Hospital pharmacist’s roles and responsibilities with CAR-T medicines

The development and commercialization of cell therapy drugs with chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T) represent a new challenge for Spain’s hospital pharmacy. The aim of this article is to review the key aspects of these medicines and to describe the oncohematological pharmacist’s role with...

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Main Authors: María Estela Moreno-Martínez, Joan Vinent-Genestar, Carmen Muñoz-Sánchez, María Josep Carreras-Soler
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Farmacia Hospitalaria
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Online Access:http://www.aulamedica.es/fh/pdf/11333.pdf
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description The development and commercialization of cell therapy drugs with chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T) represent a new challenge for Spain’s hospital pharmacy. The aim of this article is to review the key aspects of these medicines and to describe the oncohematological pharmacist’s role within the ultidisciplinary clinical team. This includes the different phases in the transversal process that involves a therapy with CAR-T medicines, ranging from indication to short and long term follow-up of patients treated with this type of therapy, and emphasizing on the management of its main adverse effects. CAR-T therapy offers the hospital pharmacist the opportunity to work closely with the rest of the clinical professionals involved in the process, allowing their contribution to the development of procedures, clinical practice guidelines of global approach, and establishing starting points when facing future therapies of similar complexity –and even improving previously established basic processes–.
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spelling doaj-art-3a0354875fcd4734b5f029d4570e699e2024-12-02T04:55:26ZengElsevierFarmacia Hospitalaria1130-63432171-86952020-01-01441263110.7399/fh.11333Hospital pharmacist’s roles and responsibilities with CAR-T medicinesMaría Estela Moreno-Martínez0Joan Vinent-Genestar1Carmen Muñoz-Sánchez2María Josep Carreras-Soler3Pharmacy Service, Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona. Spain.Pharmacy Service, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Esplugues de Llobregat. Spain.Pharmacy Service, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospitalet de Llobregat. Spain.Pharmacy Service, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona. Spain.The development and commercialization of cell therapy drugs with chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T) represent a new challenge for Spain’s hospital pharmacy. The aim of this article is to review the key aspects of these medicines and to describe the oncohematological pharmacist’s role within the ultidisciplinary clinical team. This includes the different phases in the transversal process that involves a therapy with CAR-T medicines, ranging from indication to short and long term follow-up of patients treated with this type of therapy, and emphasizing on the management of its main adverse effects. CAR-T therapy offers the hospital pharmacist the opportunity to work closely with the rest of the clinical professionals involved in the process, allowing their contribution to the development of procedures, clinical practice guidelines of global approach, and establishing starting points when facing future therapies of similar complexity –and even improving previously established basic processes–.http://www.aulamedica.es/fh/pdf/11333.pdft-cell chimeric antigen receptorcytokine release syndromecar-t-related encephalopathy syndromepharmaceutical care
spellingShingle María Estela Moreno-Martínez
Joan Vinent-Genestar
Carmen Muñoz-Sánchez
María Josep Carreras-Soler
Hospital pharmacist’s roles and responsibilities with CAR-T medicines
Farmacia Hospitalaria
t-cell chimeric antigen receptor
cytokine release syndrome
car-t-related encephalopathy syndrome
pharmaceutical care
title Hospital pharmacist’s roles and responsibilities with CAR-T medicines
title_full Hospital pharmacist’s roles and responsibilities with CAR-T medicines
title_fullStr Hospital pharmacist’s roles and responsibilities with CAR-T medicines
title_full_unstemmed Hospital pharmacist’s roles and responsibilities with CAR-T medicines
title_short Hospital pharmacist’s roles and responsibilities with CAR-T medicines
title_sort hospital pharmacist s roles and responsibilities with car t medicines
topic t-cell chimeric antigen receptor
cytokine release syndrome
car-t-related encephalopathy syndrome
pharmaceutical care
url http://www.aulamedica.es/fh/pdf/11333.pdf
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