Table 3.
Survey Item | Respondents, No. (%) |
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Clinical Investigator Feedbacka | |
Patient-reported symptomatic toxicities | |
Were reviewed at visits | 131/143 (91.6) |
Were discussed with patients at visits | 110/144 (76.4) |
Are useful for monitoring toxicities | 133/141 (94.3) |
Could be a source of research-grade data | 120/143 (83.9) |
Were an accurate reflection of patient clinical status | 119/143 (83.2) |
Impression of relationship between adverse event grade severities reported by patients vs clinicians | |
They are generally the same | 63/143 (44.1) |
Patients generally grade more severe than clinicians | 50/143 (35.0) |
Patients generally grade less severe than clinicians | 13/143 (9.1) |
Don’t know | 17/143 (11.9) |
Patient Feedbackb | |
Person who entered symptom grades | |
Myself | 220/250 (88.0) |
Relative or friend | 5/250 (2.0) |
Professional caregiver | 16/250 (6.4) |
Other | 9/250 (3.6) |
The patient adverse event reporting system | |
Was easy to use | 234/251 (93.2) |
Was useful | 230/247 (93.1) |
Improved discussions with mydoctor/nurse | 211/247 (85.4) |
Overall, there were 144 clinical investigator respondents across 37 sites, but not all investigators responded to all questions; therefore, the denominator for each question varies with missing responses subtracted.
Overall, there were 252 patient respondents of 285 study participants, but not all patients responded to all questions; therefore, the denominator for each question varies with missing responses subtracted.