Patient‐reported physical functioning predicts the success of hematopoietic cell transplantation (BMT CTN 0902). Issue 1 (6th October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wood, William A.; Le‐Rademacher, Jennifer; Syrjala, Karen L.; Jim, Heather; Jacobsen, Paul B.; Knight, Jennifer M.; Abidi, Muneer H.; Wingard, John R.; Majhail, Navneet S.; Geller, Nancy L.; Rizzo, J. Douglas; Fei, Mingwei; Wu, Juan; Horowitz, Mary M.; Lee, Stephanie J.
• Is Part Of: Cancer. Volume 122:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 91
• Page End: 98
• Publication Date: 2015-10-06
• Subjects: hematopoietic stem cell transplantation -- outcome assessment -- physical fitness -- quality of life -- risk adjustment; Cancer -- Periodicals; Cancer -- Cytopathology -- Periodicals; 616.99405
• DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29717
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0008-543X

Abstract

Abstract : BACKGROUND: In hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), current risk adjustment strategies are based on clinical and disease‐related variables. Although patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) predict mortality in multiple cancers, they have been less well studied within HCT. Improvements in risk adjustment strategies in HCT would inform patient selection, patient counseling, and quality reporting. The objective of the current study was to determine whether pre‐HCT PROs, in particular physical health, predict survival among patients undergoing autologous or allogeneic transplantation. METHODS: In this secondary analysis, the authors studied pre‐HCT PROs that were reported by 336 allogeneic and 310 autologous HCT recipients enrolled in the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network (BMT CTN) 0902 protocol, a study with broad representation of patients who underwent transplantation in the United States. RESULTS: Among allogeneic HCT recipients, the pre‐HCT Medical Outcomes Study Short Form‐36 Health Survey (SF‐36) physical component summary (PCS) scale independently predicted overall mortality (hazards ratio, 1.40 per 10‐point decrease; P <.001) and performed at least as well as currently used, non‐PRO risk indices. Survival probability estimates at 1 year for the first, second, third, and fourth quartiles of the baseline PCS were 50%, 65%, 75%, and 83%, respectively. Early post‐HCT decreases in PCS were associated with higher overall and treatment‐related mortality. When adjusted for patient variables included in the US Stem Cell Therapeutic Outcomes Database model for transplant center‐specific reporting, the SF‐36 PCS retained independent prognostic value. CONCLUSIONS: PROs have the potential to improve prognostication in HCT. The authors recommend the routine collection of PROs before HCT, and consideration of the incorporation of PROs into risk adjustment for quality reporting. Cancer 2016;122:91–98. © 2015 American Cancer Society . Abstract : Pretransplant physical health, as measured by the physical component summary scale of the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form‐36 Health Survey (SF‐36), appears to be strongly prognostic for overall and transplant‐related mortality in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients enrolled on the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network (BMT CTN) 0902 protocol, a study that was broadly representative of the general transplant population in clinical practice. Patient‐reported outcomes may play a role in patient selection, patient counseling, and quality reporting in hematopoietic cell transplantation.