TY - THES A1 - Schramm, Stefanie T1 - Überleben und Lebensqualität sprechen für ein konservatives Therapiekonzept bei Patienten mit Magenlymphomen : Ergebnisse einer prospektiven randomisierten Studie T1 - Outcome & quality of live favour a conservative treatment of patients with gastric lymphoma : results of a prospective randomised study N2 - Gastrointestinale Lymphome des MALT sind heute als eigenständige Entität anerkannt. Sie zeichnen sich durch morphologische, molekularbiologische, ätiopathogenetische und biologische Besonderheiten aus, die sie von den nodalen Lymphomen abgrenzen lassen. Im Rahmen der Würzburger Multicenterstudie „Gastrointestinale Lymphome II“ soll die Frage geklärt werden, ob in den lokalisierten Stadien I und II primärer Magenlymphome unter Berücksichtigung der posttherapeutischen Lebensqualität der operativen oder einer primär konservativen Therapie (Chemo- oder Radiotherapie) Vorzug gegeben werden soll. Von 1998 bis 2002 wurden dazu 49 Patienten mit neu diagnostiziertem niedrig- (n=19) oder hochmalignen (n=30) NHL des Magens in die Studie eingeschlossen. Nach zentraler Randomisierung wurden die Patienten mit low grade NHL der Operation (n=10) oder der Radiotherapie (n=9) zugeteilt. Die Patienten mit high grade NHL erhielten Operation plus Chemotherapie (n=16) oder alleinige Chemotherapie (n=14). Das mediane follow up betrug 74 Monate. Sowohl das operative als auch das konservative Vorgehen zeigten bei beiden Lymphomhistologien überaus hohe Remissionsraten in den Stadien EI und EII (CR um 90%). Unterschiede zwischen den Behandlungsmethoden konnten, evtl. auch bedingt durch die kleinen Gruppengrößen, nicht nachgewiesen werden. Insgesamt verstarben sechs Patienten, die sich in etwa gleichmäßig auf die Gruppen verteilten. Die Auswertung der Fragebögen zur Lebensqualität ergab gemäß SF-36 durchaus hohe Werte zur posttherapeutischen Lebensqualität. Eine Differenzierung der Patienten nach Behandlungsmethode oder Malignitätsgrad (low, high grade) war nicht möglich. Der Lebensqualitätsindex nach Troidl ließ einen prä-post-therapeutischen Vergleich zu: Betrachtet man die Kombination von Therapie und Malignitätsgrad, so fallen konservativ therapierte Patienten (unabhängig vom Malignitätsgrad) durch deutlich ansteigende Lebensqualität auf. Es lässt sich festhalten, dass bei primär gastrointestinalen Lymphomen sowohl mit operativem als auch konservativem Vorgehen hohe Remissionsraten erzielt werden können. Jedoch sind im Hinblick auf Organerhalt und die höhere post-therapeutische Lebensqualität die primäre Radio- und/oder Chemotherapie dem operativen Vorgehen vorzuziehen. N2 - Primary gastric MALT lymphomas have come to be considered as a separate tumor entity with specific histological and biological features. As part of the multicenter study „Gastrointestinale Lymphome II“ the question should be solved whether gastric MALT lymphomas in localized stage I and II should undergo either primary surgical or conservative (radio- or chemotherapy) treatment taking into consideration the post-therapeutic quality of life. From 1998 to 2002 49 patients with newly diagnosed low (n=19) and high grade (n=30) gastric lymphoma were enrolled in the multicenter study. After central randomisation patients with low grade NHL were referred to operation (n=10) or radiotherapy (n=9). Patients with high grade NHL underwent gastric surgery plus chemotherapy (n=16) or primary chemotherapy (n=14). The median follow up-time amounted to 74 months. Both surgical and conservative treatment showed very high remission rates in stage I and II (CR about 90%) for either lymphoma histology. Differences between the two therapy strategies could not be detected, possibly due to the small size of the groups. A total of six patients deceased, about evenly distributed among the both groups. The evaluation of the SF-36 qualitiy of life questionnaires proved quite a high post-therapeutic quality of life. It was not possible to differentiate between the patients with respect to either treatment or grade (low, high grade). According to the Troidl index the pre-post quality of life could be compared. Looking at the combination of therapy and grade conservatively treated patients (regardless of the grade) showed a considerably increasing quality of life. To sum up, it can be said that in primary gastric MALT