Data and Specificity Captured by Active Toxicity Monitoring Versus Routine Toxicity Monitoringa
Data Element | Routine Toxicity Monitoring | Active Toxicity Monitoring |
---|---|---|
Management of adverse drug reactions | Partially (drug substitutions resulting from toxicity captured) | Yes |
Seriousness of adverse drug reactions | No | Yes |
Outcome of adverse drug reactions (resolved, requires, or prolongs hospitalization, disability, death, etc.) | No | Yes |
↵a Described in the World Health Organization Implementation Tool for Monitoring the Toxicity of New Antiretroviral and Antiviral Medicines in HIV and Viral Hepatitis Programmes.31