Table 3.
The responses to the trade-off-type questions at baseline and the 6-week interview
| Is (or would) the benefit of the drug in terms of controlling the cancer be worth (the following grade1 of severity)? | With this grade of side effect, how long do you require the treatment to control the cancer for you to consider it a worthwhile treatment for you? | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Yes | Prob | No | N | At least a month | 3 months | 6 months | At least a year | > year | |
| At baseline (prior to or within 2 weeks of starting treatment) | ||||||||||
| Grade I side effect? | 742 | 95% (70) | 4% (3) | 1% (13) | 72 | 75% (54) | 8% (6) | 13% (9) | 4% (3) | |
| Grade II side effect? | 89 | 88% (784) | 9% (8) |
3% (35) | 85 | 59% (50) | 12% (10) | 19% (16) | 9% (8) | 1% (1) |
| Grade III side effect? | 85 | 44% (376) | 15% (13) |
41% (357) | 49 | 49% (24) | 16% (8) | 22% (11) | 10% (5) | 2% (1) |
| At 6 weeks (on treatment) | ||||||||||
| Grade I side effect? | 368–10 | 97% (35) | 1% (1) | 3311 | 79% (26) | 6% (2) | 9% (3) | 6% (2) | ||
| Grade II side effect? | 66 | 89% (59) | 6% (4) | 5% (3) | 6212,13 | 63% (39) | 13% (8) | 18% (11) | 5% (3) | 2% (1) |
| Grade III side effect? | 63 | 52% (33) | 13% (8) | 35% (22) | 4014,15 | 48% (19) | 18% (7) | 20% (8) | 10% (4) | 5% (2) |
1See Appendix for booklet on grades
216 who were experiencing moderate side effects were not asked this question
3The patient who said NO was not asked any further trade-off questions
4One person who said YES could not respond to the trade-off question
5Three who responded NO were not asked any further trade-off questions
6One person who said YES could not respond to the trade-off question
735 who responded NO were not asked the trade-off question
827 experiencing moderate side effects were not asked the question
9One participant with severe side effects was not asked any trade-off questions
10Five participants could not answer the question
11Two participants could not respond to the trade-off question
12Three who responded NO were not asked the next question
13One participant who said YES could not answer the trade-off question
1422 who responded NO were not asked the next question
15One who said ‘Probably’ could not respond to the trade-off question