Patient Priorities Concerning Treatment Decisions for Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors Identified by Discrete Choice Experiments.

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Journal

The oncologist
ISSN: 1549-490X
Titre abrégé: Oncologist
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9607837

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
25 Nov 2023
Historique:
received: 02 06 2023
accepted: 30 10 2023
medline: 26 11 2023
pubmed: 26 11 2023
entrez: 25 11 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) have multiple treatment options. Ideally, treatment decisions are shared between physician and patient; however, previous studies suggest that oncologists and patients place different value on treatment attributes such as adverse event (AE) rates. High-quality information on NET patient treatment preferences may facilitate patient-centered decision making by helping clinicians understand patient priorities. This study used 2 discrete choice experiments (DCE) to elicit preferences of NET patients regarding advanced midgut and pancreatic NET (pNET) treatments. The DCEs used the "potentially all pairwise rankings of all possible alternatives" (PAPRIKA) method. The primary objective was to determine relative utility rankings for treatment attributes, including progression-free survival (PFS), treatment modality, and AE rates. Ranking of attribute profiles matching specific treatments was also determined. Levels for treatment attributes were obtained from randomized clinical trial data of NET treatments. One hundred and 10 participants completed the midgut NET DCE, and 132 completed the pNET DCE. Longer PFS was the highest ranked treatment attribute in 64.5% of participants in the midgut NET DCE, and in 59% in the pNET DCE. Approximately, 40% of participants in both scenarios prioritized lower AE rates or less invasive treatment modalities over PFS. Ranking of treatment profiles in the midgut NET scenario identified 60.9% of participants favoring peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT), and 30.0% somatostatin analogue dose escalation. NET patients have heterogeneous priorities when choosing between treatment options based on the results of 2 independent DCEs. These results highlight the importance of shared decision making for NET patients.

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BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) have multiple treatment options. Ideally, treatment decisions are shared between physician and patient; however, previous studies suggest that oncologists and patients place different value on treatment attributes such as adverse event (AE) rates. High-quality information on NET patient treatment preferences may facilitate patient-centered decision making by helping clinicians understand patient priorities.
METHODS METHODS
This study used 2 discrete choice experiments (DCE) to elicit preferences of NET patients regarding advanced midgut and pancreatic NET (pNET) treatments. The DCEs used the "potentially all pairwise rankings of all possible alternatives" (PAPRIKA) method. The primary objective was to determine relative utility rankings for treatment attributes, including progression-free survival (PFS), treatment modality, and AE rates. Ranking of attribute profiles matching specific treatments was also determined. Levels for treatment attributes were obtained from randomized clinical trial data of NET treatments.
RESULTS RESULTS
One hundred and 10 participants completed the midgut NET DCE, and 132 completed the pNET DCE. Longer PFS was the highest ranked treatment attribute in 64.5% of participants in the midgut NET DCE, and in 59% in the pNET DCE. Approximately, 40% of participants in both scenarios prioritized lower AE rates or less invasive treatment modalities over PFS. Ranking of treatment profiles in the midgut NET scenario identified 60.9% of participants favoring peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT), and 30.0% somatostatin analogue dose escalation.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
NET patients have heterogeneous priorities when choosing between treatment options based on the results of 2 independent DCEs. These results highlight the importance of shared decision making for NET patients.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38007397
pii: 7451127
doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad312
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Subventions

Organisme : Commonwealth Neuroendocrine Tumour research collaborative

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press.

Auteurs

Matthew Anaka (M)

Cross Cancer Institute, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton Alberta, Canada.
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

David Chan (D)

Northern Sydney Cancer Centre, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.

Sharon Pattison (S)

Department of Medicine, Otago Medical School, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

Alia Thawer (A)

Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Bryan Franco (B)

Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Lesley Moody (L)

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Christopher Jackson (C)

Department of Medicine, Otago Medical School, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

Eva Segelov (E)

Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Simron Singh (S)

Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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