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The chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy outcome measures standardization study: from consensus to the first validity and reliability findings

  • G. Cavaletti*
  • , D. R. Cornblath
  • , I. S. J. Merkies
  • , T. J. Postma
  • , E. Rossi
  • , B. Frigeni
  • , P. Alberti
  • , J. Bruna
  • , R. Velasco
  • , A. A. Argyriou
  • , H. P. Kalofonos
  • , D. Psimaras
  • , D. Ricard
  • , A. Pace
  • , E. Galie
  • , C. Briani
  • , C. Dalla Torre
  • , C. G. Faber
  • , R. I. Lalisang
  • , W. Boogerd
  • D. Brandsma, S. Koeppen, J. Hense, D. Storey, S. Kerrigan, A. Schenone, S. Fabbri, M. G. Valsecchi
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a debilitating and dose-limiting complication of cancer treatment. Thus far, the impact of CIPN has not been studied in a systematic clinimetric manner. The objective of the study was to select outcome measures for CIPN evaluation and to establish their validity and reproducibility in a cross-sectional multicenter study. After literature review and a consensus meeting among experts, face/content validity were obtained for the following selected scales: the National Cancer Institute-Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI-CTC), the Total Neuropathy Score clinical version (TNSc), the modified Inflammatory Neuropathy Cause and Treatment (INCAT) group sensory sumscore (mISS), the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30, and CIPN20 quality-of-life measures. A total of 281 patients with stable CIPN were examined. Validity (correlation) and reliability studies were carried out. Good inter-/intra-observer scores were obtained for the TNSc, mISS, and NCI-CTC sensory/motor subscales. Test-retest values were also good for the EORTC QLQ-C30 and CIPN20. Acceptable validity scores were obtained through the correlation among the measures. Good validity and reliability scores were demonstrated for the set of selected impairment and quality-of-life outcome measures in CIPN. Future studies are planned to investigate the responsiveness aspects of these measures.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)454-462
Number of pages9
JournalAnnals of Oncology
Volume24
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2013

Keywords

  • assessment
  • chemotherapy
  • clinimetrics
  • peripheral neuropathy
  • reliability
  • validity

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