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J Cancer 2018; 9(10):1731-1736. doi:10.7150/jca.24785 This issue Cite

Research Paper

Monitoring changes in quality of life in patients with lung cancer under treatment with chemotherapy and co administration of zoledronic acid by using specialized questionnaires

Ioannis Tremmas^1*, George Petsatodis², Michael Potoupnis³, Stella Laskou⁴, Dimitrios Giannakidis⁴, Stylianos Mantalovas⁴, Charilaos Koulouris⁴, Athanasios Katsaounis⁴, Efstathios Pavlidis⁴, Aikaterini Amaniti⁵, Haidong Huang^6*, Chong Bai^6✉, Dongchen Shi^6*, Athanasios Dardas⁸, Paul Zarogoulidis^9✉, Chrisanthi Sardeli¹⁰, Fotis Konstantinou¹¹, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis¹², Konstantinos Zarogoulidis¹³, Ilias Karapantzos¹⁴, Chrysanthi Karapantzou¹⁴, Xiaping Shen^15*, Isaak Kesisoglou⁴, Konstantinos Sapalidis⁴

1. Orthopaedic Department, “Limassol” General Hospital, Cyprus
2. 1st Orthopaedic Surgery Department, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, “G. Papageorgiou” General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
4. 3rd Department of Surgery, “AHEPA” University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
5. Anesthesiology Department, “AHEPA” University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
6. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
7. Department of Respiratory Diseases, The Affiliated Jiangning hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
8. Scientific co-operator of Immunology - Histocompatibility Laboratory of “G. Papageorgiou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki Greece
9. Pulmonary-Oncology Department, “Theageneio” Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
10. Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
11. Thoracic Surgery Department, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
12. Surgery Department (NHS), University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
13. Pulmonary Department-Oncology Unit, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
14. Ear, Nose and Throat Department, “Saint Luke” Private Hospital, Thessaloniki, Panorama, Greece
15. Department of Radiology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
^*These authors contributed equally to this work.

✉ Corresponding authors: Paul Zarogoulidis, MD. PhD. Senior Consultant, Pulmonary-Oncology Department, “Theageneio” Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. Mobile: 00306977271974; e-mail: pzarogcom. Bai Chong, MD, Ph. D, Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, e-mail: bc7878com. More

Abstract

Background: Due to the severity of the primary disease in patients with lung cancer, quality of life (QoL) is often overlooked. Factors that form QoL should be taken in consideration when planning the appropriate treatment and determining therapy targets, because of the increasing frequency of bone metastasis leading to high levels of pain. Purpose of this study is to assess quality of life in patients with lung cancer, before and after treatment combined with zoledronic acid.

Methods and materials: QoL was assessed in 80 patients (49 males-31 females), of which 45 developed bone metastasis. Prior and post treatment (with co administration of zoledronic acid) seven reliable scales: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality index (PSQI), Epworth Sleeping Scale (ess), Dyspnea Scale (ds), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), Fact-G scale for sleep quality and EQ-5D for general health condition.

Results: Statistically positive correlations were verified between PSQI-DS, PSQI-FSS, BPI-ESS, DS-FSS, DS-BPI and BPI-FSS (p<0,005) prior and post treatment. Patients sleep quality was improved, pain levels decreased and betterment in quality of life was marked (p<0,001). Although significant decrease in fatigue levels was observed (p<0,001) there has been an increase in dyspnea symptoms (p<0,001).

Conclusions: Significant improvement was apparent when zoledronic acid was co administered in any treatment in patients with lung cancer. Sleep quality, fatigue and pain parameters also improved, with no positive impact on the symptoms of dyspnea.

Keywords: sleep quality, lung cancer, bone metastasis, zoledronic acid

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