Abstract 1784
Background
Radiationtherapy (RT) provide pain reduction in about 60% of patients with painful bone metastases. Studies have identified demographic and clinical characteristics to predict RT response, but no model is clinical useful. Tumor characteristics and inflammation can influence cancer induced bone pain, but the association with RT response are not studied. We test if tumor characteristics and the inflammation marker CRP improve prediction of RT response.
Methods
We included adult patients receiving RT for painful bone metastases in a multicenter, multinational longitudinal observational study. The primary endpoint was analgesic response within 8 weeks after RT defined according to current guidelines. Seventeen independent potential predictor variables assessed at baseline included patient demographics, RT administration, pain characteristics and treatment, cancer diagnosis, tumor characteristics, depression and inflammation (CRP). Multivariate logistic regression analysis with multiple imputation of missing data were applied to identify predictors of RT response. Results are reported as odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).
Results
565 eligible patients were enrolled, 424 patients (75%) had complete data on the variables of interest and multiple imputation allowed the final regression models to be carried out on 513 patients (91%). 232 patients (41%, CI 37%-45%) responded to RT. Higher Karnofsky performance status (OR 1.45, CI 1.21-1.73), breast cancer (OR 2.61, CI 1.20-5.69) and prostate cancer (OR 2.64, CI 1.24-5.63) (compared to GI cancer), presence of soft tissue expansion (OR 1.78, CI 1.13-2.81) and higher maximum pain intensity at the radiated site (OR 1.1, CI 1.00-1.21) were significant predictors of positive RT response, while the use of steroids was a negative predictor (OR 0.62, CI 0.42-0.93). The discriminative ability of the model was moderate, with C-statistics 0.70.
Conclusions
This study supports previous findings that higher performance status, cancer diagnosis and higher baseline pain intensity predict analgesic RT response. The study presents new data showing that presence of soft tissue expansion predicts RT response and that CRP is not significantly associated with analgesic RT response.
Clinical trial identification
NCT02107664 (Date of registration April 8, 2014).
Editorial acknowledgement
Legal entity responsible for the study
Pål Klepstad.
Funding
The European Palliative Care Research Centre (PRC).
Disclosure
All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.
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