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Prognostic factors for survival and ambulatory status at 8 weeks with metastatic spinal cord compression in the SCORAD randomised trial

Hoskin, Peter J; Hopkins, Kirsten; Misra, Vivek; Holt, Tanya; McMenemin, Rhona; McKinna, Fiona; Madhavan, Krishnaswamy; ... Lopes, Andre; + view all (2022) Prognostic factors for survival and ambulatory status at 8 weeks with metastatic spinal cord compression in the SCORAD randomised trial. Radiotherapy and Oncology , 173 pp. 77-83. 10.1016/j.radonc.2022.05.017. Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) carries a poor prognosis and management is based on the likelihood of maintaining mobility and predicted survival. PATIENTS AND METHOD: SCORAD is a randomised trial of 686 patients comparing a single dose of 8Gy radiotherapy with 20Gy in 5 fractions. Data was split into a training set (412, 60%) and a validation set (274, 40%). A multivariable Cox regression for overall survival (OS) and a logistic regression for ambulatory status at 8 weeks were performed in the training set using baseline factors and a backward selection regression to identify a parsimonious model with p≤0.10. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis evaluated model prognostic performance in the validation set. Validation of the final survival model was performed in a separate registry dataset (n=348). RESULTS: The survival Cox model identified male gender, lung, gastrointestinal, and other types of cancer, compression at C1-T12, presence of non-skeletal metastases and poor ambulatory status all significantly associated with worse OS (all p<0.05). The ROC AUC for the selected model was 75% (95%CI: 69 to 81) in the SCORAD validation set and 68% (95%CI: 62 to 74) in the external validation registry data. The logistic model for ambulatory outcome identified primary tumour breast or prostate, ambulatory status grade 1 or 2, bladder function normal and prior chemotherapy all significantly associated with increased odds of ambulation at 8 weeks (all p<0.05). The ROC AUC for the selected model was 72.3% (95% CI 62.6-82.0) in the validation set. CONCLUSIONS: Primary breast or prostate cancer, and good ambulatory status at presentation, are favourable prognostic factors for both survival and ambulation after treatment.

Type: Article
Title: Prognostic factors for survival and ambulatory status at 8 weeks with metastatic spinal cord compression in the SCORAD randomised trial
Location: Ireland
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2022.05.017
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2022.05.017
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
Keywords: Metastatic, Nomogram, Prognostic index, Radiotherapy, Spinal cord compression
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > CRUK Cancer Trials Centre
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10151768
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