A strategic reflection for the management and implementation of CAR-T therapy in Spain: an expert consensus paper.
Clin Transl Oncol
; 24(6): 968-980, 2022 Jun.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34997475
ABSTRACT
CAR-T cell therapy represents a therapeutic revolution in the prognosis and treatment of patients with certain types of hematological cancer. However, they also pose new challenges in the healthcare, regulatory and financial fields. The aim of the RET-A project was to undertake a strategic reflection on the management of CAR-T therapies within the Spanish National Health System, to agree on recommendations that will help to better deal with the new context introduced by these cell therapies in the present and in the future. This think tank involved 40 key agents and opinion leaders. The experts identified three great challenges for implementing advanced therapies in Spain therapeutic individualisation, with a multidisciplinary approach; acceleration of access times, by minimizing bureaucracy; and increase in the number of centers qualified to manage the CAR-T therapies in the NHS. The experts agreed on the ideal criteria for designating those qualified centers. They also agreed on a comprehensive CAR-T care pathway with the timings and roles which would ideally be involved in each part of the process.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Hematologic Neoplasms
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Receptors, Chimeric Antigen
Type of study:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Transl Oncol
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
España