The European Medicines Agency (which covers all countries in the European Union) recommends pretreatment DPYD testing before 5FU and capecitabine since 2020. Why is the United States lagging so far behind on this important patient safety testing for cancer patients? #test4dpd #5FU #capecitabine FDANational Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Advocates for Universal DPD/DPYD Testing
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Stop deaths from 5FU and capecitabine chemotherapy.
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Non profit patient advocacy group aiming to change the standard of care for cancer patients who will be prescribed 5FU or capecitabine to include DPYD testing prior to treatment. Individuals with certain DPYD gene variants cannot properly excrete excess drug for their body which can result in severe toxicity or even death. By testing patients before treatment with 5FU or capecitabine, suffering will be reduced and lives will be saved.
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Safer use of 5FU and capecitabine chemo = pretreatment DPYD testing. #test4dpd #5FU #capecitabine #patientsafety #cancercare National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) Patients for Patient Safety US World Health Organization World Drug Safety Congress Americas
Patient Advocate-Advocates for Universal DPD/DPYD Testing prior to fluorouracil based chemotherapy (DPD Deficiency)
"We call on the FDA to follow our European counterparts in recommending DPYD testing prior to FP treatment to ensure safe use of FP chemotherapy in patients with cancer in the United States." excerpt from Dr. Dan Hertz, et al from this response to FDA in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. #test4dpd #patientsafiety #firstdonoharm #cancercare
Response to the FDA Decision Regarding DPYD Testing Prior to Fluoropyrimidine Chemotherapy
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Another pharmacist raising a red flag in support of patients for pretreatment DPYD testing to make cancer care safer. Excerpt from Dr. Saba Arshad's article on pharmacogenomics and precision medicine -discussing DPYD gene and fluoropyrimidine chemo "a requirement for additional efficacy research should not supersede established concerns of unacceptable rates of life-threatening toxicity in DPYD low-activity variant carriers. " Thank you for sharing Jeri Nichols, MS, PharmD, CGC #test4dpd #patientsafety #cancercare
Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine Part 3 — tl;dr pharmacy
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Dr. Vimal Scott Kapoor is leading a path in all of Canada to raise awareness about the need for mandatory DPYD testing before fluorouracil chemotherapy. BC, Ontario and Quebec now require DPYD testing. Colette Bibeau was instrumental in getting DPYD testing to be standard of care in Quebec. These two individuals lost a loved one to #5FU chemo. Now they advocate so others won’t die. #heroes #patientsafety #informpatients #test4dpd
Doctor wants mandatory pre-screening to prevent chemo overdoses in N.S. | Information Morning - NS with Portia Clark | Live Radio | CBC Listen
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St. Elizabeth Healthcare shares real world pre chemo PGx implementation! Rock stars in patients safety and quality cancer care. We need more Trail Blazers like this team! #patientsafety #firstdonoharm
Stephi Dickinson, MS, CGC is sharing our work on the implementation of pre-chemo PGx testing in a community cancer center. It is feasible and impactful! Stop by and say hi if you’re at the Association of Cancer Care Centers conference. #steproud
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At The White House Healthcare Safety Forum, the PCAST Working Group on Patient Safety Co-Lead, Joe Kiani had a call to action challenge for all: Save One Life! He than asked "How?" and answered: By implementing evidence based practices, reporting harms & errors publicly because we can learn from them and share your data. Implementing pretreatment DPYD testing prior to treatment with #5FU or #capecitabine (Xeloda) chemotherapy is life saving and evidence based. #test4dpd #patientsafety #precisiononcology #cancercare #humancost Thank you Joe Kiani and Eric Horvitz for co leading PCAST Working Group on Patient Safety ECRI Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)Marcus Schabacker FDA National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
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University of Washington School of Pharmacy - Pharmacy Friday podcast on Pharmacogenomics.
Patient Advocate-Advocates for Universal DPD/DPYD Testing prior to fluorouracil based chemotherapy (DPD Deficiency)
Excellent podcast to learn about pharmacogenomics which is dear to my heart after losing my mom to her chemo and not her cancer. She could have been saved by a pharmacogenomics test looking to see if she could breakfdown 5FU chemotherapy. UW SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Pharmacy Fridays podcast on Pharmacogenomics with Rachel G. Firebaugh, Pharm.D., BCACP, BCGP, MPH 🚀 Beth Devine Erica Woodahl and Ken Thummel, UW SOP #patientsafety #test4dpd #PGx #adversedrugevents #stopadr American Society of Pharmacovigilance Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)ECRI
The Impact of Pharmacogenomics On Pharmacy & Healthcare by Pharmacy Fridays
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Free AMP webinar on the latest recommendations for clinical DPYD testing. Hope this pushes NCCN and FDA and ASCO to make pretreatment DPYD testing STANDARD of CARE in the US as it is in Europe.
💡 Free Webinar Alert! 💡 Join us next week for the latest Horizons Webinar, "DPYD Genotyping Recommendations: A Joint Consensus Recommendation of AMP, ACMG, CPIC, CAP, DPWG, ESPT, PharmGKB, and PharmVar”. 📆 Date: Tuesday, October 15 🕒 Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT 🔗 FREE Registration: https://ow.ly/eqjo50TGfMi This complimentary #webinar is based on AMP’s new consensus recommendations to aid in the design and validation of clinical DPYD genotyping assays, promote standardization of testing across different laboratories, and improve patient care. The AMP Pharmacogenomics (PGx) Working Group with representation from ACMG - American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium, College of American Pathologists (CAP), Dutch Pharmacogenetics Working Group of Apothekersorganisatie KNMP, European Society for Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Therapy (ESPT), PharmGKB, and PharmVar has developed a series of recommendations to help standardize clinical testing for frequently used genotyping assays. Read the DPYD Recommendations here: https://ow.ly/lYXy50TGfMh #pharmacogenomics #pharmacogenetics #PGXtesting #molpath
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Great article about importance of PGx testing to save lives- reducing adverse drug events. #patientsafety #PGx #test4dpd
"If four full 737s were crashing daily resulting in total loss of life, there would be a public outcry and immediate governmental intervention. Yet, we lose an equivalent number of people daily — 275,000 American lives annually — to adverse drug events (ADEs)." - Kristine Ashcraft, Founder and President, YouScript Read Kristine's article in MedCity News to learn the importance of biomarker legislation, education, and advocacy to address the barriers to PGx testing. https://lnkd.in/gyJUFidi #pharmacogenomics #PGx #biomarkerlegislation
First Do No Harm: Support Legislative Efforts to Combat the Adverse Drug Event Epidemic - MedCity News
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