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A Method for Risk Assessment Evaluating the Safety, Stability and Efficacy in Clinical Practice of Anticancer Drug Preparations in the Centralized Compounding Unit of the Veneto Institute of Oncology-IRCCS
Background. Preparation of injectable anticancer drugs in hospital pharmacies is a high-risk activity that requires a proper risk assessment (RA) and quality assurance system (QAS) to ensure both a decrease in risk associated with chemotherapy compounding and high quality of the final product, espec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10224146/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37242671 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15051429 |
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author | Rigamonti, Nicoletta Sebellin, Jessica Pipitone, Francesca Realdon, Nicola Carpanese, Debora Coppola, Marina |
author_facet | Rigamonti, Nicoletta Sebellin, Jessica Pipitone, Francesca Realdon, Nicola Carpanese, Debora Coppola, Marina |
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description | Background. Preparation of injectable anticancer drugs in hospital pharmacies is a high-risk activity that requires a proper risk assessment (RA) and quality assurance system (QAS) to ensure both a decrease in risk associated with chemotherapy compounding and high quality of the final product, especially in terms of its microbiological stability. Methods. At the centralized compounding unit (UFA) of the Italian Hospital IOV-IRCCS, a quick and deductive method was applied to evaluate the “added value” provided by each prescribed preparation, and its RA was calculated applying a formula that integrates different pharmacological, technological and organizational aspects. According to specific RA range values, the preparations were divided into different risk levels, in order to determine the QAS to be adopted, according to the Italian Ministry of Health guidelines, whose adherence was meticulously evaluated through a specific self-assessment procedure. A review of the scientific literature was carried out to integrate the risk-based predictive extended stability (RBPES) of drugs with data concerning their physiochemical and biological stability. Results. Based on the self-assessment comprising all microbiological validations of the working area, personnel and products, the microbiological risk level within the IOV-IRCCS’ UFA was defined through the creation of a transcoding matrix, conferring a microbiological stability to preparations and vial leftovers of a maximum of 7 days. The calculated RBPES were successfully integrated with stability data from the literature, leading to the drafting of a stability table of drugs and preparations in use in our UFA. Conclusions. Our methods allowed us to perform an in-depth analysis of the highly specific and technical process of anticancer drug compounding in our UFA, ensuring a certain grade of quality and safety to preparations, especially in terms of microbiological stability. The resulting RBPES table represents an invaluable tool with positive repercussions at organizational and economic levels. |
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spelling | pubmed-102241462023-05-28 A Method for Risk Assessment Evaluating the Safety, Stability and Efficacy in Clinical Practice of Anticancer Drug Preparations in the Centralized Compounding Unit of the Veneto Institute of Oncology-IRCCS Rigamonti, Nicoletta Sebellin, Jessica Pipitone, Francesca Realdon, Nicola Carpanese, Debora Coppola, Marina Pharmaceutics Article Background. Preparation of injectable anticancer drugs in hospital pharmacies is a high-risk activity that requires a proper risk assessment (RA) and quality assurance system (QAS) to ensure both a decrease in risk associated with chemotherapy compounding and high quality of the final product, especially in terms of its microbiological stability. Methods. At the centralized compounding unit (UFA) of the Italian Hospital IOV-IRCCS, a quick and deductive method was applied to evaluate the “added value” provided by each prescribed preparation, and its RA was calculated applying a formula that integrates different pharmacological, technological and organizational aspects. According to specific RA range values, the preparations were divided into different risk levels, in order to determine the QAS to be adopted, according to the Italian Ministry of Health guidelines, whose adherence was meticulously evaluated through a specific self-assessment procedure. A review of the scientific literature was carried out to integrate the risk-based predictive extended stability (RBPES) of drugs with data concerning their physiochemical and biological stability. Results. Based on the self-assessment comprising all microbiological validations of the working area, personnel and products, the microbiological risk level within the IOV-IRCCS’ UFA was defined through the creation of a transcoding matrix, conferring a microbiological stability to preparations and vial leftovers of a maximum of 7 days. The calculated RBPES were successfully integrated with stability data from the literature, leading to the drafting of a stability table of drugs and preparations in use in our UFA. Conclusions. Our methods allowed us to perform an in-depth analysis of the highly specific and technical process of anticancer drug compounding in our UFA, ensuring a certain grade of quality and safety to preparations, especially in terms of microbiological stability. The resulting RBPES table represents an invaluable tool with positive repercussions at organizational and economic levels. MDPI 2023-05-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10224146/ /pubmed/37242671 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15051429 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Rigamonti, Nicoletta Sebellin, Jessica Pipitone, Francesca Realdon, Nicola Carpanese, Debora Coppola, Marina A Method for Risk Assessment Evaluating the Safety, Stability and Efficacy in Clinical Practice of Anticancer Drug Preparations in the Centralized Compounding Unit of the Veneto Institute of Oncology-IRCCS |
title | A Method for Risk Assessment Evaluating the Safety, Stability and Efficacy in Clinical Practice of Anticancer Drug Preparations in the Centralized Compounding Unit of the Veneto Institute of Oncology-IRCCS |
title_full | A Method for Risk Assessment Evaluating the Safety, Stability and Efficacy in Clinical Practice of Anticancer Drug Preparations in the Centralized Compounding Unit of the Veneto Institute of Oncology-IRCCS |
title_fullStr | A Method for Risk Assessment Evaluating the Safety, Stability and Efficacy in Clinical Practice of Anticancer Drug Preparations in the Centralized Compounding Unit of the Veneto Institute of Oncology-IRCCS |
title_full_unstemmed | A Method for Risk Assessment Evaluating the Safety, Stability and Efficacy in Clinical Practice of Anticancer Drug Preparations in the Centralized Compounding Unit of the Veneto Institute of Oncology-IRCCS |
title_short | A Method for Risk Assessment Evaluating the Safety, Stability and Efficacy in Clinical Practice of Anticancer Drug Preparations in the Centralized Compounding Unit of the Veneto Institute of Oncology-IRCCS |
title_sort | method for risk assessment evaluating the safety, stability and efficacy in clinical practice of anticancer drug preparations in the centralized compounding unit of the veneto institute of oncology-irccs |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10224146/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37242671 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15051429 |
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