Table 3 Unadjusted patient-reported outcomes by study arm and age group at baseline and 18-months post-enrollment.

From: Treatment discontinuation, patient-reported toxicities and quality-of-life by age following trastuzumab emtansine or paclitaxel/trastuzumab (ATEMPT)

Patient-reported outcome measure

Baseline

18 months

TH

T-DM1

TH

TDM1

 

≤50

>50

≤50

>50

≤50

>50

≤50

>50

FACT-B (total) - mean (SD)

n

30

51

93

188

31

48

92

188

 FACT-B total score

115.06 (20.58)

116.53 (20.07)

122.25 (14.40)

128.35 (13.63)

114.59 (24.57)

119.69 (23.00)

126.20 (13.46)

126.38 (16.72)

 Physical well-being

25.57 (3.82)

26.02 (3.26)

26.14 (2.62)

26.69 (3.07)

23.84 (5.24)

23.58 (4.83)

25.77 (2.74)

25.21 (3.93)

 Social/family well-being

23.89 (6.13)

24.64 (4.11)

24.98 (4.85)

25.88 (3.94)

21.90 (7.37)

24.34 (6.07)

24.81 (3.80)

24.77 (5.47)

 Emotional well-being

16.83 (4.63)

17.42 (4.46)

19.00 (3.46)

19.69 (2.95)

18.41 (4.62)

19.46 (4.80)

20.42 (3.30)

20.76 (2.86)

 Functional well-being

20.03 (5.41)

20.35 (6.30)

20.03 (5.41)

23.68 (4.48)

21.34 (7.13)

22.37 (6.01)

23.88 (4.49)

23.43 (5.35)

 Breast cancer subscale

28.73 (6.68)

28.26 (7.00)

28.73 (6.68)

32.33 (4.57)

28.18 (7.70)

30.06 (6.13)

31.34 (4.81)

32.08 (5.15)

RSCL - mean (SD)

n

30

51

92

188

31

47

91

186

 Physical symptom distress

30.61 (7.31)

30.96 (6.83)

28.95 (4.95)

27.80 (5.09)

32.10 (8.97)

32.50 (7.97)

30.36 (5.97)

31.29 (7.60)

 Psychological distress

14.73 (5.13)

14.80 (4.99)

12.65 (4.23)

10.93 (3.23)

12.23 (4.33)

11.13 (4.70)

10.14 (3.83)

9.73 (3.22)

 Activity level

30.92 (2.30)

30.82 (2.72)

30.36 (4.01)

31.24 (1.94)

31.41 (1.46)

30.34 (3.69)

31.61 (1.82)

30.75 (3.61)

 Overall valuation of life

1.81 (1.04)

2.14 (1.53)

1.82 (0.95)

1.48 (0.72)

2.00 (1.41)

2.10 (1.30)

1.64 (0.89)

1.71 (0.94)

WPAI:SHP - mean (SD)

n

30

50

91

188

31

44

91

184

 Percentage employed - (n, %)

20 (67%)

24 (48%)

75 (83%)

99 (53%)

24 (77%)

21 (48%)

76 (84%)

91 (48%)

 % work time missed due to breast cancer

29.05 (38.63)

17.02 (25.19)

34.56 (41.48)

14.92 (28.28)

6.11 (21.11)

2.22 (5.09)

3.53 (14.45)

2.53 (12.58)

 % impairment at work due to breast cancer

14.67 (19.95)

24.21 (29.12)

19.62 (26.19)

5.60 (10.79)

7.39 (18.15)

8.24 (15.51)

3.53 (9.58)

2.44 (7.35)

 % overall work impairment due to breast cancer

27.01 (27.13)

32.78 (31.53)

29.26 (32.91)

14.61 (22.17)

9.30 (19.09)

9.96 (17.25)

5.47 (12.91)

3.72 (10.42)

 % activity impairment due to breast cancer

23.45 (27.68)

18.98 (24.94)

21.41 (27.40)

10.82 (18.92)

12.67 (26.38)

16.19 (28.71)

6.44 (16.44)

7.43 (16.53)

APA - (n, %)

n

29

49

93

183

31

44

88

177

 Any hair loss

1 (3%)

5 (10%)

3 (3%)

15 (8%)

3 (10%)

9 (20%)

12 (14%)

23 (13%)

PNQ - (n, %)

n

30

51

92

182

31

48

92

189

 Any moderate, moderate-severe or severe neuropathy

3 (10%)

1 (2%)

7 (8%)

3 (2%)

8 (26%)

19 (40%)

9 (10%)

39 (21%)

  1. SD standard deviation, T-DM1 trastuzumab emtansine, TH paclitaxel plus trastuzumab, FACT-B Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast Cancer, RSCL Rotterdam Symptom Checklist, WPAI:SHP Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire: Specific Health Problem, APA Alopecia Patient Assessment, PNQ Patient Neurotoxicity Questionnaire.