Health Outcomes Research Unit
The Gimema Data Center “Health Outcomes Research Unit” has the purpose of developing and managing high quality clinical research programs mainly aimed at improving the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) of patients with haematological diseases, and of contributing to continued improvements in healthcare provision.
The mission of the Unit is to conduct studies collecting the patient’s perspective on treatments and thereby help clinicians manage side effects and also help patients understand both the short and long-term consequences of their disease and treatment.
Personnel
The Unit includes people with various professional backgrounds such as statisticians, psychologists and clinicians. The Head Dr. Fabio Efficace is responsible for the daily management of staff and the development of research programs. Statistical research activities focus on the implementation and assessment of various methods for analyzing, interpreting and reporting Health-Related Quality of Life data in each protocol/study. The Unit is involved in a number of international health outcomes research projects in oncology and also closely collaborates with key European and US university-based hospitals.
Quality of Life in Hematology
Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) and HRQOL issues have been well studied in patients with solid tumors over the last twenty years; however our understanding of these issues in patients with haematologic cancers is lacking in comparison. There are now number of challenges that have to be faced by the clinical hematology community.
While clinical research in hematology is rapidly achieving a number of important goals, such as the outstanding progress in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia, the time is now mature for a more patient-centered approach in clinical research in hematology.
Publication
Go to PubMed and view the publications of the Gimema Data Center “Health Outcomes Research Unit”.
