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Shapiro GK, Santiago AT, Pittman T, Iwano K, Rodin G, Cole H, Zeman K, Sellmann S, Oza AM, Jones J, Rosenthal M, Conti RM, Rodin D. Disparities in clinical trial enrollment at a Canadian comprehensive cancer center: A 15-year retrospective study. Cancer 2024. [PMID: 38662430 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.35331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Disparities in clinical trials (CTs) enrollment perpetuate inequities in treatment access and outcomes, but there is a paucity of Canadian data. The objective of this study was to examine disparities in cancer CT enrollment at a large Canadian comprehensive cancer center. METHODS Retrospective study of CT enrollment among new patient consultations from 2006 to 2019, with follow-up to 2021 (N = 154,880), with the primary outcome of enrollment as a binary variable. Factors associated with CT enrollment were evaluated using multivariable Bayesian hierarchical logistic regression with random effects for most responsible physician (MRP) and geography, adjusted for patient characteristics (sex, age, language, geography, and primary care provider [PCP]), area-level marginalization (residential instability, material deprivation, dependency, and ethnic concentration), disease (cancer site and stage), and MRP (department, sex, language, and training). A sensitivity analysis of the cumulative incidence of enrollment was conducted to account for differences in disease type and follow-up length. RESULTS CT enrollment was 11.2% overall, with a 15-year cumulative incidence of 18%. Lower odds of enrollment were observed in patients who were female (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 0.82; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.78-0.86), ≥65 years (AOR vs. <40, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.56-0.66), non-English speakers (0.72; 95% CI, 0.67-0.77), living ≥250 km away (AOR vs. <15 km, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.62-0.80), and without a PCP. Disease characteristics accounted for the largest proportion of observed variation (20.8%), with significantly greater odds of enrollment in patients with genitourinary cancers and late-stage disease. CONCLUSION Significant sociodemographic disparities were observed, suggesting the need for targeted strategies to increase diversity in access to cancer CTs in Canada.
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- Gilla K Shapiro
- Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Cancer Clinical Research Unit, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Cancer Clinical Research Unit, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Cancer Clinical Research Unit, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Medical Oncology and Haematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Markets, Public Policy, and Law, Boston University Questrom School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Gately L, Mesía C, Sepúlveda JM, Del Barco S, Pineda E, Gironés R, Fuster J, Hong W, Dumas M, Gill S, Navarro LM, Herrero A, Dowling A, de Las Peñas R, Vaz MA, Alonso M, Lwin Z, Harrup R, Peralta S, Long A, Perez-Segura P, Ahern E, Garate CO, Wong M, Campbell R, Cuff K, Jennens R, Gallego O, Underhill C, Martinez-Garcia M, Covela M, Cooper A, Brown S, Rosenthal M, Torres J, Collins IM, Gibbs P, Balana C. Correction to: A combined analysis of two prospective randomised studies exploring the impact of extended post-radiation temozolomide on survival outcomes in newly diagnosed glioblastoma. J Neurooncol 2024; 166:417-418. [PMID: 38289531 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-024-04581-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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- L Gately
- Personalised Oncology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- Department of Medical Oncology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- Medical Oncology Service, Institut Català d'Oncologia, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Institut Català d'Oncologia Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Personalised Oncology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Personalised Oncology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Provincial de Castellón, Castellón, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Sant Joan de Reus, Reus, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Bendigo Health, Bendigo, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Epworth Health, Richmond, VIC, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Border Medical Oncology, East Albury, NSW, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Ballarat Health Services, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Goulburn Valley Health, Shepparton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, South West Regional Cancer Centre, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Personalised Oncology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Institut Català d'Oncologia, Badalona, Spain
- Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (B-ARGO), Institut Investigació Germans Trias I Pujol (IGTP), Badalona, Spain
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Gately L, Mesía C, Sepúlveda JM, Del Barco S, Pineda E, Gironés R, Fuster J, Hong W, Dumas M, Gill S, Navarro LM, Herrero A, Dowling A, de Las Peñas R, Vaz MA, Alonso M, Lwin Z, Harrup R, Peralta S, Long A, Perez-Segura P, Ahern E, Garate CO, Wong M, Campbell R, Cuff K, Jennens R, Gallego O, Underhill C, Martinez-Garcia M, Covela M, Cooper A, Brown S, Rosenthal M, Torres J, Collins IM, Gibbs P, Balana C. A combined analysis of two prospective randomised studies exploring the impact of extended post-radiation temozolomide on survival outcomes in newly diagnosed glioblastoma. J Neurooncol 2024; 166:407-415. [PMID: 38153582 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-023-04513-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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PURPOSE The optimal duration of post-radiation temozolomide in newly diagnosed glioblastoma remains unclear, with no published phase III randomised trials. Standard-of-care stipulates 6 months. However, in routine care, it is often extended to 12 months, despite lacking robust supporting data. METHODS GEINO14-01 (Spain) and EX-TEM (Australia) studies enrolled glioblastoma patients without progression at the end of 6 months post-radiation temozolomide. Participants were randomised 1:1 to six additional months of temozolomide or observation. Primary endpoint was 6-month progression free survival from date of randomisation (6mPFS). Secondary endpoints included overall survival (OS) and toxicity. 204 patients were required to detect an improvement in 6mPFS from 50 to 60% (80% power). Neither study recruited sufficient patients. We performed a combined analysis of individual patient data. RESULTS 205 patients were recruited: 159 in GEINO14-01 (2014-2018) and 46 in EX-TEM (2019-2022). Median follow-up was 20.0 and 14.5 months. Baseline characteristics were balanced. There was no significant improvement in 6mPFS (57.2% vs 64.0%, OR0.75, p = 0.4), nor across any subgroups, including MGMT methylated; PFS (HR0.92, p = 0.59, median 7.8 vs 9.7 months); or OS (HR1.03, p = 0.87, median 20.1 vs 19.4 months). During treatment extension, 64% experienced any grade adverse event, mainly fatigue and gastrointestinal (both 54%). Only a minority required treatment changes: 4.5% dose delay, 7.5% dose reduction, 1.5% temozolomide discontinuation. CONCLUSION For glioblastoma patients, extending post-radiation temozolomide from 6 to 12 months is well tolerated but does not improve 6mPFS. We could not identify any subset that benefitted from extended treatment. Six months should remain standard-of-care.
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- L Gately
- Personalised Oncology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- Department of Medical Oncology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- Medical Oncology Service, Institut Català d'Oncologia, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Institut Català d'Oncologia Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Personalised Oncology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Personalised Oncology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Provincial de Castellón, Castellón, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Sant Joan de Reus, Reus, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Bendigo Health, Bendigo, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Epworth Health, Richmond, VIC, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Border Medical Oncology, East Albury, NSW, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Ballarat Health Services, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Goulburn Valley Health, Shepparton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, South West Regional Cancer Centre, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Personalised Oncology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Medical Oncology Service, Institut Català d'Oncologia, Badalona, Spain
- Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (B-ARGO), Institut Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Badalona, Spain
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Kerrissey M, Jamakandi S, Alcusky M, Himmelstein J, Rosenthal M. Integration on the Frontlines of Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations and Associations With Perceived Care Quality, Health Equity, and Satisfaction. Med Care Res Rev 2023; 80:519-529. [PMID: 37232171 DOI: 10.1177/10775587231173474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Amid enthusiasm about accountable care organizations (ACOs) in Medicaid, little is known about the primary care practices engaging in them. We leverage a survey of administrators within a random sample (stratified by ACO) of 225 practices joining Massachusetts Medicaid ACOs (64% response rate; 225 responses). We measure the integration of processes with distinct entities: consulting clinicians, eye specialists for diabetes care, mental/behavioral care providers, and long-term and social services agencies. Using multivariable regression, we examine organizational correlates of integration and assess integration's relationships with care quality improvement, health equity, and satisfaction with the ACO. Integration varied across practices. Clinical integration was positively associated with perceived care quality improvement; social service integration was positively associated with addressing equity; and mental/behavioral and long-term service integration were positively associated with ACO satisfaction (all p < .05). Understanding differences in integration at the practice level is vital for sharpening policy, setting expectations, and supporting improvement in Medicaid ACOs.
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- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, USA
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- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, USA
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Elani HW, Figueroa JF, Kawachi I, Rosenthal M. Early changes in health coverage and access to dental care associated with Medicaid expansion under the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Aff Sch 2023; 1:qxad032. [PMID: 38500761 PMCID: PMC10948102 DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxad032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected early changes in health coverage and access to dental care services in states that expanded Medicaid versus those that did not is currently not well known. Using data from the National Health Interview Survey, we found that, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, states that had previously expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act had lower uninsurance rates for White low-income adults (-8.8 percentage points; 95% CI: -16.6, -1.0) and lower dental uninsurance rates for all low-income adults (-5.4 percentage points; 95% CI: -10.4, -0.5). Our findings also suggest that the combination of Medicaid expansion with coverage of adult dental benefits in Medicaid was associated with improved dental coverage and access to dental care during the pandemic. With the expiration of the public health emergency declaration, states are considering strategies to prevent disruptions in Medicaid coverage. Our study adds to the evidence of the importance of Medicaid expansion in stabilizing health coverage during a public health crisis.
