Patient Preferences for Multiple Myeloma Treatments: A Multinational Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Investigational and marketed drugs for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM) are associated with a range of characteristics and uncertainties regarding long term side-effects and efficacy. This raises questions about what matters most to patients living with this disease. This study aimed to understand which characteristics MM patients find most important, and hence should be included as attributes and levels in a subsequent quantitative preference survey among MM patients. Methods: This qualitative study involved: (i) a scoping literature review, (ii) discussions with MM patients (n = 24) in Belgium, Finland, Romania, and Spain using Nominal Group Technique, (iii) a qualitative thematic analysis including multi-stakeholder discussions. Results:<

SUBMITTER: Janssens R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8289885 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature