Patient-Reported Outcome Version of the Common Criteria for Adverse Events
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Childhood cancer survivors are vulnerable to treatment-related late effects, including physical and psychosocial morbidities, subsequent malignancies, and premature death. Symptom assessment provides a unique insight into survivorship care since symptoms not only indicate the manifestation for the occurrence of chronic health conditions, but also impact quality of life and survival. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has developed a Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE) to assess symptomatic adverse events (AEs) for adult-onset cancer patients who are receiving cancer therapies. However, content-appropriate and clinically validated symptom assessment tools for adult survivors of childhood cancer are not available.
Primary Object 1: Establish content validity for the PRO-CTCAE-SCC
Primary Objective 1A: Conduct a symptom selection process through qualitative research to identify symptomatic AEs for adult survivors of childhood cancer
Primary Objective 1B: Create symptomatic AE items for adult survivors of childhood cancer based on the prevalence and clinical importance ratings on the items
Primary Objective 2: Validate the PRO-CTCAE-SCC using psychometric methods and objective clinical parameters
Primary Objective 2A: Test dimensionality for the PRO-CTCAE-SCC
Primary Objective 2B: Test clinical validity for the PRO-CTCAE-SCC
Primary Objective 2C: Test responsiveness to change for the PRO-CTCAE-SCC
Secondary Objective 1: Increase clinical usefulness of the PRO-CTCAE-SCC
Secondary Objective 2: Establish meaningful cut-points and minimally important differences (MIDs) on symptom burden scores for clinical decision-making
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Detailed Description
We propose to adapt an existing symptomatic adverse event tool, the Patient-Reported Outcomes Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE), to be content appropriate and clinically meaningful for adult survivors of childhood cancer using two well-established childhood cancer survivor cohorts. Psychometric methodologies will be used to validate this tool by incorporating objective clinical anchors collected from medical evaluations. Our symptomatic AE tool has the potential to augment the Children Oncology Group Survivorship Care Guidelines by implementing risk-based symptom screening to track and anticipate adverse health events.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
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| Childhood Cancer Survivors (CCSS) i. PRO-CTCAE-SCC ii.Quality of life assessment |
Other: Childhood Cancer Survivors (CCSS)
To use the PRO-CTCAE-SCC (beta version) to identify symptomatic adverse event (AEs) that are prevalent and clinically meaningful in adult survivors of childhood cancer vs. non-cancer controls, and to create symptomatic AE items that are not included in the current PRO-CTCAE for adult survivors of childhood cancer.
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| St. Jude Life (SJLIFE) i. PRO-CTCAE-SCC ii. Quality of life assessment iii. Comprehensive medical evaluation, physical performance evaluation, and neurocognitive evaluation |
Other: SJLIFE
To use the current PRO-CTCAE to conduct a symptom content creation process for the PRO-CTCAE-SCC by identifying clinically meaningful symptomatic AEs for adult survivors of childhood cancer, to create symptomatic AE items not included in the current PRO-CTCAE, and to perform comprehensive medical evaluation, physical performance evaluation, and neurocognitive evaluation to clinically validate the PRO-CTCAE-SCC.
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| Community non-cancer control i. PRO-CTCAE-SCC ii.Quality of life assessment |
Other: Community non-cancer control
To use the PRO-CTCAE-SCC (beta version) to identify symptomatic adverse event (AEs) that are prevalent and clinically meaningful in non-cancer controls vs. adult survivors of childhood cancer, and to create symptomatic AE items that are not included in the current PRO-CTCAE for adult survivors of childhood cancer.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- PRO-CTCAE-SCC [Years 1-5]
Conduct a symptom selection process through qualitative research to identify symptomatic AEs for adult survivors of childhood cancer, create symptomatic AE items for adult survivors of childhood cancer based on the prevalence and clinical importance ratings on the items, test dimensionality for the PRO-CTCAE-SCC, test clinical validity for the PRO-CTCAE-SCC and test responsiveness to change for the PRO-CTCAE-SCC.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Core and Target Scales of the PRO-CTCAE-SCC [Years 4 and 5]
Develop tailored versions for survivors of different diagnoses exposed to different therapies and establish meaningful cut-points and minimally important differences (MIDs) on symptom burden scores for clinical decision-making.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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or equal to16 years of age at the time of enrollment
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or equal to 5 years from initial diagnosis of pediatric cancer/malignancy (for CCSS and SJLIFE survivors only) and currently not receiving cancer therapies.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Have a known severe neurocognitive impairment, which requires proxies/parents to complete the survey
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Have < third grade reading level or are not able to communicate in English
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Unable to use and/or access internet or computer/tablet (for survey only)
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Unable to communicate and read in English
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis | Tennessee | United States | 38105 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: I-Chang Huang, PhD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Additional Information:
Publications
None provided.- PROSYM
- 1R01CA238368-01A1