HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN ADVANCED NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC) PATIENTS

Author(s)

Chouaid C1, Mitchell PLR2, Agulnik J3, Herder GJM4, Lester JF5, Vansteenkiste J6, Eriksson JA7, Finnern HW8, Lungershausen J91Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris Cedex 12, France, 2Austin Health, HEIDELBERG, Australia, 3Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Antonius Ziekenhuis, Nieuwegein, Netherlands, 5Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 6Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 7OptumInsight, Stockholm, Sweden, 8Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, USA, 9Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

OBJECTIVES: Although NSCLC is associated with substantial symptom burden and significantly impacts patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL), published data from routine care are scarce. Improving the understanding of the HRQoL impact of NSCLC will allow to comprehend more in-depth the benefit of treatments, palliative care and differing HRQOL accross health states.   METHODS: A total 315 patients were enrolled in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, the Netherlands and the UK to complete the EQ-5D and EQ-VAS questionnaires after receiving current treatment for 6-8 weeks. In order not to influence patients’ perceived health, patients completed the questionnaire prior to receiving information on their tumor status. Patient demographic, disease history, treatment and adverse event data was identified from the patient chart. Utilities were calculated by applying the UK tariffs. Patients were stratified into 12 health states based on treatment line and treatment response status. Patients included had advanced stage (IIIb or IV) disease, were ≥18 years, received 1-4 lines of treatment having an ECOG performance status of 0-2 (scale: 0-4 with 4 being bedridden). RESULTS: Mean age at advanced NSCLC diagnosis was 64.5 years [SD=9.97] with 61.8% of patients being male, and 80.3% with stage IV disease. Fifty-two percent, 27%, and 19% of patients were on 1st, 2nd, or 3rd/4th line, respectively. Patients with progressive disease increased with treatment line; 15% (1st line), 27% (2nd line) and 46% (3rd/4th line). Mean utility in the overall sample was 0.65 [SD=0.31]. Mean utility for progression free patients on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd/4th line treatment was 0.71 [SD=0.24], 0.72 [SD=0.26], and 0.62 [SD=0.46], respectively. Mean utility for patients who progressed after 1st, 2nd and 3rd/4th line treatment was 0.68 [SD=0.21], 0.59 [SD=0.34] and 0.46 [SD=0.38], respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Both line of treatment and progressive NSCLC disease were found to impact patients’ HRQoL assessed using EQ-5D derived utilities.

Conference/Value in Health Info

2012-06, ISPOR 2012, Washington, D.C., USA

Value in Health, Vol. 15, No. 4 (June 2012)

Code

PCN110

Topic

Patient-Centered Research

Topic Subcategory

Patient-reported Outcomes & Quality of Life Outcomes

Disease

Oncology

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