Table 3 Trajectory analysis outcomes showing factors associated with class membership of health-related quality of life during radium-223 therapy.

From: Health-related quality of life, psychological distress, and fatigue in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients treated with radium-223 therapy

 

Class 1 Deteriorated (N = 50)

Class 2 Stable low (N = 9) OR (95% CI)

Class 3 Stable intermediate (N = 10) OR (95% CI)

Class 4 Stable high (N = 27) OR (95% CI)

Class 5 Improved (N = 8) OR (95% CI)

Class 6 Fluctuating (N = 9) OR (95% CI)

Age

Reference

1.00

(0.92–1.09)

1.04

(0.96–1.13)

0.99

(0.94–1.05)

1.01

(0.93–1.10)

1.04

(0.96–1.14)

Partnership

0.66

(0.07–6.00)

NE

-

0.91

(0.25–3.36)

1.75

(0.30–10.27)

NE

-

Opioid use

9.00

(1.66–48.70)*

3.86

(0.94–15.76)

0.10

(0.01–0.80)*

3.21

(0.75–13.74)

0.74

(0.14–3.98)

Hemoglobin

1.34

(0.50–3.55)

1.22

(0.48–3.05)

2.29

(1.14–4.62)*

1.90

(0.68–5.29)

0.91

(0.36–2.31)

Alkaline phosphatase (log)

0.51

(0.04–7.54)

0.15

(0.01–2.83)

0.12

(0.02–0.90)*

3.72

(0.41–34.12)

0.12

(0.01–2.79)

Prostate-specific antigen (log)

0.90

(0.34–2.42)

0.55

(0.22–1.35)

1.29

(0.62–2.30)

3.05

(0.98–9.53)

1.11

(0.41–3.04)

Number of prior therapies

1.03

(0.51–2.08)

1.17

(0.60–2.26)

1.27

(0.80–2.00)

2.17

(1.12–4.22)*

0.92

(0.44–1.89)

ECOG performance status

          

  ECOG 1

2.89

(0.48–17.49)

10.11

(1.14–89.43)*

0.90

(0.34–2.44)

7.22

(0.78–67.14)

1.93

(0.38–9.67)

  ECOG 2-3

6.50

(0.88–47.90)

8.67

(0.67–112.04)

0.27

(0.03–2.46)

13.00

(1.14–147.82)*

1.93

(0.38–9.67)

  1. CI confidence interval, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, NE not evaluable due to low number of patients in class, OR odds ratio.
  2. *P value < 0.05.