TY - JOUR
T1 - Health-related quality-of-life findings for the prostate cancer prevention trial
AU - Moinpour, Carol M.
AU - Darke, Amy K.
AU - Donaldson, Gary W.
AU - Cespedes, Duane
AU - Johnson, Christine R.
AU - Ganz, Patricia A.
AU - Patrick, Donald L.
AU - Ware, John E.
AU - Shumaker, Sally A.
AU - Meyskens, Frank L.
AU - Thompson, Ian M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by Public Health Service grants no. 5 U10 CA37429 and 2 U10 CA37429-09 from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD (to IMT, principal investigator).
PY - 2012/9/19
Y1 - 2012/9/19
N2 - Background The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT)a randomized placebo-controlled study of the efficacy of finasteride in preventing prostate canceroffered the opportunity to prospectively study effects of finasteride and other covariates on the health-related quality of life of participants in a multiyear trial. MethodsWe assessed three health-related quality-of-life domains (measured with the Health Survey Short Form36: Physical Functioning, Mental Health, and Vitality scales) via questionnaires completed by PCPT participants at enrollment (3 months before randomization), at 6 months after randomization, and annually for 7 years. Covariate data obtained at enrollment from patient-completed questionnaires were included in our model. Mixed-effects model analyses and a cross-sectional presentation at three time points began at 6 months after randomization. All statistical tests were two-sided. ResultsFor the physical function outcome (n = 16 077), neither the finasteride main effect nor the finasteride interaction with time were statistically significant. The effects of finasteride on physical function were minor and accounted for less than a 1-point difference over time in Physical Functioning scores (mixed-effect estimate = 0.07, 95% confidence interval [CI] =-0.28 to 0.42, P =. 71). Comorbidities such as congestive heart failure (estimate =-5.64, 95% CI =-7.96 to-3.32, P <. 001), leg pain (estimate =-2.57, 95% CI =-3.04 to-2.10, P <. 001), and diabetes (estimate =-1.31, 95% CI =-2.04 to-0.57, P <. 001) had statistically significant negative effects on physical function, as did current smoking (estimate =-2.34, 95% CI =-2.97 to-1.71, P <. 001) and time on study (estimate =-1.20, 95% CI =-1.36 to-1.03, P <. 001). Finasteride did not have a statistically significant effect on the other two dependent variables, mental health and vitality, either in the mixed-effects analyses or in the cross-sectional analysis at any of the three time points. ConclusionFinasteride did not negatively affect SF36 Physical Functioning, Mental Health, or Vitality scores.
AB - Background The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT)a randomized placebo-controlled study of the efficacy of finasteride in preventing prostate canceroffered the opportunity to prospectively study effects of finasteride and other covariates on the health-related quality of life of participants in a multiyear trial. MethodsWe assessed three health-related quality-of-life domains (measured with the Health Survey Short Form36: Physical Functioning, Mental Health, and Vitality scales) via questionnaires completed by PCPT participants at enrollment (3 months before randomization), at 6 months after randomization, and annually for 7 years. Covariate data obtained at enrollment from patient-completed questionnaires were included in our model. Mixed-effects model analyses and a cross-sectional presentation at three time points began at 6 months after randomization. All statistical tests were two-sided. ResultsFor the physical function outcome (n = 16 077), neither the finasteride main effect nor the finasteride interaction with time were statistically significant. The effects of finasteride on physical function were minor and accounted for less than a 1-point difference over time in Physical Functioning scores (mixed-effect estimate = 0.07, 95% confidence interval [CI] =-0.28 to 0.42, P =. 71). Comorbidities such as congestive heart failure (estimate =-5.64, 95% CI =-7.96 to-3.32, P <. 001), leg pain (estimate =-2.57, 95% CI =-3.04 to-2.10, P <. 001), and diabetes (estimate =-1.31, 95% CI =-2.04 to-0.57, P <. 001) had statistically significant negative effects on physical function, as did current smoking (estimate =-2.34, 95% CI =-2.97 to-1.71, P <. 001) and time on study (estimate =-1.20, 95% CI =-1.36 to-1.03, P <. 001). Finasteride did not have a statistically significant effect on the other two dependent variables, mental health and vitality, either in the mixed-effects analyses or in the cross-sectional analysis at any of the three time points. ConclusionFinasteride did not negatively affect SF36 Physical Functioning, Mental Health, or Vitality scores.
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U2 - 10.1093/jnci/djs359
DO - 10.1093/jnci/djs359
M3 - Article
C2 - 22972968
AN - SCOPUS:84866677422
VL - 104
SP - 1373
EP - 1385
JO - Journal of the National Cancer Institute
JF - Journal of the National Cancer Institute
SN - 0027-8874
IS - 18
ER -