Understanding the incidence, duration, and severity of symptoms through daily symptom monitoring among frail and non-frail older patients receiving metastatic prostate cancer treatments

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INTRODUCTION: Older adults with metastatic prostate cancer (mPC) experience high symptom burden associated with treatment. Frailty may exacerbate treatment toxicity. The aim of this study was to explore short-term treatment toxicity in patients with metastatic prostate cancer.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Older adults with metastatic prostate cancer starting chemotherapy, androgen-receptor-axis targeted therapies, or radium-223 participated in a prospective, multicentre, observational study. Participants self-reported symptoms daily using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System for one treatment cycle via internet or telephone. The most common moderate-to-severe symptoms (score≥4), their duration, and the proportion of participants who experienced improvements in symptom severity (score<4) after reporting moderate-to-severe symptoms at baseline were determined using descriptive statistics. Once-weekly symptom questionnaires were administered and analyzed using linear mixed effect models. Symptom incidence, duration, and frailty associations were assessed using t-tests and chi-square tests.

RESULTS: Ninety participants completed the study (mean age=77 years [standard deviation=6.1], 42% frail [Vulnerable Elders Survey≥3]). The most common moderate-to-severe symptoms across cohorts were fatigue (46.8%), insomnia (42.9%), poor wellbeing (41.2%), pain (37.5%), and decreased appetite (37.1%). Poor wellbeing had a higher incidence in frail participants (62.5% in frail vs. 31.4% in non-frail, p=0.039). Symptom duration varied across cohorts and between frail and non-frail participants. Among participants who reported moderate-to-severe symptoms at baseline, no more than 15% improved in any symptom. There were statistically significant improvements in weekly symptoms for fatigue, decreased appetite, and insomnia in the chemotherapy cohort only.

DISCUSSION: Limitations include a short follow-up duration, lack of a control group, and few radium-223 participants. Regular symptom monitoring can help clinicians understand temporal patterns and durations of symptoms and inform supportive care approaches.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Journal of geriatric oncology - 15(2024), 3 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 101720

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Parthipan, Milothy [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Gregory [VerfasserIn]
Breunis, Henriette [VerfasserIn]
Timilshina, Narhari [VerfasserIn]
Emmenegger, Urban [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Aaron [VerfasserIn]
Tomlinson, George [VerfasserIn]
Matthew, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Clarke, Hance [VerfasserIn]
Santa Mina, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Soto-Perez-de-Celis, Enrique [VerfasserIn]
Puts, Martine [VerfasserIn]
Alibhai, Shabbir M H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

8BR2SOL3L1
Frailty
Journal Article
Observational Study
Prostate cancer
Radium
Radium-223
Supportive care
Symptom assessment
Toxicity
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Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jgo.2024.101720

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368404528