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- Hawazin W. Elani
- Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, United States
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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Hughes D, Rosenthal M, Cuthbertson L, Ramadan N, Felton I, Simmonds N, Loebinger M, Price H, Armstrong-James D, Elborn JS, Cookson W, Moffatt M, Davies J. WS13.01 An invisible threat? Aspergillus-positive cultures and co-infecting bacteria in airway samples. J Cyst Fibros 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(22)00225-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Rodin D, Glicksman RM, Clark K, Kakani P, Cheung MC, Singh S, Rosenthal M, Sinaiko AD. Mammographic Surveillance in Older Women With Breast Cancer in Canada and the United States: Are We Choosing Wisely? Pract Radiat Oncol 2021; 11:e384-e394. [PMID: 33753302 DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2021.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Guidelines on mammographic surveillance after breast cancer treatment have been disseminated internationally and incorporated into Choosing Wisely recommendations to reduce low-value care. However, adherence within different countries before their publication is unknown. METHODS AND MATERIALS Low-value mammography, defined as "short-interval" (within 6 months of radiation) or "high-frequency" (>1 within 12 months of radiation), was compared in Medicare fee-for-service in the United States and Ontario, Canada. Women ≥65 years diagnosed with breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving therapy with a minimum of 24 months of follow-up were included (n = 19,715 United States; 6479 Ontario). Secondary outcomes were patient and physician characteristics associated with discordance. RESULTS Short-interval mammography was higher in the United States than in Ontario (55.9% vs 38.0%, P < .001), as was high-frequency (39.6% vs 7.9%, P < .001). In Ontario, younger age (42% ≥85 vs 58% <74 years, P < .001) and chemotherapy (69% vs 51%, P < .001) were associated with short-interval mammography; in the United States, age, earlier diagnosis year, stage, chemotherapy, rurality, and academic center treatment were associated with greater use. Chemotherapy was associated with high-frequency mammography in both countries (13% vs 7% in Ontario, P < .001; 69% vs 51% in United States, P = .02); younger age, earlier diagnosis year, stage, and nonacademic center treatment were associated in the United States. In both countries, radiation oncologists had the highest proportion of providers ordering low-value mammograms. CONCLUSIONS Despite significant evidence guiding surveillance mammography recommendations, there are high rates of short-interval mammography in both the United States and Ontario, and high rates of high-frequency mammography in the United States. Further international efforts, such as Choosing Wisely, are needed to reduce low-value mammography.
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- Danielle Rodin
- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Rodin D, Glicksman R, Kakani P, Clark K, Cheung M, Singh S, Rosenthal M, Sinaiko A. 187: Mammographic Surveillance in Older Women with Breast Cancer in Canada and The United States: Are We Choosing Wisely? Radiother Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(20)31079-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hague E, Comfort L, Rosenthal M, Shortell S, Rodriguez H. Physician Practices and the Late Adoption of Transparent Peer Comparisons for Performance Feedback. Health Serv Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- E. Hague
- University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA United States
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- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Boston MA United States
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- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Boston MA United States
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- University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA United States
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- University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA United States
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Sharma M, Chacko A, Rosenthal M, Khan M. 0645 The Association of Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulator Adherence and Insomnia. Sleep 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Abstract
Introduction
The gold standard for treatment of Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). However, CPAP adherence is less than 50%. An alternative treatment is the hypoglossal nerve stimulator (HNS) which displaces the tongue anteriorly to treat upper airway obstruction. Difficulties tolerating HNS are related to stimulation discomfort. In this study, we investigated insomnia as a barrier to adherence.
Methods
Patients implanted and activated with HNS at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center between 2015 and 2019 were eligible. Patient usage data from the previous six months was obtained and subjects were asked to complete an Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). Participants were divided into adherent (defined as use ≥28 hours/week) and non-adherent (use <28 hours/week).
Results
32 subjects were enrolled, 22 in the adherent group and 10 in the non-adherent group. There was a significant decrease in mean treatment AHI in both groups: 36.25 to 11.14 in the adherent group and 36.30 to 15.69 in the non-adherent group (p<0.0001). The mean ISI score in the adherent group was 6.84 which is consistent with no clinically significant insomnia and 8.67 in the non-adherent group consistent with subthreshold insomnia. However, there was not a statistically significant difference between the two groups (p=0.441). There was a statistically significant higher score for the question “Do you worry about your sleep problems?” in the non-adherent group (1.78, SD1.39 vs 0.74. SD 0.81) (p =0.018).
Conclusion
This study suggests that patients who have difficulty with sleep may have more difficulty with HNS adherence than those who do not. In particular the question stating “Do you worry about your sleep problems” had a statistically higher score in the non-adherent group. Prospective studies are needed to further explore a possible relationship between insomnia and HNS adherence.
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- M Sharma
- The Ohio State Unviersity Wexner Medical Center Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Columbus, OH
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- The Ohio State Unviersity Wexner Medical Center Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Columbus, OH
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- The Ohio State Unviersity Wexner Medical Center Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Columbus, OH
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- The Ohio State Unviersity Wexner Medical Center Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Columbus, OH
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Rodin D, Chien AT, Ellimoottil C, Nguyen PL, Kakani P, Mossanen M, Rosenthal M, Landrum MB, Sinaiko AD. Physician and facility drivers of spending variation in locoregional prostate cancer. Cancer 2020; 126:1622-1631. [PMID: 31977081 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer, with a wide range of treatment options. Payment reform to reduce unnecessary spending variation is an important strategy for reducing waste, but its magnitude and drivers within prostate cancer are unknown. METHODS In total, 38,971 men aged ≥66 years with localized prostate cancer who were enrolled in Medicare fee-for-service and were included in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare database from 2009 to 2014 were included. Multilevel linear regression with physician and facility random effects was used to examine the contributions of urologists, radiation oncologists, and their affiliated facilities to variation in total patient spending in the year after diagnosis within geographic region. The authors assessed whether spending variation was driven by patient characteristics, disease risk, or treatments. Physicians and facilities were sorted into quintiles of adjusted patient-level spending, and differences between those that were high-spending and low-spending were examined. RESULTS Substantial variation in spending was driven by physician and facility factors. Differences in cancer treatment modalities drove more variation across physicians than differences in patient and disease characteristics (72% vs 2% for urologists, 20% vs 18% for radiation oncologists). The highest spending physicians spent 46% more than the lowest and had more imaging tests, inpatient care, and radiotherapy spending. There were no differences across spending quintiles in the use of robotic surgery by urologists or the use of brachytherapy by radiation oncologists. CONCLUSIONS Significant differences were observed for patients with similar demographics and disease characteristics. This variation across both physicians and facilities suggests that efforts to reduce unnecessary spending must address decision making at both levels.
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- Danielle Rodin
- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Urology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Halabi S, Dutta S, Tangen CM, Rosenthal M, Petrylak DP, Thompson IM, Chi KN, De Bono JS, Araujo JC, Logothetis C, Eisenberger MA, Quinn DI, Fizazi K, Morris MJ, Higano CS, Tannock IF, Small EJ, Kelly WK. Clinical outcomes in men of diverse ethnic backgrounds with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Ann Oncol 2020; 31:930-941. [PMID: 32289380 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.03.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We have shown previously in multivariable analysis that black men had 19% lower risk of death than white men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) treated with a docetaxel and prednisone (DP)-based regimen. The primary goal of this analysis was to compare progression-free survival (PFS), biochemical PFS, ≥50% decline in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) from baseline and objective response rate (ORR) in white, black and Asian men with mCRPC treated with a DP-based regimen. PATIENTS AND METHODS Individual patient data from 8820 mCRPC men randomized on nine phase III trials to a DP-containing regimen were combined. Race used in the analysis was based on self-report. End points were PFS, biochemical PSA, ≥50% decline in PSA from baseline and ORR. The proportional hazards and the logistic regression models were employed to assess the prognostic importance of race in predicting outcomes adjusting for established prognostic factors. RESULTS Of 8820 patients, 7528 (85%) were white, 500 (6%) were black, 424 were Asian (5%) and 368 (4%) had race unspecified. Median PFS were 8.3 [95% confidence interval (CI) 8.2-8.5], 8.2 (95% CI 7.4-8.8) and 8.3 (95% CI 7.6-8.8) months in white, black and Asian men, respectively. Median PSA PFS were 9.9 (95% CI 9.7-10.4), 8.5 (95% CI 8.0-10.3) and 11.1 (95% CI 9.9-12.5) months in white, black and Asian men, respectively. CONCLUSIONS We observed no differences in clinical outcomes by race and ethnic groups in men with mCRPC enrolled on these phase III clinical trials with DP.
