Quality of Life and Adherence to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Among
Adolescent and Young Adult Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients: A
Systematic Review
Abstract
The chronic nature of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has a negative
impact on patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and the need
for prolonged oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) poses a risk to low
or non-adherence overtime. This systematic review seeks to analyze HRQOL
outcomes and adherence to TKIs among pediatric, adolescent and young
adult (AYA) patients with CML. Full-text screening ultimately led to the
inclusion of 12 articles focused on HRQOL, patient reported outcomes
(PRO) and medication adherence. There was heterogeneity in the findings
among the included studies, especially in HRQOL and PROs. TKIs adherence
ranged from 45-78% using self-report and 58-100% using medical and
pharmacy records. Increased TKI adherence was significantly associated
with better clinical outcomes, including overall survival. Our findings
could inform efforts to develop behavioral interventions to optimize TKI
adherence and improve HRQOL outcomes among AYA patients with CML.