018) and side effect/toxicities (pre: 87%, post: 100% P = 0.018). Conclusions: Implementation of an oral chemotherapy education session in both an academic and community setting was feasible and improved adherence to QOPI measures of oral chemotherapy education and ASCO/ONS standards for oral chemotherapy. Further data regarding time to clinical outcomes is forthcoming.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2018 ASCO Quality Care Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session B: Projects Relating to Patient Experience; Projects Relating to Safety; Technology and Innovation in Quality of Care

Track

Projects Relating to Patient Experience,Projects Relating to Safety,Technology and Innovation in Quality of Care

Sub Track

Standardization Efforts to Improve Safety

Citation

J Clin Oncol 36, 2018 (suppl 30; abstr 254)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2018.36.30_suppl.254

Abstract #

254

Poster Bd #

J10

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