TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of Life in Patients with Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Treated with Hypofractionated vs Conventional Radiotherapy
T2 - A Phase 3 Randomized Clinical Trial
AU - Bruner, Deborah W.
AU - Pugh, Stephanie L.
AU - Lee, W. Robert
AU - Hall, William A.
AU - Dignam, James J.
AU - Low, Daniel
AU - Swanson, Gregory P.
AU - Shah, Amit B.
AU - Malone, Shawn
AU - Michalski, Jeff M.
AU - Dayes, Ian S.
AU - Seaward, Samantha A.
AU - Nguyen, Paul L.
AU - Pisansky, Thomas M.
AU - Chen, Yuhchyau
AU - Sandler, Howard M.
AU - Movsas, Benjamin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/5
Y1 - 2019/5
N2 - Importance: Hypofractionated radiotherapy (HRT) would be more convenient for men with low-risk prostate cancer and cost less than conventional radiotherapy (CRT) as long as HRT is noninferior to CRT in terms of survival and quality of life (QOL) is not found to be worse. Objective: To assess differences in QOL between men with low-risk prostate cancer who are treated with HRT vs CRT. Design, Setting, and Participants: In this phase 3 randomized clinical trial, men with low-risk prostate cancer were enrolled from sites within the National Cancer Institute's National Clinical Trials Network in the United States, Canada, and Switzerland. Interventions: Random assignment to CRT (73.8 Gy in 41 fractions over 8.2 weeks) or to HRT (70 Gy in 28 fractions over 5.6 weeks). Main Outcomes and Measures: Quality of life was assessed using the Expanded Prostate Index Composite questionnaire measuring bowel, urinary, sexual, and hormonal domains; the 25-item Hopkins Symptom Checklist measuring anxiety and depression; and the EuroQol-5 Dimension questionnaire measuring global QOL. All data were collected at baseline and 6, 12, 24, and 60 months. Change scores were compared between treatment arms using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. A significance level of.0125 to adjust for multiple comparisons was used for an overall 2-sided type 1 error of.05. Clinical significance was determined for the Expanded Prostate Index Composite change scores by an effect size of 0.5. Results: Of 1092 patients analyzable for the primary end point, 962 (mean [SD] age, 66.6 [7.4] years) consented to the QOL component. No statistically significant differences with regard to baseline characteristics nor any of the QOL baseline domains were measured between arms. There were no differences in change score between arms with respect to any of the Expanded Prostate Index Composite questionnaire domain scores except at 12 months when the HRT arm had a larger decline than the CRT arm in the bowel domain (mean score, -7.5 vs -3.7, respectively; P<.001), but it did not reach clinical significance (effect size = 0.29). There were no differences between arms at any time point for the Hopkins Symptom Checklist nor EuroQol-5 Dimension questionnaire. Conclusions and Relevance: Treatment with HRT is noninferior to CRT in men with low-risk prostate cancer in terms of disease-free survival and, as shown in the present study, in prostate cancer-specific (eg, bowel, bladder, sexual) and general QOL, as well as in anxiety and depression. This study provides evidence to affirm that HRT is a practice standard for men with low-risk prostate cancer. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00331773.
AB - Importance: Hypofractionated radiotherapy (HRT) would be more convenient for men with low-risk prostate cancer and cost less than conventional radiotherapy (CRT) as long as HRT is noninferior to CRT in terms of survival and quality of life (QOL) is not found to be worse. Objective: To assess differences in QOL between men with low-risk prostate cancer who are treated with HRT vs CRT. Design, Setting, and Participants: In this phase 3 randomized clinical trial, men with low-risk prostate cancer were enrolled from sites within the National Cancer Institute's National Clinical Trials Network in the United States, Canada, and Switzerland. Interventions: Random assignment to CRT (73.8 Gy in 41 fractions over 8.2 weeks) or to HRT (70 Gy in 28 fractions over 5.6 weeks). Main Outcomes and Measures: Quality of life was assessed using the Expanded Prostate Index Composite questionnaire measuring bowel, urinary, sexual, and hormonal domains; the 25-item Hopkins Symptom Checklist measuring anxiety and depression; and the EuroQol-5 Dimension questionnaire measuring global QOL. All data were collected at baseline and 6, 12, 24, and 60 months. Change scores were compared between treatment arms using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. A significance level of.0125 to adjust for multiple comparisons was used for an overall 2-sided type 1 error of.05. Clinical significance was determined for the Expanded Prostate Index Composite change scores by an effect size of 0.5. Results: Of 1092 patients analyzable for the primary end point, 962 (mean [SD] age, 66.6 [7.4] years) consented to the QOL component. No statistically significant differences with regard to baseline characteristics nor any of the QOL baseline domains were measured between arms. There were no differences in change score between arms with respect to any of the Expanded Prostate Index Composite questionnaire domain scores except at 12 months when the HRT arm had a larger decline than the CRT arm in the bowel domain (mean score, -7.5 vs -3.7, respectively; P<.001), but it did not reach clinical significance (effect size = 0.29). There were no differences between arms at any time point for the Hopkins Symptom Checklist nor EuroQol-5 Dimension questionnaire. Conclusions and Relevance: Treatment with HRT is noninferior to CRT in men with low-risk prostate cancer in terms of disease-free survival and, as shown in the present study, in prostate cancer-specific (eg, bowel, bladder, sexual) and general QOL, as well as in anxiety and depression. This study provides evidence to affirm that HRT is a practice standard for men with low-risk prostate cancer. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00331773.
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U2 - 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.6752
DO - 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.6752
M3 - Article
C2 - 30763425
AN - SCOPUS:85061649437
SN - 2374-2437
VL - 5
SP - 664
EP - 670
JO - JAMA oncology
JF - JAMA oncology
IS - 5
ER -