Assessing risk factors of falls in cancer patients with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity
| Autor: | Andreas A. Argyriou, Pantelis Litsardopoulos, Garifallia G Anastopoulou, Roser Velasco, Haralabos P. Kalofonos, Jordi Bruna |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Physical examination Antineoplastic Agents 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Sensory ataxia Risk Factors Internal medicine Neoplasms medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Aged Chemotherapy Univariate analysis medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Neurotoxicity Cancer Peripheral Nervous System Diseases Induction Chemotherapy Middle Aged medicine.disease Peripheral Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Cohort Accidental Falls Female Neurotoxicity Syndromes medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. 28(4) |
| ISSN: | 1433-7339 |
| Popis: | To identify the risk factors of falls in a well-characterized cohort of cancer patients with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity (CIPN). We studied 122 cancer patients experiencing any grade of CIPN, following completion of different chemotherapeutic regimens for various non-hematological malignancies. The results of the clinical examination were summarized by means of the Total Neuropathy Score—clinical version (TNSc®). A neurophysiological examination was also carried out. Among 122 patients, 21 (17.2%) of them reported falls. These were 7 males and 14 females with a mean age of 57.3 ± 8.1 years. All of them (21; 100%) had grade 3 CIPN, according to TNSc® with a median value of 15. Univariate analysis showed that the following variables were strongly associated with falls: TNSc® score of > 14 corresponding to grade 3 CIPN, evidence of motor impairment, evidence of sensory ataxia with positive Romberg sign, and decrease of sural a-SAP > 50% from the baseline value. Multivariate regression analysis failed to define independent predictors of falls. However, ROC analysis demonstrated that a discriminative TNSc® cutoff value of > 14 predicted falls with a sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 87%, whereas sensory ataxia predicted falls with a sensitivity of 95% and specificity of 83%. Grade 3 CIPN, as assessed with TNSc®, and evidence of sensory ataxia with a positive Romberg sign were strongly associated with an increased risk of falls. Although our results need further validation, the TNSc® scale appears to be a practical and easy tool for identifying patients at higher risk of falling. |
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