Evaluation of Real-World Tumor Response Derived From Electronic Health Record Data Sources: A Feasibility Analysis in Patients With Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Chemotherapy

  • 0Friends of Cancer Research, Washington, DC.

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Summary

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Real-world data (RWD) can assess drug response in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC). Clinician assessments showed consistency, enabling evaluation of real-world response rates and survival outcomes.

Area Of Science

  • Oncology
  • Real-World Evidence
  • Health Informatics

Background

  • Real-world data (RWD) offers insights into drug effectiveness but presents challenges in assessing treatment response.
  • Evaluating real-world (rw) response requires standardized methods for capturing and analyzing diverse data attributes.

Purpose Of The Study

  • To assess available data attributes for capturing, defining, and evaluating real-world response to treatment from RWD sources.
  • To inform methods for consistent assessment of drug effectiveness using real-world data.

Main Methods

  • Retrospective observational study using deidentified RWD from seven electronic health record data providers.
  • Included 200 patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) treated with first-line platinum doublet chemotherapy.
  • Evaluated availability of data components (images, reports, clinician assessments) and analyzed real-world response endpoints (rwRR, rwDOR, rwOS, rwTTD, rwTTNT).

Main Results

  • Clinician assessments were more consistently available and timed than images or image reports across datasets.
  • Real-world response rate (rwRR) showed relative consistency (median 46.5%) using clinician assessments.
  • Median and directionality of rwOS, rwTTD, and rwTTNT were relatively consistent, but rwDOR varied across datasets.

Conclusions

  • Feasible to align disparate RWD sources for evaluating real-world response endpoints using clinician-documented responses in mNSCLC.
  • Heterogeneity in data component availability necessitates further work to standardize drug effectiveness evaluation in RWD.