
Opinion|Videos|October 18, 2024
Real-World Considerations for New Therapies
Key Takeaways
- New therapies must show significant clinical improvements, such as enhanced efficacy or reduced side effects, over current standards to be considered for adoption.
- Cost-effectiveness, ease of administration, and alignment with existing protocols are crucial non-clinical factors influencing treatment adoption decisions.
Panelists discuss how a new therapy for multiple myeloma would need to demonstrate significant improvements in efficacy, safety, or quality of life over current standards of care to warrant adoption while also considering factors such as cost-effectiveness, patient preferences, and ease of administration in their decision-making process for evaluating treatment changes.
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Video content above is prompted by the following:
- What clinical improvements would a new therapy need to demonstrate over the current standard of care to warrant consideration for adoption, and what additional factors influence your decision-making process when evaluating treatment changes?
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