The preferences of women with ovarian cancer for oral versus intravenous recurrence regimens.
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OBJECTIVE: To assess preferences of women with ovarian cancer regarding features of available anti-cancer regimens for platinum-resistant, biomarker-positive disease, with an emphasis on oral PARP inhibitor and standard intravenous (IV) chemotherapy regimens. METHODS: A discrete-choice-experiment preferences survey was designed, tested, and administered to women with ovarian cancer, with 11 pairs of treatment profiles defined using seven attributes (levels/ranges): regimen (oral daily, IV weekly, IV monthly); probability of progression-free (PFS) at 6 months (40%-60%); probability of PFS at 2 years (10%-20%); nausea (none, moderate); peripheral neuropathy (none, mild, moderate); memory problems (none, mild); and total out-of-pocket cost ($0 to $10,000). RESULTS: Of 123 participants, 38% had experienced recurrence, 25% were currently receiving chemotherapy, and 18% were currently taking a PARP inhibitor. Given attributes and levels, the relative importance weights (sum 100) were: 2-year PFS, 28; cost, 27; 6-month PFS, 19; neuropathy,14; memory problems, nausea, and regimen, all ≤5. To accept moderate neuropathy, participants required a 49% (versus 40%) chance of PFS at 6 months or 14% (versus 10%) chance at 2 years. Given a 3-way choice where PFS and cost were equal, 49% preferred a monthly IV regimen causing mild memory problems, 47% preferred an oral regimen causing moderate nausea, and 4% preferred a weekly IV regimen causing mild memory and mild neuropathy. CONCLUSIONS: These findings challenge the assumption that oral anti-cancer therapies are universally preferred by patients and demonstrate that there is no "one size fits all" regimen that is preferable to women with ovarian cancer when considering recurrence treatment regimens.
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Duke Authors
- Davidson, Brittany A
- Gonzalez, Juan Marcos
- Havrilesky, Laura Jean
- Johnson, F. Reed
- Reed, Shelby Derene
- Secord, Angeles Alvarez
Cited Authors
- Havrilesky, LJ; Scott, AL; Davidson, BA; Secord, AA; Yang, J-C; Johnson, FR; Gonzalez, JM; Reed, SD
Published Date
- August 2021
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 162 / 2
Start / End Page
- 440 - 446
PubMed ID
- 34053748
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1095-6859
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.ygyno.2021.05.022
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States