PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Armbrust, Robert AU - Alavi, Sara AU - Pirmorady, Adak AU - Chen, Frank AU - Colombo, Nicoletta AU - Gultekin, Murat AU - Hierro, Charo AU - Lemley, Birthe AU - Mirza, Mansoor Raza AU - Urkmez, Esra AU - Fotopoulou, Christina AU - Vinzent, Jutta AU - Gonzalez Martin, Antonio AU - Krull, Andrea AU - Heepe, Judith AU - Rose, Mathias AU - Sehouli, Jalid TI - Results of the interprofessional and interdisciplinary Berlin round table on patient-reported outcomes, quality of life, and treatment expectations of patients with gynecological cancer under maintenance treatment AID - 10.1136/ijgc-2019-001070 DP - 2020 Oct 01 TA - International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer PG - 1603--1607 VI - 30 IP - 10 4099 - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/30/10/1603.short 4100 - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/30/10/1603.full SO - Int J Gynecol Cancer2020 Oct 01; 30 AB - Background Patients’ reported outcomes and their perspectives around their therapeutic management is a field of continuously increasing relevance in gynecological oncology. We report the results of the Berlin dialog on seven patient-reported parameters and outcomes concerning chemotherapy and maintenance treatment in patients with gynecological cancer.Methods Key opinion leaders in gynecological oncology from different European counties and representatives of leading patients’ advocate groups in Berlin held a consensus meeting in Berlin on April 6, 2019. Seven topics of interest were identified in advance around quality of life, iatrogenic toxicity, treatment decision-making processes, sexuality, participation in clinical trials, second opinion, and long-term survivors with the the following standard operating procedure for processing and discussion: (1) agreement on its relevance; (2) literature review, and (3) discussion and consensus statements.Results All main topics reached a consensus approval. The defined statements emphasized the importance of patients’ role in incorporating and establishing quality of life as an outcome parameter in clinical trials. Furthermore, discussants raised the importance of identifying new tools for reflecting patient-reported iatrogenic toxicity as well as emphasizing patients’ rights in providing personal information, access to second opinion in the decision-making process, and their participation in clinical trials.Conclusion The results of this round table meeting could help redefine perspectives on the discussed topics and the importance for therapeutic management as well as for trial designs.