Opinion|Videos|August 27, 2026
Patient-Reported Outcomes and Quality of Life With Axatilimab in cGVHD
Brooke Adams, PharmD, BCOP, explores how patient narratives on axatilimab inform treatment decisions, moving beyond National Institutes of Health response criteria to functional outcomes—return to work or family activities, reduction in pain or skin discomfort, improved sleep—and how these improvements may exceed what clinical response rates alone predict.
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Brooke Adams, PharmD, BCOP, explores how patient narratives on axatilimab inform treatment decisions, moving beyond National Institutes of Health response criteria to functional outcomes—return to work or family activities, reduction in pain or skin discomfort, improved sleep—and how these improvements may exceed what clinical response rates alone predict.
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