Development of Dermatology-related Quality of Life Assessment in Patients Treated With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Inhibitors - Full Text View

Purpose

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitors (EGFRI) are associated with skin toxicities. Clinical experience suggests that skin toxicities interfere with health related quality of life (HRQL) and may interfere with treatment adherence. No systematic investigations of EGFRI-associated dermatologic toxicities and impact on HRQL have been reported. No patient-reported outcome measures exist to capture the unique concerns of oncology patients who experience EGFRI-associated dermatologic toxicities.

The purpose of this study is to develop a patient-reported outcomes measure to assess dermatologic-related symptoms burden and health-related quality of life among patients receiving an EGFRI, and to develop a grading system for EGFRI-associated dermatologic toxicities.

Condition	Intervention
Skin Toxicities	Other: Questionnaire


Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Observational Model: Cohort Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title:	Development of a Functional Assessment of Side-effects to Therapy (FAST) Questionnaire to Assess Dermatology-Related Quality of Life in Patients Treated With EGFR Inhibitors: The FAST-EGFR Inhibitors: The FAST-EGFRI and Development of an Investigator Grading System: The Skin and Eye Reactions to Inhibitors of EGFR (SERIES) Score

Further study details as provided by Dennis West, Northwestern University:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Qualitative Data From Patients and Experts to Measure Anti-EGFR Therapy-specific Health-related Quality of Life (HRQL) [ Time Frame: at time of questionnaire ]
Patients were asked "How important is this symptoms or concern to your quality of life?" They were given a series of items (listed in the table) and instructed to assign each item a numerical value of 0 to 3, where 0 is equivalent to "not at all important" and 3 is equivalent to "extremely important." Experts were asked "How important is this symptom or concern to patients' quality of life?" They were given the same series of items and instructed to assign each item a numerical value of 0 to 3, where 0 is equivalent to "not at all important" and 3 is equivalent to "extremely important." For each item, a mean score was calculated using the values assigned to that item from all patients, and a second mean score was calculated using the values assigned to that item from all experts. An item's mean score may range from 0 to 3, where 0 is equivalent to "not at all important to quality of life" and where 3 is equivalent to "extremely important to quality of life."


Enrollment:	32
Study Start Date:	July 2006
Study Completion Date:	November 2009
Primary Completion Date:	November 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Groups/Cohorts	Assigned Interventions
Expert Interviews Expert cohort consists of providers with expertise in administering epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors (EGFRI) or treating patients with EGFRI-associated skin toxicities. Experts will be asked open-ended questions about symptoms and issues as they relate to HRQL in patients with EFGRI skin toxicities. Experts will then be presented with a pool of potential items and will be asked through interview and questionnaire to relate items according to how common and how important they are when occurring in patients with this condition.	Other: Questionnaire Administered questionnaire
Patient Interviews Patient cohort will consist of those treated with an epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor (EGFRI) and referred to a specialized dermatology clinic for skin rash management. Patients will be asked open-ended questions about symptoms and issues as they relate to their HRQL to elicit personal experiences about how EGFRI skin toxicities and its treatment affects patients. Patients will be asked through interview and questionnaire to rate items according to how often they are experienced and how important they are to the patient.	Other: Questionnaire Administered questionnaire

Groups/Cohorts

Assigned Interventions

Expert Interviews

Expert cohort consists of providers with expertise in administering epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors (EGFRI) or treating patients with EGFRI-associated skin toxicities. Experts will be asked open-ended questions about symptoms and issues as they relate to HRQL in patients with EFGRI skin toxicities. Experts will then be presented with a pool of potential items and will be asked through interview and questionnaire to relate items according to how common and how important they are when occurring in patients with this condition.

Other: Questionnaire

Administered questionnaire

Patient Interviews

Patient cohort will consist of those treated with an epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor (EGFRI) and referred to a specialized dermatology clinic for skin rash management. Patients will be asked open-ended questions about symptoms and issues as they relate to their HRQL to elicit personal experiences about how EGFRI skin toxicities and its treatment affects patients. Patients will be asked through interview and questionnaire to rate items according to how often they are experienced and how important they are to the patient.

Other: Questionnaire

Administered questionnaire

Eligibility


Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No
Sampling Method:	Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients treated with an EGFRI and referred to a specialized dermatology clinic for skin rash management.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Undergoing anti-EGFR cancer therapy
Over 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

Unable to complete the questionnaire
Unable to follow instructions or give consent

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01015326

Locations


United States, Illinois
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Sponsors and Collaborators

Northwestern University

Investigators


Principal Investigator:	Dennis P West, PhD	Northwestern University

More Information


Responsible Party:	Dennis West, Professor in Dermatology and Pediatrics, Northwestern University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT01015326 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	1918-004
Study First Received:	November 6, 2009
Results First Received:	February 26, 2013
Last Updated:	December 11, 2014

Keywords provided by Dennis West, Northwestern University:


EGFRI HRQL Quality of Life Development of a standardized HRQL instrument for anti-EGFR therapy induced

Additional relevant MeSH terms:


Mitogens Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 27, 2017

Development of Dermatology-related Quality of Life Assessment in Patients Treated With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Inhibitors (FAST)