PatientsLikeMe And Actelion Ltd. To Develop New Patient-Reported Measure For Mycosis Fungoides–Type Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (MF-CTCL)

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PatientsLikeMe and Actelion Ltd. (SIX: ATLN) are partnering in a research initiative to create a new patient-reported outcomes tool for the rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma called MF-CTCL. The collaboration will leverage PatientsLikeMe’s Open Research Exchange (ORE), an online hub for developing and sharing new health measures that better reflect patients’ experiences living with and managing disease.

Actelion is the first pharmaceutical company to use ORE to create a measure for a rare condition and, once completed, to share it with other researchers. Actelion’s Senior Director – Medical Head of VALCHLOR and ZAVESCA Mitchell Nagao said he believes this open approach to research will enhance the existing evidence about MF-CTCL. “As changes in technology, culture, and treatment affect how patients live with disease, we want measurement to evolve accordingly. Our work with PatientsLikeMe will help ensure we’re applying the best principles for patient-centered research and giving tools back to the community so they can evolve them even more.”

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