ImClone Systems Launches First-of-Its-Kind Registry for Head and Neck Cancer Patients at ASTRO Annual Meeting
10/17/2005 Denver, CO press release PharmaLive (www.medadnews.com) ImClone Systems Incorporated today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind, independent national registry of patients with head and neck cancer known as LORHAN (Longitudinal Oncology Registry of Head And Neck carcinoma) at the 2005 American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in Denver. LORHAN will gather together detailed information, including treatment and supportive care choices as well as recurrence and survival outcomes, into a national database via a confidential Web-based system. The registry will then allow physicians participating in the registry to compare the treatment outcomes of their patients to a national database. LORHAN will also determine whether the results of treatment-changing clinical studies are being incorporated effectively into daily practice, and compare treatment practices in community and academic settings. An estimated 26,400 patients will be eligible to enter the system each year, of which approximately 1,000 are expected to be enrolled. The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has approved use of LORHAN for medical oncologists wishing to satisfy a part of their re-certification related to practice performance. ABIM Certification is designed to assure the public that a medical specialist possesses the knowledge, experience, and skills requisite to the provision of high quality patient care. "This registry is unique in that it is the first time that the overall management of head and neck cancer will be tracked across academic centers and community settings," said Eric K. Rowinsky, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of ImClone Systems. [...]