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ArticleBreast care (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Patient Preferences for HR+/HER2- Early Breast Cancer Adjuvant Treatment: A Multicountry Discrete Choice Experiment.

Victoria Harmer, Cathy Ammendolea, Mandy Ryan, Frances Boyle, Gustavo Werutsky, Dina El Mouzain, Deborah A Marshall, Caitlin Thomas, Sebastian Heidenreich, Hui Lu and 6 more

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Article in Breast care (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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16 authors.

Victoria HarmerImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
Cathy AmmendoleaCanadian Breast Cancer Network, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Mandy RyanHealth Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Frances BoylePatricia Ritchie Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Mater Hospital, Wollstonecraft, NSW, Australia.
Gustavo WerutskyLatin American Cooperative Oncology Group, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Dina El MouzainAbu Dhabi Stem Cells Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Deborah A MarshallCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Caitlin ThomasEvidera, London, UK.
Sebastian HeidenreichEvidera, London, UK.
Hui LuEvidera, London, UK.
Nicolas KrucienEvidera, London, UK.
Juan Mora PayanNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA.
Dawn AubelNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA.
Andriy DanylivNovartis Ireland Limited, Dublin, Ireland.
Purnima PathakNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA.
Nadia HarbeckBreast Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and CCC Munich, LMU University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: More adjuvant treatment options are becoming available for hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR+/HER2-) early breast cancer (EBC) based on results of clinical trials. This study quantified the importance of different attributes of EBC adjuvant therapies to patients and the benefit-risk tradeoffs patients were willing to make. Methods: Women with HR+/HER2- EBC completed an online discrete choice experiment (DCE) survey; the design was informed by clinical data, qualitative interviews ( Results: A total of 866 patients from the USA, France, Spain, Canada, the UK, Germany, South Korea, and Australia completed the DCE (mean age: 57.7 years; 76% postmenopausal; 29% stage I disease, 55% stage II, 16% stage III). Improved 5-year iDFS (75.4-82.7% range; associated with combination regimens [CRs] vs. endocrine therapy [ET] alone) contributed the most to treatment preferences (clinically relevant relative attribute importance: 38.4%), followed by reduced risks of venous thromboembolic events (VTEs) (20.4%), neutropenia (20.3%), and diarrhea (15.0%). Treatment type + duration (3.7%) and fatigue (2.3%) were less important. Pts required the largest improvement in 5-year iDFS (3.9%) to tolerate increased risks of VTE (0.7%-2.5%) or neutropenia (5.6%-46%); willingness to accept tradeoffs depended on the AE. Preference heterogeneity was observed across subgroups, but 5-year iDFS improvement was consistently the most impactful on treatment choice in all subgroups. Conclusion: A multicountry sample of patients most valued adjuvant therapies with higher 5-year iDFS and may therefore prefer CRs over ET alone. The value of CRs depends on their specific safety profiles, and shared decision-making should consider this to select treatment options that align with individual preferences.

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Adjuvant treatmentCDK4/6 inhibitorDiscrete choice experimentEarly breast cancerPatient preference

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PMCPMC11877223

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