Table S2.
Utilities for different hypothetical possible treatment options, expressed in months of progression-free survival that patients would be willing to trade
| Therapy regimen/drug administration | Possibility of side effects affecting the blooda | Possibility of side effect heart failure | Utility (expressed in months of PFS patients would be willing to trade) | Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application 1b | Application 2c | Application 3d | 12% | 19% | 2% | 4% | ||
| X | X | X | 14.44 | 1 | ||||
| X | X | X | 12.94 | 2 | ||||
| X | X | X | 12.52 | 3 | ||||
| X | X | X | 11.13 | 4 | ||||
| X | X | X | 11.02 | 5 | ||||
| X | X | X | 9.63 | 6 | ||||
| X | X | X | 9.21 | 7 | ||||
| X | X | X | 7.71 | 8 | ||||
| X | X | X | 5.22 | 9 | ||||
| X | X | X | 3.31 | 10 | ||||
| X | X | X | 1.92 | 11 | ||||
| X | X | X | 0.00 | 12 | ||||
Notes:
This attribute includes thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, anemia, and hypokalemia.
Application 1 describes the following therapy regimen/drug application: “oral intake once daily and once per week; physician visit once per month with a duration of approximately 2 hours; patient does not need to be accompanied.”
Application 2 describes the following therapy regimen/drug application: “oral intake once daily and twice per week; physician visit once per month with a duration of approximately 2 hours; patient does not need to be accompanied.”
Application 3 describes the following therapy regimen/drug application: “oral intake once daily and once per week; physician visit twice per week, including administration of one infusion per visit, with a duration per visit of ~3–4 hours; patient needs to be accompanied.” This table shows the results of the estimation of the patients’ utilities for different combinations of the three treatment-describing attributes application, side effects affecting the blood, and side effect heart failure. In the table, the negative utility associated with a shorter progression-free survival (PFS) time was translated into a “willingness to accept” this shorter time to receive a treatment with more favorable attributes regarding administration regimen and side effect profile.