TY - JOUR
T1 - Defining Optimal Comorbidity Measures for Patients With Early-Stage Non-small cell lung cancer Treated With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
AU - DeWees, Todd A.
AU - Nikitas, John
AU - Rehman, Sana
AU - Bradley, Jeffrey D.
AU - Robinson, Cliff G.
AU - Roach, Michael C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Society for Radiation Oncology
PY - 2019/1
Y1 - 2019/1
N2 - Purpose: Comparison of overall survival (OS) between stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and other treatments for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer is confounded by differences in age, performance status, and medical comorbidity. We sought to define the most robust measurement for this population among 5 indices: age, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, Adult Comorbidity Evaluation 27, Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), and age-adjusted CCI (CCIa). Methods and Materials: A total of 548 patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer treated with SBRT were analyzed. Patients were divided into high- and low-risk groups for OS for each index using the log-rank test. Continuous and dichotomized models were compared via Akaike information criterion and the Vuong test. Multivariate Cox regression modeling was used with demographic information to determine the independent prognostic value of the continuous and dichotomized versions of the indices. The best was used to stratify the patients into as many significantly different cohorts as possible. Results: Optimal cut-points between high-risk and low-risk OS groups for age, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group status, Adult Comorbidity Evaluation 27, CCI, and CCIa were ≥75 years, ≥1, ≥3, ≥3, and ≥6 with hazard ratios for death of 1.23 (95% confidence interval, 1.00-1.50), 1.66 (1.28-2.15), 1.37 (1.12-1.67), 1.43 (1.17-1.76), and 1.47 (1.20-1.80), respectively. Dichotomizing did not result in a significant loss of prognostic power. Although there was no significant difference in prognostic power among the indices, CCIa best predicted OS. CCIa divided the patients into 3 cohorts with median OS of 42 months, 33 months, and 23 months for scores of ≤5, 6 to 7, and ≥8, respectively. Conclusions: CCIa was the best indicator of OS in every model employed with no loss of prognostic power with dichotomization. Dichotomization of CCIa (≥6) could be implemented in future comparisons of SBRT with OS. No cohort could be identified with a median survival of less than a year, for which treatment could be deemed futile.
AB - Purpose: Comparison of overall survival (OS) between stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and other treatments for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer is confounded by differences in age, performance status, and medical comorbidity. We sought to define the most robust measurement for this population among 5 indices: age, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, Adult Comorbidity Evaluation 27, Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), and age-adjusted CCI (CCIa). Methods and Materials: A total of 548 patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer treated with SBRT were analyzed. Patients were divided into high- and low-risk groups for OS for each index using the log-rank test. Continuous and dichotomized models were compared via Akaike information criterion and the Vuong test. Multivariate Cox regression modeling was used with demographic information to determine the independent prognostic value of the continuous and dichotomized versions of the indices. The best was used to stratify the patients into as many significantly different cohorts as possible. Results: Optimal cut-points between high-risk and low-risk OS groups for age, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group status, Adult Comorbidity Evaluation 27, CCI, and CCIa were ≥75 years, ≥1, ≥3, ≥3, and ≥6 with hazard ratios for death of 1.23 (95% confidence interval, 1.00-1.50), 1.66 (1.28-2.15), 1.37 (1.12-1.67), 1.43 (1.17-1.76), and 1.47 (1.20-1.80), respectively. Dichotomizing did not result in a significant loss of prognostic power. Although there was no significant difference in prognostic power among the indices, CCIa best predicted OS. CCIa divided the patients into 3 cohorts with median OS of 42 months, 33 months, and 23 months for scores of ≤5, 6 to 7, and ≥8, respectively. Conclusions: CCIa was the best indicator of OS in every model employed with no loss of prognostic power with dichotomization. Dichotomization of CCIa (≥6) could be implemented in future comparisons of SBRT with OS. No cohort could be identified with a median survival of less than a year, for which treatment could be deemed futile.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85055996770&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.prro.2018.09.001
DO - 10.1016/j.prro.2018.09.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 30244094
AN - SCOPUS:85055996770
SN - 1879-8500
VL - 9
SP - e83-e89
JO - Practical Radiation Oncology
JF - Practical Radiation Oncology
IS - 1
ER -