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- S Halabi
- Duke University Medical Center and Duke University, Durham, USA.
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA
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- The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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- Christus San Rosa Hospital Medical Center, San Antonio, USA
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- British Columbia Cancer Agency - Vancouver Centre, Vancouver, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
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- University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, USA
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- Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
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- University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
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Rosenthal M, Shortell S, Shah ND, Peiris D, Lewis VA, Barrera JA, Usadi B, Colla CH. Physician practices in Accountable Care Organizations are more likely to collect and use physician performance information, yet base only a small proportion of compensation on performance data. Health Serv Res 2019; 54:1214-1222. [PMID: 31742688 PMCID: PMC6863236 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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IMPORTANCE It is critical to develop a better understanding of the strategies provider organizations use to improve the performance of frontline clinicians and whether ACO participation is associated with differential adoption of these tools. OBJECTIVES Characterize the strategies that physician practices use to improve clinician performance and determine their association with ACOs and other payment reforms. DATA SOURCES The National Survey of Healthcare Organizations and the National Survey of ACOs fielded 2017-2018 (response rates = 47 percent and 48 percent). STUDY DESIGN Descriptive analysis for practices participating and not participating in ACOs among 2190 physician practice respondents. Linear regressions to examine characteristics associated with counts of performance domains for which a practice used data for feedback, quality improvement, or physician compensation as dependent variables. Logistic and fractional regression to examine characteristics associated with use of peer comparison and shares of primary care and specialist compensation accounted for by performance bonuses, respectively. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS ACO-affiliated practices feed back clinician-level information and use it for quality improvement and compensation on more performance domains than non-ACO-affiliated practices. Performance measures contribute little to physician compensation irrespective of ACO participation. CONCLUSION ACO-affiliated practices are using more performance improvement strategies than other practices, but base only a small fraction of compensation on quality or cost.
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- Meredith Rosenthal
- Health Policy and ManagementHarvard University T H Chan School of Public HealthBostonMassachusetts
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- Division of Health Care Policy & ResearchMayo ClinicRochesterMinnesota
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- Health Systems ScienceUniversity of New South Wales Faculty of MedicineSydneyNSWAustralia
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- Health Policy and ManagementUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public HealthChapel HillNorth Carolina
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- Health Policy and ManagementHarvard University T H Chan School of Public HealthBostonMassachusetts
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- Geisel School of MedicineThe Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical PracticeLebanonNew Hampshire
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- Geisel School of MedicineThe Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical PracticeLebanonNew Hampshire
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Uretsky S, Aldaia L, Marcoff L, Koulogiannis K, Rosenthal M, Gillam L. P1777Concordance and discordance among the recommended echocardiographic parameters for the assessment of mitral regurgitation severity. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
The EACVI and ACC/AHA guidelines recommend assessing several echocardiographic parameters when evaluating mitral regurgitant severity. In a given patient, these parameters can be discordant making the assessment of mitral regurgitation challenging.
Purpose
To assess the degree to which echocardiographic parameters of MR severity are concordant.
Methods
This analysis included 131 consecutive patients with primary mitral regurgitation enrolled in a prospective multicenter study. Nine parameters were included in this analysis (PISA –derived regurgitant volume, PISA-derived EROA, vena contracta, color Doppler jet/LA area, LA volume index, LVEDVI, peak E wave, pulmonary vein systolic flow reversal, and presence of flail leaflet). Each echocardiographic parameter was determined to represent severe or nonsevere mitral regurgitation according to the guidelines. A concordance score was calculated as: (the number of concordant parameters/9) * 100 so that a higher score reflects greater concordance. Each echocardiogram was graded as having mild, moderate, or severe mitral regurgitation using the guideline recommended integrated approach.
Results
The mean concordance score was 74±13% for the entire cohort. There were 4 (4%) patients with complete agreement of all parameters and 32 (25%) with agreement of 5 of the 9 parameters. There was greater discordance in patients with severe MR and eccentric jets but no difference between patients with prolapse or flail leaflets (Figure 1). Clinical predictors of discordance were vena contracta and the peak E wave.
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Conclusion
In this series, there was imperfect concordance between the recommended echocardiographic parameters of MR severity in patients undergoing evaluation for mitral regurgitation. The discordance was worse with more severe mitral regurgitation and there was no ideal predictor of discordance. These findings highlight the challenges facing echocardiographers when assessing the severity of mitral regurgitation and underscore the importance of using the integrated approach recommended by professional societal guidelines.
Acknowledgement/Funding
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- S Uretsky
- Atlantic Health System, Morristown, United States of America
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- Atlantic Health System, Morristown, United States of America
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- Atlantic Health System, Morristown, United States of America
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- Atlantic Health System, Morristown, United States of America
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- Atlantic Health System, Morristown, United States of America
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- Atlantic Health System, Morristown, United States of America
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Pradelli L, Mayer K, Klek S, Omar Alsaleh A, Rosenthal M, Heller A, Muscaritoli M. SUN-LB640: Omega-3 Fatty-Acid Enriched Parenteral Nutrition Regimens in Hospitalized Patients in EU5 Countries: A Pharmacoeconomic Analysis. Clin Nutr 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(19)32606-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Garcia Mosqueira A, Rosenthal M, Barnett ML. The Association Between Primary Care Physician Compensation and Patterns of Care Delivery, 2012-2015. Inquiry 2019; 56:46958019854965. [PMID: 31179800 PMCID: PMC6558535 DOI: 10.1177/0046958019854965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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As health systems seek to incentivize physicians to deliver high-value care, the relationship between physician compensation and health care delivery is an important knowledge gap. To examine physician compensation nationally and its relationship with care delivery, we examined 2012-2015 cross-sectional data on ambulatory primary care physician visits from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Among 175 762 office visits with 3826 primary care physicians, 15.4% of primary care physicians reported salary-based, 4.5% productivity-based, and 12.9% "mixed" compensation, while 61.4% were practice owners. After adjustment, delivery of out-of-visit/office care was more common for practice owners and "mixed" compensation primary care physicians, while there was little association between compensation type and rates of high- or low-value care delivery. Despite early health reform efforts, the overall landscape of physician compensation has remained strongly tethered to fee-for-service. The lack of consistent association between compensation and care delivery raises questions about the potential impact of payment reform on individual physicians' behavior.
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- Adrian Garcia Mosqueira
- 1 Department of Health Policy and Managment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- 1 Department of Health Policy and Managment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- 1 Department of Health Policy and Managment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.,2 Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Shields MC, Singer J, Rosenthal M, Sato L, Keohane C, Janes M, Boulanger J, Martins N, Rabson B. Patient Engagement Activities and Patient Experience: Are Patients With a History of Depression the Canary in the Coal Mine? Med Care Res Rev 2019; 78:251-259. [PMID: 31117918 DOI: 10.1177/1077558719850705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Little is known about the effectiveness of primary care practices' efforts to engage patients in their health and health care. We examine the association between patient engagement efforts and patients' experiences of care. We found no association between an unweighted count of patient engagement activities and patient experience. Compared with the bottom quartile of practices, however, the top quartile had better performance on patient experience domains of communication, front-office staff, and organizational access (out of nine domains). Furthermore, patients reporting a diagnosis of depression have higher ratings across five domains of patient experience when in practices with higher levels of patient engagement activities measured using an unweighted scale. Future research is needed to understand how the benefits of patient engagement activities can accrue to more patient subgroups. These promising results suggest that payers and policy makers should continue to support implementation and benchmarking of patient engagement efforts across practices.
