LOS ANGELES (KABC) — For a lot of most cancers sufferers, present process remedy means quite a few journeys to a hospital or clinic for a number of weeks. Every session may take hours. Now, in a first-of-its-kind research, USC researchers are treating sufferers within the consolation of their very own residence with a single shot remedy. May this be the way forward for most cancers care?
Moreover coping with lung most cancers, 61-year-old Thomas Ogden additionally suffers from imaginative and prescient loss. Having the ability to get most cancers remedy at residence is kind of a aid.
“It made it simpler, as a result of I am unable to drive,” he stated.
Ogden is collaborating in a USC research to check if lung most cancers sufferers can have the identical favorable outcomes receiving immunotherapy at residence.
“Most cancers medicine have turn into a lot safer and a lot simpler to ship, that we’re beginning to take a look at methods of delivering the medication in a means that is simpler for sufferers,” stated lung most cancers specialist Dr. Jorge Nieva with Keck Medication of USC.
Researchers are particularly finding out the drug atezolizumab for non-small cell lung most cancers.
“It could possibly now be given as a subcutaneous injection beneath the pores and skin, which is a heck of lots simpler for individuals. You do not have to go digging round searching for veins,” Nieva stated.
A nurse visits Ogden each three weeks.
At-home remedy saves sufferers time and vitality, and helps with these like Ogden, who’ve transportation or entry challenges. Plus, many really feel extra relaxed in their very own houses.
“There’s one thing about being in a snug residence surroundings that makes issues simpler for individuals,” stated Nieva.
Nieva and his crew can monitor important indicators, affected person exercise and different markers of well being remotely.
“Temperature, my weight, heartbeat, all of these issues I’ve to ship in day by day,” stated Ogden.
“All that makes the telemedicine go to all that rather more helpful,” Nieva stated.
If profitable, the findings of this research will open the door for extra varieties of at-home therapies.
“I feel it is gonna be the way forward for most cancers take care of the best sufferers in the best environments,” he stated.
Ogden calls the visits life-saving home calls.
“No issues in any respect. Every thing appears to be going alright,” stated Ogden.
Those that are desirous about taking part within the trial might contact Sandy Tran at (323) 865-3935 or sandy.tran@med.usc.edu.
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