Evaluation of Quality of Life Outcomes Following Palliative Treatment of Bone Metastases with Magnetic Resonance-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound: An International Multicentre Study.

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2018-04Author
Harding, D
Giles, SL
Brown, MRD
Ter Haar, GR
van den Bosch, M
Bartels, LW
Kim, Y-S
Deppe, M
deSouza, NM
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Journal Article
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AIMS: To determine quality of life (QoL) outcomes after palliation of pain from bone metastases using magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MR-guided HIFU), measured using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C15-PAL and the QLQ-BM22 questionnaires. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty patients undergoing MR-guided HIFU in an international multicentre trial self-completed the QLQ-C15-PAL and QLQ-BM22 questionnaires before and on days 7, 14, 30, 60 and 90 post-treatment. Descriptive statistics were used to represent changes in symptom and functional scales over time and to determine their clinical significance. QoL changes were compared in pain responders and non-responders (who were classified according to change in worst pain score and analgesic intake, between baseline and day 30). RESULTS: Eighteen patients had analysable QoL data. Clinically significant improvements were seen in the QoL scales of physical functioning, fatigue, appetite loss, nausea and vomiting, constipation and pain in the 53% of patients who were classified as responders at day 30. No significant changes were seen in the 47% of patients who were non-responders at this time point. CONCLUSION: Local treatment of pain from bone metastases with MR-guided HIFU, even in the presence of disseminated malignancy, has a substantial positive effect on physical functioning, and improves other symptomatic QoL measures. This indicated a greater response to treatment over and above pain control alone. MR-guided HIFU is non-invasive and should be considered for patients with localised metastatic bone pain and poor QoL.
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Subject
Bone metastases
cancer-induced bone pain (CIBP)
high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
magnetic resonance imaging
quality of life (QoL)
thermal ablation
Research team
Magnetic Resonance
Therapeutic Ultrasound
Language
eng
Date accepted
2017-11-29
License start date
2018-04
Citation
Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol), 2018, 30 (4), pp. 233 - 242