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- The Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, Watertown, MA, USA
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- Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions Incorporated (CRICO/RMF), Boston, MA, USA
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- Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions Incorporated (CRICO/RMF), Boston, MA, USA
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- Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions Incorporated (CRICO/RMF), Boston, MA, USA
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- Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions Incorporated (CRICO/RMF), Boston, MA, USA
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- The Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, Watertown, MA, USA
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- The Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, Watertown, MA, USA
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Crystal S, Crystal O, Angell B, Hermida R, Rosenthal M. PROGRESS TOWARD SAFER MANAGEMENT OF BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA: WHAT ARE THE LEVERS OF CHANGE? Innov Aging 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igy023.1321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Brooks JV, Singer SJ, Rosenthal M, Chien AT, Peters AS. Feeling inadequate: Residents' stress and learning at primary care clinics in the United States. Med Teach 2018; 40:920-927. [PMID: 29228837 DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2017.1413236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Educators hope that residents' experiences in primary care continuity clinics will influence more trainees to enter primary care careers. Unfortunately, evidence shows that outpatient primary care training in the United States is stressful and fails to promote primary care careers. We conducted qualitative interviews with residents to understand the source of stress and to explain this failure. METHODS In-person individual interviews were conducted with 37 primary care residents training at outpatient clinics in the US. Analysis used the constant comparative method and included open and focused coding, allowing themes to emerge inductively from the data. RESULTS 73% of residents interviewed reported negative emotions about clinic. Beyond stress, residents reported feeling inadequate as primary care physicians at clinic. Four factors contributed: mental distractions, unfamiliarity with primary care medicine, management of outpatients, and relationships with patients. Residents' comparisons of hospital-based and outpatient experiences favored the former in relation to the four factors. CONCLUSIONS Residents feel unprepared for primary care and inadequate as primary care physicians, and these feelings discourage them from practicing primary care. This phenomenon must be studied within the entire context of residency, as residents' attitudes about their outpatient experiences were shaped in relation to their inpatient experiences.
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- Joanna Veazey Brooks
- a Department of Health Policy & Management , University of Kansas School of Medicine , Kansas City , KS , USA
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- b Department of Health Policy & Management , Harvard Chan School of Public Health , Boston , MA , USA
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- b Department of Health Policy & Management , Harvard Chan School of Public Health , Boston , MA , USA
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- c Department of Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics , Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston , MA , USA
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- d Department of Population Medicine , Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School , Boston , MA , USA
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Tu S, Rosenthal M, Wang D, Huang J, Chen Y. Performance of prenatal screening using maternal serum and ultrasound markers for Down syndrome in Chinese women: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BJOG 2018; 123 Suppl 3:12-22. [PMID: 27627591 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.14009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Controversies about the performance of conventional prenatal screening using maternal serum and ultrasound markers (PSMSUM) in detecting Down syndrome (DS) have been raised as a result of a recently available noninvasive prenatal test based on cell-free fetal DNA sequencing. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the screening performance of PSMSUM in detecting DS in Chinese women. SEARCH STRATEGY An exhaustive literature search of MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Library, ISI Web of Science and China BioMedical Disc. SELECTION CRITERIA Primary studies, published from January 2004 to November 2014, which examined the screening accuracy of PSMSUM in pregnant Chinese women, compared with a reference standard, either chromosomal verification or inspection of the newborn. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Data were extracted as screening positive/negative results for Down and non-Down syndrome pregnancies, allowing estimation of sensitivities and specificities. Risks of bias within and across studies were assessed. Screening accuracy measures were pooled using a bivariate random effects regression model. MAIN RESULTS Seventy-eight studies, involving six categories of PSMSUM, were included. Second-trimester double serum [pooled sensitivity (SEN) = 0.80, pooled specificity (SPE) = 0.95] and triple-serum (pooled SEN = 0.79, pooled SPE = 0.96) screening were the predominant PSMSUM methods. The screening performances of these methods achieved the national standard but varied enormously across studies. First-trimester combined screening (pooled SEN = 0.92, pooled SPE = 0.93) and second-trimester quadruple serum screening (median SEN = 0.86, median SPE = 0.96) performed better, but were rarely used. AUTHOR'S CONCLUSIONS Second-trimester maternal serum screening has the potential to achieve satisfactory screening performance in middle- and low-income countries. The reported enormous range in screening performance of second-trimester PSMSUM calls for urgent implementation of methods for performance optimization. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT Meta-analysis results show good accuracy of maternal serum and ultrasound screening for trisomy 21 in Chinese women.
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- S Tu
- Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment, Ministry of Health (Fudan University), School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Collaborative Innovation Centre of Social Risks Governance in Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment, Ministry of Health (Fudan University), School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment, Ministry of Health (Fudan University), School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment, Ministry of Health (Fudan University), School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. .,Collaborative Innovation Centre of Social Risks Governance in Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Gilbert JW, Wolpin B, Clancy T, Wang J, Mamon H, Shinagare AB, Jagannathan J, Rosenthal M. Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: conceptual evolution and current approach to image-based classification. Ann Oncol 2018; 28:2067-2076. [PMID: 28407088 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background Diagnostic imaging plays a critical role in the initial diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Over the past decade, the concept of 'borderline resectable' pancreatic cancer has emerged to describe a distinct subset of patients existing along the spectrum from resectable to locally advanced disease for whom a microscopically margin-positive (R1) resection is considered relatively more likely, primarily due to the relationship of the primary tumor with surrounding vasculature. Materials and methods This review traces the conceptual evolution of borderline resectability from a radiological perspective, including the debates over the key imaging criteria that define the thresholds between resectable, borderline resectable, and locally advanced or metastatic disease. This review also addresses the data supporting neoadjuvant therapy in this population and discusses current imaging practices before and during treatment. Results A growing body of evidence suggests that the borderline resectable group of patients may particularly benefit from neoadjuvant therapy to increase the likelihood of an ultimately margin-negative (R0) resection. Unfortunately, anatomic and imaging criteria to define borderline resectability are not yet universally agreed upon, with several classification systems proposed in the literature and considerable variance in institution-by-institution practice. As a result of this lack of consensus, as well as overall small patient numbers and lack of established clinical trials dedicated to borderline resectable patients, accurate evidence-based diagnostic categorization and treatment selection for this subset of patients remains a significant challenge. Conclusions Clinicians and radiologists alike should be cognizant of evolving imaging criteria for borderline resectability given their profound implications for treatment strategy, follow-up recommendations, and prognosis.
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- J W Gilbert
- Department of Imaging, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital.,Harvard Medical School
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- Harvard Medical School.,Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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- Harvard Medical School.,Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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- Harvard Medical School.,Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital.,Gastrointestinal Surgical Center, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center
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- Harvard Medical School.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA
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- Department of Imaging, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital.,Harvard Medical School
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- Department of Imaging, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital.,Harvard Medical School
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- Department of Imaging, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital.,Harvard Medical School
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Rodin DL, Kakani P, Rosenthal M, Sinaiko A. The impact of the ASCO Choosing Wisely campaign for breast and prostate cancer on physician behavior. J Clin Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.6592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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Rosenthal M, Wong J, Jyothula S, Castriotta RJ. 0902 Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Interstitial Lung Disease Patients Referred for Lung Transplantation. Sleep 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy061.901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- M Rosenthal
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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At the age of 12, a child with cystic fibrosis developed severe small airways obstruction of unknown aetiology, in the absence of significant bronchiectasis. He remained resistant to medical treatment until, following an exacerbation of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis 18 months later, he responded to high dose oral steroids. He now remains steroid-dependent, and suffering from multiple side-effects. Possible aetiology and further therapeutic strategies are discussed.
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- J Davies
- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Bromptom Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, England
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Bromptom Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, England
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Bromptom Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, England
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Riekel C, Burghammer M, Snigirev I, Rosenthal M. Microstructural metrology of tobacco mosaic virus nanorods during radial compression and heating. Soft Matter 2018; 14:194-204. [PMID: 29138785 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01332a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We determined stress-induced deformations and the thermal stability of nanorod-shaped tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) capsids in coffee-ring structures by X-ray nanodiffraction. The hexagonal capsids lattice transforms under compression in the outer boundary zone of the coffee-ring into a tetragonal lattice. The helical pitch of the nanorods increases by about 2.5% across the outer boundary zone while the lateral distance between nanorods decreases continuously across the whole coffee-ring structure by about 2% due to compressive forces. The diffraction patterns show a mixture of helical scattering and Bragg peaks attributed to a lattice of nanorods interlocked by their helical grooves. Thermo-nanodiffraction reveals water loss up to about 100 °C resulting in a reduction of the helical pitch by about 6% with respect to its maximum value and a reduction of the nanorods separation by about 0.5 nm. Up to about 200 °C the pitch is increasing again by about 2%. Secondary crystallization in the bulk reaches a maximum at 150-160 °C. At higher temperatures the crystallinity is continuously decreasing up to about 220 °C. Above about 200 °C and depending on the heating history, the nanorods start disintegrating into small, randomly oriented aggregates.