lymphoma high remission rates can be achieved with both surgery and conservative therapy. But with regard to organ preservation and higher post-therapeutic quality of life primary radio- and/or chemotherapy should be preferred to surgical treatment. KW - Non-Hodgkin-Lymphom KW - B-Zell-Lymphom KW - Lymphom KW - Malignes Lymphom KW - Lebensqualität KW - Strahlentherapie KW - Chemotherapie KW - Überleben KW - MALT KW - Lymphom KW - Lebensqualität KW - Überleben KW - Rezidiv KW - Radiotherapie KW - Chemotherapie KW - lymphoma KW - MALT KW - radiotherapy KW - chemotherapy KW - quality of life KW - outcome Y1 - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-30698 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fischer, Julia A1 - Knop, Stefan A1 - Danhof, Sophia A1 - Einsele, Hermann A1 - Keller, Daniela A1 - Löffler, Claudia T1 - The influence of baseline characteristics, treatment and depression on health-related quality of life in patients with multiple myeloma: a prospective observational study JF - BMC Cancer N2 - Background Multiple myeloma (MM) is the third most common hematologic malignancy with increasing importance due to improving treatment strategies and long-term outcomes in an aging population. This study aims to analyse influencing factors on health-related quality of life (HRQoL), such as treatment strategies, participation in a clinical trial and patient characteristics like anxiety, depression, gender, and age. A better understanding of the individual factors in context with HRQoL could provide a helpful instrument for clinical decisions. Methods In this prospective observational study, the HRQoL of MM patients with different therapies (first-line and relapse) was quantified by standardized questionnaires (EORTC QLQ-C30 and -MY20) in the context of sociodemographic data, individual anxiety and depressiveness (PHQ-4), and a selected number of clinical parameters and symptoms at defined time-points before, during, and after therapy. Results In total, 70 patients were included in the study. The median age of the study cohort was 62 years. 44% were female and 56% were male patients. More than half of the patients were fully active with an ECOG 0. Global health status was significantly higher in patients with first-line treatment and even increased after start of therapy, while the pain level decreased. In contrast, patients with relapsed MM reported a decreasing global health status and increasing pain. Additionally, there was a higher global health status in less anxious/depressive patients. HRQoL decreased significantly after start of chemotherapy in the parameters body image, side effects of treatment, and cognitive functioning. Tandem stem-cell transplantation was not found to be a risk factor for higher impairment of HRQoL. Participation in a clinical study led to an improvement of most aspects of HRQoL. Among others, increased anxiety and depression, female gender, older age, impaired performance status, and recurrent disease can be early indicators for a reduced HRQoL. Conclusion This study showed the importance of regular longitudinal assessments of patient reported outcomes (PROs) in routine clinical care. For the first time, to our knowledge, we were able to demonstrate a potential impact between participation in clinical trials and HRQoL. However, due to frequently restrictive inclusion criteria for clinical trials, these MM patients might not be directly comparable with patients treated within standard therapy concepts. Further studies are needed to clarify the relevance of this preliminary data in order to develop an individualized, patient-centred, therapy concept. KW - multiple myeloma KW - quality of life KW - participation in clinical trials KW - depression KW - observational Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-300435 VL - 22 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haussmann, Alexander A1 - Schmidt, Martina E. A1 - Illmann, Mona L. A1 - Schröter, Marleen A1 - Hielscher, Thomas A1 - Cramer, Holger A1 - Maatouk, Imad A1 - Horneber, Markus A1 - Steindorf, Karen T1 - Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on yoga, psychosocial, and mindfulness-based interventions for cancer-related fatigue: What intervention characteristics are related to higher efficacy? JF - Cancers N2 - Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a