Dima El-Sharkawi, MBBS, MA, PhD, MRCP, FRCPath, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK, comments on the importance of evaluating targeted therapies for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) from the patient perspective. Dr El-Sharkawi explains that most clinical trials focus on primary and secondary endpoints from the medical perspective, however, very few studies consider how these agents will affect patients’ lives on a daily basis. Dr El-Sharkawi emphasizes that gathering this qualitative data will be important to improve patients’ understanding of their treatment. This interview took place at the 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Society for Haematology (BSH) 2023, held in Birmingham, UK.
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