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- C Riekel
- The European Synchrotron, ESRF, CS40220, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
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Galbraith AA, Meyers DJ, Ross‐Degnan D, Burns ME, Vialle‐Valentin CE, Larochelle MR, Touw S, Zhang F, Rosenthal M, Balaban RB. Long-Term Impact of a Postdischarge Community Health Worker Intervention on Health Care Costs in a Safety-Net System. Health Serv Res 2017; 52:2061-2078. [PMID: 29130267 PMCID: PMC5682134 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Patient navigators (PNs) may represent a cost-effective strategy to improve transitional care and reduce hospital readmissions. We evaluated the impact of a PN intervention on health system costs in the 180 days after discharge for high-risk patients in a safety-net system. DATA SOURCE/SETTING Primary and secondary data from an academic safety-net health system. STUDY DESIGN We compared per-patient utilization and costs, overall and by age, for high-risk, medical service patients randomized to the PN intervention relative to usual care between October 2011 and April 2013. Intervention patients received hospital visits and telephone outreach from PNs for 30 days after every qualifying discharge. DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTION METHODS We used administrative and electronic encounter data, and a survey of nurses; costs were imputed from the Medicare fee schedule. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Total costs per patient over the 180 days postindex discharge for those aged ≥60 years were significantly lower for PN patients compared to controls ($5,676 vs. $7,640, p = .03); differences for patients aged <60 ($9,942 vs. $9,046, p = .58) or for the entire cohort ($7,092 vs. $7,953, p = .27) were not significant. CONCLUSIONS Patient navigator interventions may be useful strategies for specific groups of patients in safety-net systems to improve transitional care while containing costs.
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- Alison A. Galbraith
- Center for Healthcare Research in PediatricsHarvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care InstituteBostonMA
- Department of Population MedicineHarvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care InstituteBostonMA
- Division of General PediatricsBoston Children's HospitalBostonMA
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- Department of Health Services, Policy, and PracticeBrown University School of Public HealthProvidenceRI
- Department of Health Policy and ManagementHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthBostonMA
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- Department of Population MedicineHarvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care InstituteBostonMA
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- Department of Population Health SciencesUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
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- Department of Population MedicineHarvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care InstituteBostonMA
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- Department of Health Services, Policy, and PracticeBrown University School of Public HealthProvidenceRI
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Sinaiko A, Chien A, Hassett M, Kakani P, Rodin D, Meyers D, Fraile B, Rosenthal M, Landrum M. What Explains Variation in Medical Spending for Patients With Breast Cancer? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.06.1590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gilbert JW, Wolpin B, Clancy T, Wang J, Mamon H, Shinagare AB, Jagannathan J, Rosenthal M. Reply to the letter to the editor 'Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: an evolving concept' by Petrucciani et al. Ann Oncol 2017; 28:2316. [PMID: 28541392 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- J W Gilbert
- Department of Imaging, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston.,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.,Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston.,Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston.,Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Gastrointestinal Surgical Center, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Boston
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston.,Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Gastrointestinal Surgical Center, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Boston
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA
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- Department of Imaging, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston.,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.,Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Department of Imaging, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston.,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.,Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Department of Imaging, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston.,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.,Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Hempelmann N, Hejny V, Pretz J, Stephenson E, Augustyniak W, Bagdasarian Z, Bai M, Barion L, Berz M, Chekmenev S, Ciullo G, Dymov S, Etzkorn FJ, Eversmann D, Gaisser M, Gebel R, Grigoryev K, Grzonka D, Guidoboni G, Hanraths T, Heberling D, Hetzel J, Hinder F, Kacharava A, Kamerdzhiev V, Keshelashvili I, Koop I, Kulikov A, Lehrach A, Lenisa P, Lomidze N, Lorentz B, Maanen P, Macharashvili G, Magiera A, Mchedlishvili D, Mey S, Müller F, Nass A, Nikolaev NN, Pesce A, Prasuhn D, Rathmann F, Rosenthal M, Saleev A, Schmidt V, Semertzidis Y, Shmakova V, Silenko A, Slim J, Soltner H, Stahl A, Stassen R, Stockhorst H, Ströher H, Tabidze M, Tagliente G, Talman R, Thörngren Engblom P, Trinkel F, Uzikov Y, Valdau Y, Valetov E, Vassiliev A, Weidemann C, Wrońska A, Wüstner P, Zuprański P, Żurek M. Phase Locking the Spin Precession in a Storage Ring. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 119:014801. [PMID: 28731757 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.014801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This Letter reports the successful use of feedback from a spin polarization measurement to the revolution frequency of a 0.97 GeV/c bunched and polarized deuteron beam in the Cooler Synchrotron (COSY) storage ring in order to control both the precession rate (≈121 kHz) and the phase of the horizontal polarization component. Real time synchronization with a radio frequency (rf) solenoid made possible the rotation of the polarization out of the horizontal plane, yielding a demonstration of the feedback method to manipulate the polarization. In particular, the rotation rate shows a sinusoidal function of the horizontal polarization phase (relative to the rf solenoid), which was controlled to within a 1 standard deviation range of σ=0.21 rad. The minimum possible adjustment was 3.7 mHz out of a revolution frequency of 753 kHz, which changes the precession rate by 26 mrad/s. Such a capability meets a requirement for the use of storage rings to look for an intrinsic electric dipole moment of charged particles.
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- N Hempelmann
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Indiana University Center for Spacetime Symmetries, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, National Centre for Nuclear Research, 00681 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Cracow, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia
- Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, 141700 Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Samara National Research University, 443086 Samara, Russia
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- Research Institute for Nuclear Problems, Belarusian State University, 220030 Minsk, Belarus
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Zentralinstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analytik (ZEA-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA
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- Department of Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Cracow, Poland
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- Zentralinstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analytik (ZEA-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, National Centre for Nuclear Research, 00681 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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Shea JA, Adejare A, Volpp KG, Troxel AB, Finnerty D, Hoffer K, Isaac T, Rosenthal M, Sequist TD, Asch DA. Patients' views of a behavioral intervention including financial incentives. Am J Manag Care 2017; 23:366-371. [PMID: 28817301 PMCID: PMC6171344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Clinical trials are increasingly testing the effectiveness of paying patients' financial incentives for achieving desired clinical outcomes. Some researchers and providers are concerned that patient financial incentives will harm the doctor-patient relationship. How patients feel about these approaches, and these trials, is largely unknown. This study examined patients' perceptions of a compound behavioral and financial incentive intervention used in a large multicenter trial to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), including their perceptions of benefits and challenges and the study's effect on patients' relationship with their primary care physicians (PCPs). STUDY DESIGN Semi-structured telephone interviews with patients post intervention. METHODS PCPs from 3 primary care practices in the northeastern United States were randomized to 1 of 4 arms: physician financial incentives, patient financial incentives, shared incentives between physicians and patients, and a control arm. Within each arm, 10 high, 10 medium, and 10 low performers in LDL-C reduction were interviewed. Interviews targeted reasons for enrolling in the study, the specific intervention elements that helped them reach the goal (incentives, engagement, monitoring), challenges faced in reducing cholesterol, and the impact of study participation on their relationship with their PCP. RESULTS Patients reported positive experiences with the study: 65% described personal changes to improve health and 61% reported increased awareness. Views about financial incentives varied: 71% clearly found them motivating and 36% claimed they made no difference. Patients noted that changing lifestyle (36%) and diet (65%) was difficult. Patients who substantially lowered their LDL-C revealed themes similar to those who did not. CONCLUSIONS Overall, behavioral interventions with financial incentives appear to be socially acceptable to patients who participate in them. Both adherence monitoring and financial incentives were well received, with little effect on the physician-patient relationship.
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- Judy A Shea
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 1229 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19104. E-mail:
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Littlewood KA, Cooper L, Strozier A, McCrae J, McCrae C, Rosenthal M, Hernandez L, Pandey A. 1001 IMPACT OF SELF REPORTED SLEEP PARAMETERS ON MATH AND READING COMPETENCE FOR CHILDREN RAISED BY GRANDMOTHERS. Sleep 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/sleepj/zsx050.1000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Littlewood KA, Cooper L, Strozier A, McCrae J, McCrae C, Hernandez L, Rosenthal M, Pandey A. 1000 SELF-REPORTED SLEEP AND PEER ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION AND BULLYING FOR CHILDREN RAISED BY GRANDMOTHERS. Sleep 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/sleepj/zsx050.999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Huang X, Larson LJ, Rosenthal M. TRANSFORMING CARDIOLOGY CARE TOWARDS PATIENT-CENTERED SPECIALTY PRACTICE. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(17)35926-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cohen M, Romero G, Bas J, Ticchioni M, Rosenthal M, Lacroix R, Brunet C, Rico A, Pelletier J, Audoin B, Lebrun C. Monitoring CD27+ memory B-cells in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders patients treated with rituximab: Results from a bicentric study. J Neurol Sci 2017; 373:335-338. [PMID: 28131216 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Revised: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Rituximab (RTX) is increasingly used in the treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMO-SD). Administration regimen is not consensual as there is no reliable biomarker of RTX efficacy. In most cases, after induction, RTX is administered systematically every 6months. OBJECTIVE To assess efficacy and safety of a maintenance regimen based on CD19+ CD27+ memory B-cell (mBc) detection. METHODS We conducted a study in two French centers, including patients with NMO-SD who received an induction therapy with RTX. We compared the number of administered infusions, relapses and EDSS depending on two maintenance schemes (S1: administration of 1g RTX infusion every 6months or S2: a scheme based on regular mBc detection. 1g RTX was administered if mBc was >0.05%) RESULTS: 40 patients were included (mean age: 40.2years, F/M sex ratio: 5/1). Aquaporin-4 antibodies were positive in 75% patients. Under S1 regimen, all patients received 2 infusions per year, whereas under S2, they received 1.62 infusion per year. The mean interval between infusions under S2 was 7.4months, without decrease of clinical efficacy. CONCLUSION In our study, mBc-based administration of RTX allowed personalizing treatment administration and in several cases to lower the cumulative dose without loss of efficacy.
