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Table 3 Percentage of patients with improved, stable, or worsened QLQ-BR23 scores from baseline at cycle 6

From: Health-related quality of life in patients receiving first-line eribulin mesylate with or without trastuzumab for locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer

Symptom/Scale

Study 206

Study 208

n

Improved (%)

Stable (%)

Worsened (%)

n

Improved (%)

Stable (%)

Worsened (%)

Body imagea

30

6.7

50.0

43.3

44

18.2

54.5

27.3

Sexual functioninga

28

10.7

64.3

25.0

38

7.9

63.2

28.9

Sexual enjoymenta

2

0

100

0

9

11.1

66.7

22.2

Future perspectivea

27

22.2

59.3

18.5

44

40.9

43.2

15.9

Systemic therapy SEsb

30

3.3

53.3

43.3

44

4.5

45.5

50.0

Breast symptomsb

26

23.1

61.5

15.4

44

31.8

68.2

0

Arm symptomsb

28

46.4

35.7

17.9

44

47.7

29.5

22.7

Upset by hair lossb

2

0

50.0

50.0

2

0

50.0

50.0

  1. QLQ-BR23 Quality-of-Life Questionnaire for Breast Cancer, SE side effect
  2. aFor global health status and functional scales, improved scores are defined as increases from baseline ≥10; worsened is defined as decreases from baseline ≥10
  3. bFor symptom scales/items, Improved scores are defined as decreases from baseline ≥10; worsened is defined as increases from baseline ≥10