Therapeutic Decision-Making Under Uncertainty in the Management of Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Results From DECISIONS-SMA Study.
Gustavo SaposnikAna CamachoPaola Díaz-AbósMaría Brañas-PampillónVictoria Sánchez-MenéndezRosana Cabello-MorunoMaría TerzaghiJorge MaurinoIgnacio MálagaPublished in: Neurology and therapy (2022)
Pediatric neurologists managing patients with SMA were optimistic regarding treatment improvement in cases with early diagnosis, but had lower expectations when treatment delays and advanced patient age were present. Low aversion to ambiguity, low expectation of treatment benefits, and lower clinical experience were more likely to make suboptimal decisions, resulting in lack of treatment initiation, escalation, and TI.