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- M Cohen
- Department of Neurology, Hôpital Pasteur 2, Nice, France.
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- Department of Neurology, Hôpital Pasteur 2, Nice, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, Pôle de Neurosciences Cliniques, Service de Neurologie, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Department of Immunology, Hôpital l'Archet, Nice, France
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- Department of Immunology, Hôpital l'Archet, Nice, France
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- Hematology and Vascular Biology Department, CHU La Conception, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Hematology and Vascular Biology Department, CHU La Conception, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, Pôle de Neurosciences Cliniques, Service de Neurologie, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, Pôle de Neurosciences Cliniques, Service de Neurologie, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, Pôle de Neurosciences Cliniques, Service de Neurologie, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Department of Neurology, Hôpital Pasteur 2, Nice, France
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Day D, Kanjanapan Y, Kwan E, Yip D, Lawrentschuk N, Davis ID, Azad AA, Wong S, Rosenthal M, Gibbs P, Tran B. Benefit from cytoreductive nephrectomy and the prognostic role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Intern Med J 2016; 46:1291-1297. [DOI: 10.1111/imj.13202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- D. Day
- Department of Medical Oncology; The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology; The Canberra Hospital; Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology; The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology; The Canberra Hospital; Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Department of Urology; Austin Health; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Monash University Eastern Health Clinical School; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology; Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre, Austin Health; Melbourne Victoria Australia
- School of Clinical Sciences; Monash University; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology; Western Health; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology; The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology; The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Department of Medical Oncology; Western Health; Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Biogrid Australia; The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology; The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Department of Medical Oncology; Western Health; Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Biogrid Australia; The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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Vitorino MV, Fuchs Y, Dane T, Rodrigues MS, Rosenthal M, Panzarella A, Bernard P, Hignette O, Dupuy L, Burghammer M, Costa L. An in situ atomic force microscope for normal-incidence nanofocus X-ray experiments. J Synchrotron Radiat 2016; 23:1110-1117. [PMID: 27577764 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577516011437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A compact high-speed X-ray atomic force microscope has been developed for in situ use in normal-incidence X-ray experiments on synchrotron beamlines, allowing for simultaneous characterization of samples in direct space with nanometric lateral resolution while employing nanofocused X-ray beams. In the present work the instrument is used to observe radiation damage effects produced by an intense X-ray nanobeam on a semiconducting organic thin film. The formation of micrometric holes induced by the beam occurring on a timescale of seconds is characterized.
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- M V Vitorino
- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue de Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue de Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue de Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue de Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue de Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue de Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue de Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue de Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue de Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue de Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Roncolato FT, Chatfield M, Houghton B, Toner G, Stockler M, Thomson D, Friedlander M, Gurney H, Rosenthal M, Grimison P. The effect of pulmonary function testing on bleomycin dosing in germ cell tumours. Intern Med J 2016; 46:893-8. [DOI: 10.1111/imj.13158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- F. T. Roncolato
- Department of Medical Oncology; NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre; Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- Menzies School of Health Research; Charles Darwin University; Darwin Northern Territory Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology; North Coast Cancer Institute; Port Macquarie New South Wales Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre; The University of Melbourne; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology; NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre; Sydney New South Wales Australia
- Department of Medicine; University of Sydney; Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology; Princess Alexandra Hospital; Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology; Prince of Wales Hospital; Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology; Westmead Hospital; Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology; Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Medicine; University of Sydney; Sydney New South Wales Australia
- Department of Medical Oncology; Chris O'Brien Lifehouse; Sydney New South Wales Australia
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Lawrence N, Martin A, Toner G, Stockler M, Buizen L, Thomson D, Gebski V, Friedlander M, Yeung A, Wong N, Gurney H, Rosenthal M, Singhal N, Kichenadasse G, Wong S, Lewis C, Vasey P, Grimison P. Long-term outcomes of accelerated BEP (bleomycin, etoposide, cisplatin) for advanced germ cell tumours: updated analysis of an Australian multicentre phase II trial by the Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group (ANZUP). Ann Oncol 2016; 27:2302-2303. [PMID: 27502724 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- N Lawrence
- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney.,Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney.,Concord Cancer Centre, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney
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- Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney
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- Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Adelaide
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- Western Hospital, Melbourne
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- The Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney
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- Haematology and Oncology Clinics of Australasia, Wesley Medical Centre, Brisbane, Australia
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Guidoboni G, Stephenson E, Andrianov S, Augustyniak W, Bagdasarian Z, Bai M, Baylac M, Bernreuther W, Bertelli S, Berz M, Böker J, Böhme C, Bsaisou J, Chekmenev S, Chiladze D, Ciullo G, Contalbrigo M, de Conto JM, Dymov S, Engels R, Esser FM, Eversmann D, Felden O, Gaisser M, Gebel R, Glückler H, Goldenbaum F, Grigoryev K, Grzonka D, Hahnraths T, Heberling D, Hejny V, Hempelmann N, Hetzel J, Hinder F, Hipple R, Hölscher D, Ivanov A, Kacharava A, Kamerdzhiev V, Kamys B, Keshelashvili I, Khoukaz A, Koop I, Krause HJ, Krewald S, Kulikov A, Lehrach A, Lenisa P, Lomidze N, Lorentz B, Maanen P, Macharashvili G, Magiera A, Maier R, Makino K, Mariański B, Mchedlishvili D, Meißner UG, Mey S, Morse W, Müller F, Nass A, Natour G, Nikolaev N, Nioradze M, Nowakowski K, Orlov Y, Pesce A, Prasuhn D, Pretz J, Rathmann F, Ritman J, Rosenthal M, Rudy Z, Saleev A, Sefzick T, Semertzidis Y, Senichev Y, Shmakova V, Silenko A, Simon M, Slim J, Soltner H, Stahl A, Stassen R, Statera M, Stockhorst H, Straatmann H, Ströher H, Tabidze M, Talman R, Thörngren Engblom P, Trinkel F, Trzciński A, Uzikov Y, Valdau Y, Valetov E, Vassiliev A, Weidemann C, Wilkin C, Wrońska A, Wüstner P, Zakrzewska M, Zuprański P, Zyuzin D. How to Reach a Thousand-Second in-Plane Polarization Lifetime with 0.97-GeV/c Deuterons in a Storage Ring. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:054801. [PMID: 27517774 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.054801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We observe a deuteron beam polarization lifetime near 1000 s in the horizontal plane of a magnetic storage ring (COSY). This long spin coherence time is maintained through a combination of beam bunching, electron cooling, sextupole field corrections, and the suppression of collective effects through beam current limits. This record lifetime is required for a storage ring search for an intrinsic electric dipole moment on the deuteron at a statistical sensitivity level approaching 10^{-29} e cm.
