[Subcutaneous administration of trastuzumab at home: Feedback of patients treated in 2016 by Sant é service].

This study aims to assess the experience of patients treated by trastuzumab subcutaneously at home in 2016, and the experience of the nurses who performed these injections. In 2017, a retrospective survey by phone calls could gather the impressions from 84 patients on their treatment. And 60 nurses answered to a written survey. The whole treatment session is estimated to last 30minutes to one hour by most of the patients (60%) and the nurses (85%), with an injection duration below 5 minutes (according to 71% of patients and 77% of nurses). The main side effects described were: rash (reported by 40% of patients and 52% of nurses) and pain (32% of patients and 68% of nurses). Among patients feeling pain, it was estimated as brief and weak by two thirds of them. Eighty-six per cent of patients found the session pleasant. The general impression of the nurses was also satisfying for almost all of them (89%). Overall, the feedback about subcutaneous injections of trastuzumab at home is very positive, for patients as for nurses. This new formulation improves quality and comfort in patients' care. PMID: 30466957 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Bulletin du Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Bull Cancer Source Type: research