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. 2019 Apr 26;7(1):67–81. doi: 10.1007/s40487-019-0094-x

Table 2.

Overall burden of AML

Relapsed/refractory statusa Treatment intensity HMA monotherapy statusb SCT status FLT3-ITD statusc
Overall (N = 75) RR (n = 19) Non-RR (n = 56) Overall (N = 82) High (n = 43) Low (n = 39) Overall (N = 39) HMA mono (n = 24) Non HMAd (n = 15) Overall (N = 82) SCT (n = 10) Non SCT (n = 72) Overall (n = 54) FLT3 (n = 7) Non FLT3 (n = 47)
FACT-Leu
Physical well-being
 Mean 16.4 13.0 17.6 15.9 16.3 15.4 15.4 13.0 19.3 15.9 15.1 16.0 16.2 12.0 16.2
 P 0.0053 0.5227 0.0006 0.6781 0.0711
 Effect size 0.729 0.142 1.063 0.141 0.730
Social well-being
 Mean 18.1 17.0 18.4 18.0 17.8 18.2 18.2 17.0 19.9 18.0 17.5 18.1 17.3 18.2 17.1
 P 0.3189 0.7846 0.0851 0.7495 0.5925
 Effect size 0.266 0.061 0.567 0.109 0.220
Emotional well-being
 Mean 12.1 11.7 12.3 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 11.7 12.5 12.0 9.5 12.3 11.7 10.3 11.9
 P 0.6351 0.9818 0.5257 0.0664 0.3820
 Effect size 0.127 0.005 0.213 0.619 0.358
Functional well-being
 Mean 14.9 14.3 15.1 15.1 14.6 15.7 15.7 15.1 16.7 15.1 13.4 15.4 14.2 13.3 14.4
 P 0.5679 0.3099 0.3398 0.2530 0.5927
 Effect size 0.153 0.226 0.319 0.388 0.220
FACT-G
 Mean 61.5 56.0 63.3 61.0 60.7 61.3 61.3 56.8 68.5 61.0 55.5 61.7 59.4 53.8 60.3
 P 0.0842 0.8675 0.0143 0.2360 0.3003
 Effect size 0.458 0.037 0.790 0.402 0.423
Leukemia-specific
 Mean 39.4 36.5 40.4 38.3 39.0 37.5 37.5 33.1 44.4 38.3 36.8 38.5 38.7 31.7 39.7
 P 0.1788 0.5314 0.0007 0.6545 0.0717
 Effect size 0.358 0.140 1.050 0.152 0.729
Trial outcome index
 Mean 70.7 63.8 73.0 69.3 69.9 68.6 68.6 61.2 80.5 69.3 65.3 69.8 69.1 70.9 57.0
 P 0.0802 0.7688 0.0007 0.4965 0.0803
 Effect size 0.464 0.066 1.055 0.231 0.708
Overall
 Mean 100.9 92.5 103.7 99.3 99.7 98.8 98.8 89.9 112.9 99.3 92.3 100.2 98.1 85.5 100.0
 P 0.0982 0.8639 0.0021 0.3517 0.1484
 Effect size 0.439 0.038 0.971 0.316 0.588
CTSQ
Therapy expectations
 Mean 66.9 64.7 67.7 65.9 68.0 63.4 63.4 54.3 77.3 65.9 72.0 65.0 66.1 67.1 66.0
 P 0.6172 0.3409 0.0007 0.3396 0.8946
 Effect size 0.134 0.213 1.061 0.325 0.054
Therapy satisfaction
 Mean 64.9 60.3 66.5 64.1 65.7 62.3 62.3 56.3 71.9 64.1 65.0 63.9 66.1 62.2 66.7
 P 0.1581 0.3402 0.0029 0.8474 0.4765
 Effect size 0.376 0.212 0.943 0.066 0.292
Feelings about side effects
 Mean 46.5 45.1 47.0 47.0 44.8 49.5 49.5 49.5 49.6 47.0 44.4 47.4 47.1 40.2 48.1
 P 0.6313 0.1439 0.9752 0.5464 0.1810
 Effect size 0.129 0.326 0.011 0.205 0.545
EQ-5D-VAS
 Mean 61.2 58.6 62.1 62.0 62.5 61.4 61.4 58.7 65.9 62.0 57.2 62.7 61.6 47.6 63.7
 P 0.5092 0.7899 0.2627 0.4100 0.0428
 Effect size 0.177 0.060 0.381 0.280 0.816
EQ-5D-3L
 Mean 0.74 0.71 0.75 0.74 0.74 0.74 0.74 0.70 0.79 0.74 0.65 0.75 0.74 0.64 0.76
 P 0.5148 0.9329 0.0928 0.1288 0.1629
 Effect size 0.175 0.019 0.558 0.514 0.568

Mean scores shown

Bold text reflects where the P value is < 0.05

CTSQ Cancer Therapy Satisfaction Questionnaire, EQ-5D-VAS 5-Dimension EuroQol Questionnaire with Visual Analog Scale, EQ-5D-3L EuroQoL 5-dimension health-related quality of life measure, FACT-G functional assessment of cancer therapy-general, FACT-Leu functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Leukemia, RR relapsed/refractory, FLT3-ITD FMS-like tyrosine kinase-3 internal tandem duplication, HMA hypomethylating agent, SCT stem cell transplant, AML acute myeloid leukemia

aSeven patients excluded as not on therapy currently

bForty-three patients excluded as not receiving a high-intensity therapy

cTwenty-eight patients did not undergo cytogenetic testing, FLT3 status unknown

dPatients are receiving other AML treatment