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- G Guidoboni
- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Indiana University Center for Spacetime Symmetries, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes, St. Petersburg State University, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, National Centre for Nuclear Research, 00681 Warsaw, Poland
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- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- LPSC Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, Cedex, France
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- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Theoretische Teilchenphysik und Kosmologie, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- LPSC Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, Cedex, France
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- ZentralInstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analytik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research, Institute for Basic Science, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- ZentralInstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analytik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes, St. Petersburg State University, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Cracow, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Peter Grünberg Institut, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Cracow, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, National Centre for Nuclear Research, 00681 Warsaw, Poland
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- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- ZentralInstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analytik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141700 Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Cracow, Poland
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- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Cracow, Poland
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- Samara State Aerospace University, Samara 443086, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research, Institute for Basic Science, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics, KAIST, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Research Institute for Nuclear Problems, Belarusian State University, 220030 Minsk, Belarus
- Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- ZentralInstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analytik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- ZentralInstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analytik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
- Department of Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, National Centre for Nuclear Research, 00681 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Cracow, Poland
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- ZentralInstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analytik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, National Centre for Nuclear Research, 00681 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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Tanou K, Irving S, Ahmad F, Fleming L, Rosenthal M, Bush A. P80 Extrapolating lung clearance index (LCI) from shortened measurements: Abstract P80 Table 1. Thorax 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207770.217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Eversmann D, Hejny V, Hinder F, Kacharava A, Pretz J, Rathmann F, Rosenthal M, Trinkel F, Andrianov S, Augustyniak W, Bagdasarian Z, Bai M, Bernreuther W, Bertelli S, Berz M, Bsaisou J, Chekmenev S, Chiladze D, Ciullo G, Contalbrigo M, de Vries J, Dymov S, Engels R, Esser FM, Felden O, Gaisser M, Gebel R, Glückler H, Goldenbaum F, Grigoryev K, Grzonka D, Guidoboni G, Hanhart C, Heberling D, Hempelmann N, Hetzel J, Hipple R, Hölscher D, Ivanov A, Kamerdzhiev V, Kamys B, Keshelashvili I, Khoukaz A, Koop I, Krause HJ, Krewald S, Kulikov A, Lehrach A, Lenisa P, Lomidze N, Lorentz B, Maanen P, Macharashvili G, Magiera A, Maier R, Makino K, Mariański B, Mchedlishvili D, Meißner UG, Mey S, Nass A, Natour G, Nikolaev N, Nioradze M, Nogga A, Nowakowski K, Pesce A, Prasuhn D, Ritman J, Rudy Z, Saleev A, Semertzidis Y, Senichev Y, Shmakova V, Silenko A, Slim J, Soltner H, Stahl A, Stassen R, Statera M, Stephenson E, Stockhorst H, Straatmann H, Ströher H, Tabidze M, Talman R, Thörngren Engblom P, Trzciński A, Uzikov Y, Valdau Y, Valetov E, Vassiliev A, Weidemann C, Wilkin C, Wirzba A, Wrońska A, Wüstner P, Zakrzewska M, Zuprański P, Zyuzin D. New Method for a Continuous Determination of the Spin Tune in Storage Rings and Implications for Precision Experiments. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:094801. [PMID: 26371657 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.094801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A new method to determine the spin tune is described and tested. In an ideal planar magnetic ring, the spin tune-defined as the number of spin precessions per turn-is given by ν(s)=γG (γ is the Lorentz factor, G the gyromagnetic anomaly). At 970 MeV/c, the deuteron spins coherently precess at a frequency of ≈120 kHz in the Cooler Synchrotron COSY. The spin tune is deduced from the up-down asymmetry of deuteron-carbon scattering. In a time interval of 2.6 s, the spin tune was determined with a precision of the order 10^{-8}, and to 1×10^{-10} for a continuous 100 s accelerator cycle. This renders the presented method a new precision tool for accelerator physics; controlling the spin motion of particles to high precision is mandatory, in particular, for the measurement of electric dipole moments of charged particles in a storage ring.
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- D Eversmann
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes, Saint Petersburg State University, 198504 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, National Centre for Nuclear Research, 00681 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Theoretische Teilchenphysik und Kosmologie, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Zentralinstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analytik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research, Institute for Basic Science, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Zentralinstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analytik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes, Saint Petersburg State University, 198504 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Cracow, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Peter Grünberg Institut, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Cracow, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, National Centre for Nuclear Research, 00681 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen-und Kernphysik, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Zentralinstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analytik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia
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- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Cracow, Poland
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Cracow, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research, Institute for Basic Science, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Research Institute for Nuclear Problems, Belarusian State University, 220030 Minsk, Belarus
- Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Zentralinstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analytik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Indiana University Center for Spacetime Symmetries, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Zentralinstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analytik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- High Energy Physics Institute, Tbilisi State University, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
- Department of Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, National Centre for Nuclear Research, 00681 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen-und Kernphysik, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
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- University of Ferrara and INFN, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, UCL, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Cracow, Poland
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- Zentralinstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analytik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, National Centre for Nuclear Research, 00681 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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Ferreira M, Robalo M, Saraiva T, Cunha M, Goncalves L, Albuquerque A, Ramos D, Costa G, Lima J, Pego M, Peovska I, Davceva Pavlovska J, Pop Gorceva D, Zdravkovska M, Vavlukis M, Kostova N, Bulugahapitiya DS, Feben A, Avison M, Foley J, Martin J, De Graaf MA, Van Den Hoogen I, Leen A, Kharagjitsingh A, Kroft L, Jukema J, Bax J, Scholte A, Patel K, Mahan M, Ananthasubramaniam K, Durmus Altun G, Alpay M, Altun A, Andreini D, Pontone G, Mushtaq S, Bertella E, Conte E, Segurini C, Volpato V, Petulla M, Baggiano A, Pepi M, Van Dijk J, Huizing E, Jager P, Slump C, Ottervanger J, Van Dalen J, Yambao E, Calleja H, Sibulo A, Ramirez Moreno A, Siles Rubio J, Noureddine M, Munoz-Bellido J, Bravo R, Martinez F, Valle A, Milan A, Inigo-Garcia L, Velasco T, Ramaiah VL, Devanbu JS, Taywade SK, Hejjaji VS, Zafrir N, Bental T, Gutstein A, Solodky A, Mats I, Kornowski R, Lagan J, Hasleton J, Meah M, Mcshane J, Trent R, Massalha S, Israel O, Koskosi A, Kopelovich M, Marai I, Venuraju S, Jeevarethinam A, Dumo A, Ruano S, Darko D, Cohen M, Nair D, Rosenthal M, Rakhit R, Lahiri A, Pizzi MN, Roque A, Fernandez-Hidalgo N, Cuellar-Calabria H, Gonzalez-Alujas M, Oristrell G, Rodriguez-Palomares J, Tornos P, Aguade-Bruix S, Smettei O, Abazid R, Ahmed WMK, Samy W, Behairy N, Tayeh O, Hassan A, Berezin A, Kremzer A, Samura T, Berezina T, Scrima G, Bertuccio G, Canseco Nadia N, Cruz Raul C, Gonzalez Cristian G, Hernandez Salvador S, Alexanderson Erick E, Zerahn B, Shugushev Z, Maximkin D, Chepurnoy A, Volkova O, Tsedenova A, Faibushevich A, Baranovich V, Yoshida H, Mizukami A, Matsumura A, Keller M, Silber S, Falcao A, Imada R, Azouri L, Giorgi M, Santos R, Mello S, Kalil Filho R, Meneghetti J, Chalela W, Kanni L, Ohrman T, Nygren AT, Irabi R, Falcao A, Imada R, Azouri L, Parisotto T, Soares J, Kalil Filho R, Meneghetti J, Chalela W, Burrell S, Burrell S, Lo C, Zavadovskyi K, Gulya M, Lishmanov Y, Amin A, Kandeel A, Shaban M, Nawito Z, Caobelli F, Soffientini A, Thackeray J, Bengel F, Pizzocaro C, Guerra U, Hellberg S, Silvola J, Kiugel M, Liljenback H, Savisto N, Thiele A, Laine V, Knuuti J, Roivainen A, Saraste A, Ismail B, Hadizad T, Dekemp R, Beanlands R, Dasilva JN, Hyafil F, Sorbets E, Duchatelle V, Rouzet F, Le Guludec D, Feldman L, Martire V, De Pierris C, Martire M, Pis Diez E, Ramaiah V, Devanbu JS, Hejjaji VS, Lebasnier A, Legallois D, Peyronnet D, Desmonts C, Zalcman G, Bienvenu B, Agostini D, Manrique A, Solomyanyy V, Mintale I, Zabunova M, Narbute I, Ratniece M, Jakobsons E, Kaire K, Kamzola G, Briede I, Jegere S, Erglis A, Mostafa S, Abdelkader M, Abdelkader H, Abdelkhlek S, Khairy E, Huidu S, Popescu A, Lacau S, Huidu A, Dimulescu D, Abazid R, Smettei O, Sayed S, Al Harby F, Habeeb A, Saqqah H, Merganiab S, Selvanayagam J, Harms H, Tolbod L, Hansson N, Kero T, Orndahl L, Kim W, Bouchelouche K, Wiggers H, Frokiaer J, Sorensen J, Hansson N, Tolbod L, Harms H, Wiggers H, Kim W, Hansen E, Zaremba T, Frokiaer J, Sorensen J, Harms H, Tolbod L, Hansson N, Kero T, Orndahl L, Kim W, Bouchelouche K, Wiggers H, Frokiaer J, Sorensen J. Poster Session 3: Tuesday 5 May 2015, 08:30-12:30 * Room: Poster Area. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jev054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Lago-Hernandez CA, Feldman H, O'Donnell E, Mahal BA, Perez V, Howard S, Rosenthal M, Cheng SC, Nguyen PL, Beard C, D'Amico AV, Sweeney CJ. A refined risk stratification scheme for clinical stage 1 NSGCT based on evaluation of both embryonal predominance and lymphovascular invasion. Ann Oncol 2015; 26:1396-401. [PMID: 25888612 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Active surveillance is an increasingly accepted approach for managing patients with germ-cell tumors (GCTs) after an orchiectomy. Here we investigate a time-to-relapse stratification scheme for clinical stage 1 (CS1) nonseminoma GCT (NSGCT) patients according to factors associated with relapse and identify a group of patients with a lower frequency and longer time-to-relapse who may require an alternative surveillance strategy. PATIENTS AND METHODS We analyzed 266 CS1 GCT patients from the IRB-approved DFCI GCT database that exclusively underwent surveillance following orchiectomy from 1997 to 2013. We stratified NSGCT patients according to predominance of embryonal carcinoma (EmbP) and lymphovascular invasion (LVI), using a 0, 1, and 2 scoring system. Cox regression and conditional risk analysis were used to compare each NSGCT group to patients in the seminomatous germ-cell tumor (SGCT) category. Median time-to-relapse values were then calculated among those patients who underwent relapse. Relapse-free survival curves were generated using the Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS Fifty (37%) NSGCT and 20 (15%) SGCT patients relapsed. The median time-to-relapse was 11.5 versus 6.3 months for the SGCT and NSGCT groups, respectively. For NSGCT patients, relapse rates were higher and median time-to-relapse faster with increasing number of risk factors (RFs). Relapse rates (%) and median time-to-relapse (months) were 25%/8.5 months, 41%/6.8 months and 78%/3.8 months for RF0, RF1 and RF2, respectively. We found a statistically significant difference between SGCT and patients with one or two RFs (P < 0.001) but not between SGCT and NSGCT RF0 (P = 0.108). CONCLUSION NSGCT patients grouped by a risk score system based on EmbP and LVI yielded three groups with distinct relapse patterns -and patients with neither EmbP nor LVI appear to behave similar to SGCT.
