Clinicians' Feedback on Patient/Carer Experience After Switching of Growth Hormone Treatment in Pediatric Patients During COVID-19.

This study investigated why some clinicians switched growth hormone (GH) brands in pediatric patients with GH-related disorders to Norditropin Clinicians (N=106) from the UK, France, Italy, and Japan who had switched at least one patient to Norditropin Since the start of COVID-19, 39-54% of the reported consultations were virtual (ie, via telephone or online means) in the UK, France, and Italy. Overall, 17% of patients seen by respondents in the survey were switched to a different GH brand; approximately two-thirds of switches were to Norditropin In this survey, key considerations in prescribing GH therapy were ease of use and acceptability to patients and carers. If virtual consultations increasingly replace in-person ones, ease in training patients/carers in device use will be particularly important. A majority of clinicians considered that their patients preferred Norditropin

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J Blair has received payment for membership of the Publication Steering Committee of the NordiNet® International Outcome Study, sponsored by Novo Nordisk. She has received honoraria for presentations given at scientific meetings sponsored by Novo Nordisk and sponsorship for attending a scientific meeting. K Warth is an employee of Instar, a preferred market research supplier for Novo Nordisk, which was commissioned by Novo Nordisk to carry out the survey and analyze the results. Y Suvarna is an employee of Novo Nordisk. M Cappa has received honoraria from Novo Nordisk for presentations given at scientific meetings and membership of a Scientific Board, and sponsorship to attend a scientific meeting. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work.