burdensome sequela of cancer treatments. Besides exercise, recommended therapies for CRF include yoga, psychosocial, and mindfulness-based interventions. However, interventions conducted vary widely, and not all show a significant effect. This meta-analysis aimed to explore intervention characteristics related to greater reductions in CRF. We included randomized controlled trials published before October 2021. Standardized mean differences were used to assess intervention efficacy for CRF and multimodel inference to explore intervention characteristics associated with higher efficacy. For the meta-analysis, we included 70 interventions (24 yoga interventions, 31 psychosocial interventions, and 15 mindfulness-based interventions) with 6387 participants. The results showed a significant effect of yoga, psychosocial, and mindfulness-based interventions on CRF but with high heterogeneity between studies. For yoga and mindfulness-based interventions, no particular intervention characteristic was identified to be advantageous for reducing CRF. Regarding psychosocial interventions, a group setting and work on cognition were related to higher intervention effects on CRF. The results of this meta-analysis suggest options to maximize the intervention effects of psychosocial interventions for CRF. The effects of yoga and mindfulness-based interventions for CRF appear to be independent of their design, although the limited number of studies points to the need for further research. KW - fatigue KW - cancer KW - psychosocial KW - mindfulness KW - yoga KW - quality of life KW - patient-reported outcomes Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-270753 SN - 2072-6694 VL - 14 IS - 8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Herrmann, Johannes A1 - Müller, Kerstin A1 - Notz, Quirin A1 - Hübsch, Martha A1 - Haas, Kirsten A1 - Horn, Anna A1 - Schmidt, Julia A1 - Heuschmann, Peter A1 - Maschmann, Jens A1 - Frosch, Matthias A1 - Deckert, Jürgen A1 - Einsele, Hermann A1 - Ertl, Georg A1 - Frantz, Stefan A1 - Meybohm, Patrick A1 - Lotz, Christopher T1 - Prospective single-center study of health-related quality of life after COVID-19 in ICU and non-ICU patients JF - Scientific Reports N2 - Long-term sequelae in hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients may result in limited quality of life. The current study aimed to determine health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after COVID-19 hospitalization in non-intensive care unit (ICU) and ICU patients. This is a single-center study at the University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Germany. Patients eligible were hospitalized with COVID-19 between March 2020 and December 2020. Patients were interviewed 3 and 12 months after hospital discharge. Questionnaires included the European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions 5 Level (EQ-5D-5L), patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the generalized anxiety disorder 7 scale (GAD-7), FACIT fatigue scale, perceived stress scale (PSS-10) and posttraumatic symptom scale 10 (PTSS-10). 85 patients were included in the study. The EQ5D-5L-Index significantly differed between non-ICU (0.78 ± 0.33 and 0.84 ± 0.23) and ICU (0.71 ± 0.27; 0.74 ± 0.2) patients after 3- and 12-months. Of non-ICU 87% and 80% of ICU survivors lived at home without support after 12 months. One-third of ICU and half of the non-ICU patients returned to work. A higher percentage of ICU patients was limited in their activities of daily living compared to non-ICU patients. Depression and fatigue were present in one fifth of the ICU patients. Stress levels remained high with only 24% of non-ICU and 3% of ICU patients (p = 0.0186) having low perceived stress. Posttraumatic symptoms were present in 5% of non-ICU and 10% of ICU patients. HRQoL is limited in COVID-19 ICU patients 3- and 12-months post COVID-19 hospitalization, with significantly less improvement at 12-months compared to non-ICU patients. Mental disorders were common highlighting the complexity of post-COVID-19 symptoms as well as the necessity to educate patients and primary care providers about monitoring mental well-being post COVID-19. KW - health care KW - public health KW - quality of life Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-357174 VL - 13 ER -