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- C A Lago-Hernandez
- Harvard Medical School, Boston Department of Medical Oncology-Genitourinary Division, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York Department of Medical Oncology-Genitourinary Division, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
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- Department of Medical Oncology-Genitourinary Division, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
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- University of Puerto Rico Medical School, San Juan PR
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- Departments of Imaging, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA
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- Departments of Imaging, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA
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- Biostatistics/Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
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- Department of Medical Oncology-Genitourinary Division, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
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Rosenthal M. The role of the medical advisor in the National Hemophilia Foundation. Bibl Haematol 2015; 26:145-7. [PMID: 5955537 DOI: 10.1159/000384553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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van Soest R, Templeton A, Vera-Badillo F, Mercier F, Sonpavde G, Amir E, Tombal B, Rosenthal M, Eisenberger M, Tannock I, de Wit R. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic biomarker for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer receiving first-line chemotherapy: data from two randomized phase III trials. Ann Oncol 2015; 26:743-749. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Peabody JW, Huang X, Shimkhada R, Rosenthal M. Managing specialty care in an era of heightened accountability: emphasizing quality and accelerating savings. Am J Manag Care 2015; 21:284-292. [PMID: 26014467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Engaging specialists in accountable care organizations (ACOs) may make them more responsive to pressures to lower costs and raise quality. This paper introduces a novel accountable care design in cardiology. STUDY DESIGN Preliminary study using baseline data. METHODS The Accelerating Clinical Transformation for Creating Value and Controlling Cost in Cardiology concept study involved providers employed by the Providence Medical Group, Oregon. First, using claims data from 2009 through 2011, we created a historic budget to capture cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related costs for attributed patients on a per patient per year basis. Second, we introduced a validated quality metric, the Clinical Performance and Value vignette, to a sample of cardiology providers to examine clinical practice variation in treating coronary heart disease (CHD), coronary heart failure (CHF), and atrial fibrillation (AF). Lastly, we analyzed reimbursement claims paid for CHD, CHF, and AF, and forecasted potential cost savings from reductions in clinical variation. RESULTS Examining historic costs, we found they were stable over time, but variable by provider and disease. Quality scores, measured against evidence-based cardiology guidelines, ranged from 48.9% to 85.4% (mean=66.8%; SD=5.4%), and the prevalence of unnecessary testing was 46% in CHD, 71% in CHF, and 30% in AF. We project that reducing unnecessary care by 15% to 25% would yield $200,000 to $498,000 in savings ($50-$83 per patient visit) annually. And, if the top 10% of providers as determined by CVD-related costs reduced their costs by 25%, savings would be an additional $283,512 per year. CONCLUSIONS This accountable care design framework is timely for cardiology and could be applied for other specialty conditions, such as cancer.
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- John W Peabody
- QURE Healthcare, 1000 4th St, San Rafael, CA 94901. E-mail:
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Uusküla A, Toompere K, Laisaar KT, Rosenthal M, Pürjer ML, Knellwolf A, Läärä E, Des Jarlais DC. HIV research productivity and structural factors associated with HIV research output in European Union countries: a bibliometric analysis. BMJ Open 2015; 5:e006591. [PMID: 25649212 PMCID: PMC4322208 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assess HIV/AIDS research productivity in the 27 countries of the European Union (EU), and the structural level factors associated with levels of HIV/AIDS research productivity. METHODS A bibliometric analysis was conducted with systematic search methods used to locate HIV/AIDS research publications (period of 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2011; search databases: MEDLINE (Ovid, PubMed), EMBASE, ISI-Thomson Web of Science; no language restrictions). The publication rate (number of HIV/AIDS research publications per million population in 10 years) and the rate of articles published in HIV/AIDS journals and selected journals with moderate to very high (IF ≥3) 5-year impact factors were used as markers for HIV research productivity. A negative binomial regression model was fitted to assess the impact of structural level factors (sociodemographic, health, HIV prevalence and research/development indicators) associated with the variation in HIV research productivity. RESULTS The total numbers of HIV/AIDS research publications in 2002-2011 by country ranged from 7 to 9128 (median 319). The median publication rate (per million population in 10 years) was 45 (range 5-150) for all publications. Across all countries, 16% of the HIV/AIDS research was published in HIV/AIDS journals and 7% in selected journals with IF ≥3. Indicators describing economic (gross domestic product), demographic (size of the population) and epidemiological (HIV prevalence) conditions as well as overall scientific activity (total research output) in a country were positively associated with HIV research productivity. CONCLUSIONS HIV research productivity varies noticeably across EU countries, and this variation is associated with recognisable structural factors.
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- A Uusküla
- Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Centre of Continuing Medical Education, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Drug Research and Evaluation, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- The Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Robson K, Nagakumar P, Collins N, Davies J, Fleming L, Balfour-Lynn I, Rosenthal M, Hogg C, Jochmann A, Bush A, Saglani S. P105 Safety, Feasibility And Quality Of Sputum Induction In Preschool Children With Obstructive Airways Disease. Thorax 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206260.246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Grimison PS, Stockler MR, Chatfield M, Thomson DB, Gebski V, Friedlander M, Boland AL, Houghton B, Gurney H, Rosenthal M, Singhal N, Kichenadasse G, Wong SS, Lewis CR, Vasey PA, Toner GC. Accelerated BEP for metastatic germ cell tumours: a multicenter phase II trial by the Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group (ANZUP). Ann Oncol 2014; 25:143-8. [PMID: 24356625 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This Australian single-arm, multicenter, phase II trial evaluated feasibility, tolerability and activity of accelerated bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin (BEP) as first-line chemotherapy for metastatic germ cell tumours. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients were planned to receive cisplatin 20 mg/m(2) and etoposide 100 mg/m(2) days 1-5, and pegfilgrastim 6 mg day 6, all repeated every 2 weeks for four cycles (three cycles for good prognosis). Bleomycin was given at 30 000 IU weekly to a total of 12 doses (9 doses for good prognosis). Primary end point was feasibility, defined as the proportion of patients able to complete the etoposide and cisplatin components of BEP and be eligible to receive a fourth cycle of BEP by day 50. RESULTS Twelve poor, 16 intermediate and 15 good prognosis (n = 43) eligible patients were enrolled. Two patients aged >40 years were ineligible and excluded from analyses. The regimen was feasible in 86%, not feasible in 7% and not assessable in 7% of patients. Most common grade 3/4 adverse events were non-neutropenic infection (16%) and febrile neutropenia (12%). Complete response (CR) to chemotherapy and surgery was achieved in 33% poor-prognosis, 81% intermediate-prognosis and 100% good-prognosis patients. At median follow-up of 27 months (range 6-42), the 2-year progression-free survival was 50% for poor-prognosis, 94% for intermediate-prognosis and 92% for good-prognosis patients. CONCLUSION Accelerated BEP is feasible and tolerable. Efficacy data appear to be promising. This trial and a similar UK study provide the rationale for a randomised trial comparing accelerated versus standard BEP. Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry Registration number. ACTRN 12607000294459.
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- P S Grimison
- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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