The first Chinese National Union of Real-world Gynaecological Oncology Research and Patient Management Platform: A retrospective study

BJOG. 2022 Nov:129 Suppl 2:60-69. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17328.

Abstract

Objective: To produce high-quality, real-world evidence for oncologists by collating scattered gynaecologic oncology (GO) medical records in China.

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: The National Union of Real-world Gynaecological Oncology Research and Patient Management Platform (NUWA platform).

Sample: Patient-centred data pool.

Methods: The NUWA platform integrated inpatient/outpatient clinical, gene and follow-up data. Data of 11 456 patients with ovarian cancer (OC) were collected and processed using 91 345 electronic medical records. Structured and unstructured data were de-identified and re-collated into a patient-centred data pool using a predefined GO data model by technology-aided abstraction.

Main outcome measures: Recent treatment pattern shifts towards precision medicine for OC in China.

Results: Thirteen first-tier hospitals across China participated in the NUWA platform up to 7 December 2021. In total, 3504 (30.59%) patients were followed up by a stand-alone patient management centre. The percentage of patients undergoing breast cancer gene (BRCA) mutation tests increased by approximately six-fold between 2017 and 2018. A similar trend was observed in the administration rate of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors as first-line treatment and second-line treatment after September 2018, when olaparib was approved for clinical use in China.

Conclusion: The NUWA platform has great potential to facilitate clinical studies and support drug development, regulatory reviews and healthcare decision-making.

Keywords: breast cancer gene testing; gynaecologic oncology; ovarian cancer; real-world study; treatment patterns.

MeSH terms

  • China
  • East Asian People*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ovarian Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Ovarian Neoplasms* / genetics
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Retrospective Studies

Substances

  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors