Mitigating inequity: ethically prioritizing patients for CAR T-cell therapy.

Autor:	Bell JAH; Department of Clinical and Organizational Ethics, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; The Institute for Education Research, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Department of Supportive Care, Research Division, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada., Jeffries GA; Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Chen CI; Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Department of Medicine, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Blood [Blood] 2023 Oct 12; Vol. 142 (15), pp. 1263-1270.
DOI:	10.1182/blood.2023020703
Abstrakt:	Manufacturing capacity and institutional infrastructure to deliver chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies (CAR-T) are pressured to keep pace with the growing number of approved products and expanding eligible patient population for this potentially life-saving therapy. Consequently, many cell therapy programs must make difficult decisions about which patient should get the next available treatment slot. This situation requires an ethical framework to ensure fair and equitable decision-making. In this perspective, we discuss the application of Accountability for Reasonableness (A4R), a priority-setting framework grounded in procedural justice, to the problem of limited CAR-T slots at our institution. We formed a multidisciplinary working group spanning several hematological malignancies. Through multiple rounds of partner engagement, we used A4R guiding principles to identify 4 main criteria to prioritize patients for CAR-T: medical benefit, safety/risk of complications, psychosocial factors, and medical urgency. Associated measures/tools and an implementation process were developed. We discuss further how ethical principles of fairness and equity demand a consistent approach within health systems that does not disadvantage medically underserved or underrepresented populations and supports overcoming barriers to care. In our commitment to transparency and collaboration, we make our tools available to others, ideally to be used to engage in their own A4R process, adapting the tools to their unique environments. Our hope is that our preliminary work will support the advancement of further study in this area globally, aiming for justice in resource allocation for all potential CAR-T candidates, wherever they may seek care. (© 2023 by The American Society of Hematology.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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