Innominato, Pasquale F., Spiegel, David, Ulusakarya, Ayhan, Giacchetti, Sylvie, Bjarnason, Georg A., Lévi, Francis A. and Palesh, Oxana (2015) Subjective sleep and overall survival in chemotherapy-naïve patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Sleep Medicine, 16 (3). pp. 391-398. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2014.10.022

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Abstract

Backround:
Sleep disorders are prevalent in patients with advanced cancer. Their impact on clinical outcomes is not well understood.

Methods:
A post-hoc analysis was conducted in 361 chemo-naïve patients with metastatic colorectal cancer completing twice the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire within a randomized international phase III trial. The study assessed the effect on overall survival (OS) of subjective sleep complaint, used as a normal or a time-dependent covariate (TDC), using a multivariate Cox proportional hazard model. Prognostic analysis was conducted on the whole study population and separately in each treatment arm (conventional FOLFOX2, or chronomodulated chronoFLO4).

Results:
Sleep problems were reported by 202 patients (56%) at baseline and by 188 (52%) on treatment. Sleep problems at baseline were independently associated with a higher risk of earlier death (HR: 1.36; p = 0.011), progression (HR: 1.43; p = 0.002) and poor treatment response (RR: 0.58; p = 0.016). TDC analysis confirmed the independent prognostic effect of sleep problems on OS (HR: 1.37; p = 0.008), while on treatment this effect was only observed using univariate analysis. The negative prognostic value of sleep problems on OS at baseline, on treatment, and as a TDC was greatest on chronoFLO4 compared to FOLFOX2.

Conclusions:
Subjective sleep problems are associated with poor clinical outcomes in metastatic colorectal cancer patients and affect chronotherapy effectiveness. There is a need for a well-tuned circadian timing system in order to increase chronotherapy activity. Prospective studies are needed for determining the impact of therapeutic approaches on sleep disorders upon quality of life and survival of cancer patients.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer -- Patients , Rectum -- Cancer -- Patients , Sleep disorders
Journal or Publication Title:	Sleep Medicine
Publisher:	Elsevier BV
ISSN:	1389-9457
Official Date:	March 2015
Dates:	Date Event March 2015 Published 22 January 2015 Available 9 October 2014 Accepted 17 August 2014 Submitted
Date of first compliant deposit:	19 January 2017
Volume:	16
Number:	3
Page Range:	pp. 391-398
DOI:	10.1016/j.sleep.2014.10.022
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	European Organization for Research on Treatment of Cancer, Association Internationale pour la Recherche sur le Temps Biologique et la Chronotherapie (ARTBC)

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