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Table 3 Patients’ ratings of different aspects of the 500 and 1500 IU vial format

From: Practicalities of a reduced volume formulation of a C1-INH concentrate for the treatment of hereditary angioedema: real-life experience

Switching patients (n = 16)

500 IU

1500 IU

CI/t(15)

Thinking about when you were first trained to use C1-INH (Berinert®) 500/1500 IU, how would you rate the experience? (1 very difficult—5 very easy)

3.2 (1.2)

4.69 (0.6)

− 2.17 to − 0.83

− 4.74***

How would you rate the time it took you to master the administration of one treatment dose with C1-INH (Berinert®) 500/1500 IU vials? (1 very long—5 very fast)

3.8 (1.1)

4.7 (0.5)

− 1.71 to − 0.67

− 4.84***

How would you rate preparation and infusion time of one treatment dose with C1-INH (Berinert®) 500/1500 IU vials? (1 very long—5 very fast)

3.1 (0.9)

4.2 (0.8)

− 1.86 to − 0.38

− 3.2**

How would you rate administration of one treatment dose with C1-INH (Berinert®) 500/1500 IU vials? (1 very hard—5 very easy)

3.2 (1.3)

4.5 (0.5)

− 1.88 to − 0.62

− 4.23***

How would you rate storage convenience of C1-INH (Berinert®) 500/1500 IU vials? (1 very poor—5 excellent)

3.2 (1.2)

4.9 (0.5)

− 2.38 to − 0.99

− 5.18***

How would you rate travel convenience of C1-INH (Berinert®) 500/1500 IU vials? (1 very poor—5 excellent)

2.6 (1.0)

4.7 (0.4)

− 2.75 to − 1.63

− 8.36***

Overall, how satisfied were you with C1-INH (Berinert®) 500/1500 IU? (1 very poor—5 excellent)

3.8 (1.1)

4.4 (1.1)

− 1.62 to − 0.37

n.s

Naïve patients (n = 2)

 

1500 IU

aCI/t

Thinking about when you were first trained to use C1-INH (Berinert®) 1500 IU, how would you rate the experience? (1 very difficult—5 very easy)

 

3.5 (2.1)

− 17.09 to 19.47

n.s

How would you rate the time it took you to master the administration of one treatment dose with C1-INH (Berinert®) 1500 IU vials? (1 very long—5 very fast)

 

3.5 (2.1)

− 17.43 to 19.55

n.s

How would you rate preparation and infusion time of one treatment dose with C1-INH (Berinert®) 1500 IU? (1 very long—5 very fast)

 

4.0 (0.0)

− 1.09 to 1.47

n.s

How would you rate administration of one treatment dose with C1-INH (Berinert®) 1500 IU vials? (1 very hard—5 very easy)

 

4.5 (0.7)

− 0.84 to 0.84

n.s

How would you rate storage convenience of C1-INH (Berinert®) 1500 IU vials? (1 very poor—5 excellent)

 

4.5 (0.7)

− 0.44 to 1.19

n.s

How would you rate travel convenience of C1-INH (Berinert®) 1500 IU vials? (1 very poor—5 excellent)

 

5.0 (0.0)

− 0.94 to 0.44

n.s

Overall, how satisfied are you with C1-INH (Berinert®) 1500 IU? (1 very poor—5 excellent)

 

4.5 (0.7)

− 1.77 to 1.64

n.s

  1. Mean ratings on a 5-point Likert scale. Standard deviation in parenthesis. CI/t(15), confidence interval of the t test with 15 degrees of freedom
  2. *** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05; n.s not significant
  3. aSwitching vs. naïve patients comparison