Multivariate regression analyses of data from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study confirm quality of life benefit of epoetin alfa in patients receiving non-platinum chemotherapy.

Abstract:

:Cancer-related anaemia is associated with a wide spectrum of symptoms that can negatively affect quality of life. Because epoetin alfa has demonstrated efficacy in correcting cancer-related anaemia, the impact of this treatment on quality of life was evaluated in a multinational, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 375 anaemic cancer patients receiving non-platinum-based chemotherapy. The cancer-specific measures of quality of life included the general scale (FACT-G Total) and fatigue subscale (FACT-An Fatigue subscale) of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Anaemia and the Cancer Linear Analogue Scales measuring energy, ability to do daily activities, and overall quality of life. These measures were also used to examine the relationship between haemoglobin levels and quality of life. Both univariate and multiple linear regression analyses of quality of life data were performed. Results of the univariate analysis have been reported previously. The a priori-planned multiple linear regression analysis, which accounted for the effects of disease progression and several other possibly confounding variables on quality of life, showed a significant advantage for epoetin alfa over placebo for the five scales (all, P<0.05), and confirmed the results of the univariate analysis. For cancer-specific measures, significant correlations were demonstrated between baseline haemoglobin and quality of life (r, range: 0.14-0.26, all P<0.05) and between change in haemoglobin and change in quality of life (r, range: 0.26-0.34, all P<0.01). These findings provide evidence that increasing haemoglobin levels by epoetin alfa administration can significantly improve cancer patients' quality of life.

journal_name

Br J Cancer

authors

Fallowfield L,Gagnon D,Zagari M,Cella D,Bresnahan B,Littlewood TJ,McNulty P,Gorzegno G,Freund M,Epoetin Alfa Study Group.

doi

10.1038/sj.bjc.6600657

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-12-02 00:00:00

pages

1341-53

issue

12

eissn

0007-0920

issn

1532-1827

pii

6600657

journal_volume

87

pub_type

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