Table 3. . Patient- and caregiver-reported hours needed per treatment session and hours needed per month to manage aHUS.
Survey item |
Eculizumab |
Ravulizumab |
p-value |
---|---|---|---|
Adult patient response | (n = 50) | (n = 50) | |
Time needed per treatment session, h n† Mean (SD) |
49 3.5 (2.5) |
48 3.2 (2.3) |
.1886 |
Time needed per month to manage aHUS, h n† Mean (SD) |
49 5.4 (6.7) |
49 2.8 (4.4) |
.0014 |
Caregiver response | (n = 16) | (n = 16) | |
---|---|---|---|
Caregiver time needed per treatment session, h Mean (SD) |
6.3 (3.8) |
4.4 (3.2) |
.1063 |
Caregiver time needed per month to manage aHUS, h Mean (SD) |
3.3 (6.2) |
1.7 (3.5) |
.3203 |
Patient time needed per treatment session, h Mean (SD) |
5.3 (3.5) |
4.9 (2.9) |
.7193 |
Patient time needed per month to manage aHUS, h Mean (SD) |
2.9 (6.1) |
1.7 (3.5) |
.4369 |
Values that were clear outliers (possible misunderstanding of the question/response requirement) were removed.
Time (h) needed per treatment session included time taken to travel for/receive treatment. Time (h) needed per month to manage aHUS excluded time needed to receive treatment. The p-value compares the proportion of paired responses between eculizumab and ravulizumab using paired t-tests.
aHUS: Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome; SD: Standard deviation.