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Investigating Patients’ Preferences to Inform Drug Development Decisions: Novel Insights from a Discrete Choice Experiment in Migraine

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  • Aleksandra Torbica

    (CERGAS (Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management), SDA Bocconi School of Management, Bocconi University, 20136 Milan, Italy
    Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, 20136 Milan, Italy)

  • Carla Rognoni

    (CERGAS (Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management), SDA Bocconi School of Management, Bocconi University, 20136 Milan, Italy)

  • Rosanna Tarricone

    (CERGAS (Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management), SDA Bocconi School of Management, Bocconi University, 20136 Milan, Italy
    Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, 20136 Milan, Italy)

Abstract

There is limited evidence on the scope and overall benefit of patient-centred drug development decisions. The present study assessed patients’ preferences for the characteristics of an ideal migraine treatment through a discrete choice experiment in order to inform decision-making and drug development processes. We investigated the preferences according to five treatment attributes identified from a systematic literature review and two focus group elicitations. The heterogeneity of preferences was also investigated. Overall, the respondents considered the presence of adverse events, duration of treatment effect, reduction of symptom intensity, speed of effect and cost born by the patient as the most relevant treatment features. As expected, the patients preferred treatments with lower levels of adverse events and costs and treatments with greater speed, duration of treatment effect and effectiveness in reducing symptom intensity. There was significant preference heterogeneity only for the presence of adverse events. Compared to men, women had significantly higher preferences for quicker treatment effect and limited adverse events and reported higher preferences for costly treatments. The results of our survey help address research and development strategies in the pharmaceutical industry and public policy regarding treatments that are clinically effective and responsive to the needs expressed by patients.

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  • Aleksandra Torbica & Carla Rognoni & Rosanna Tarricone, 2021. "Investigating Patients’ Preferences to Inform Drug Development Decisions: Novel Insights from a Discrete Choice Experiment in Migraine," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-18, May.
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