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101. Pilot Study for the Psychometric Validation of the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care (SPARC) in Korean Cancer Patients.

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Jung Hye Kwon, Sun Kyung Baek, Do Yeun Kim, Yu Jung Kim, Myung Ah Lee, Hye Jin Choi, Ja Min Byun, Jin Young Jeong, Ahmedzai, Sam H., and Geun-Doo Jang

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CANCER patients, PILOT projects, PALLIATIVE treatment, PSYCHOMETRICS, MEDICAL specialties & specialists
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Purpose This study aimed to validate the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care (SPARC) as an effective tool for screening palliative care needs among Korean cancer patients. Materials and Methods The English version of the SPARC was translated by four Korean oncologists and reconciled by a Korean language specialist and a medical oncologist fluent in English. After the first version of the Korean SPARC (K-SPARC) was developed, back-translation into English was performed by a professional translator and bilingual oncologist. The back-translated version was reviewed by the original author (S.H.A.), and modifications were made (ver. 2). The second version of the K-SPARC was tested against other questionnaires, including the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) and the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS). Results Thirty patients were enrolled in the pilot trial. Fifteen were male, and the median age was 64.5 years. Six patients had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 2 or more. All patients except one were receiving chemotherapy. Regarding internal consistency, the Cronbach's a scores for physical symptoms, psychological issues, religious and spiritual issues, independency and activity, family and social issues, and treatment issues were 0.812, 0.804, 0.589, 0.843, 0.754, and 0.822, respectively. The correlation coefficients between the SPARC and FACT-G were 0.479 (p=0.007) for the physical domain and -0.130 (p=0.493) for the social domain. Conclusion This pilot study indicates that the K-SPARC could be a reliable tool to screen for palliative care needs among Korean cancer patients. A further study to validate our findings is ongoing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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102. Integrated Care in Prostate Cancer (ICARE-P): Nonrandomized Controlled Feasibility Study of Online Holistic Needs Assessment, Linking the Patient and the Health Care Team

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Nanton, Veronica, primary, Appleton, Rebecca, additional, Dale, Jeremy, additional, Roscoe, Julia, additional, Hamborg, Thomas, additional, Ahmedzai, Sam H, additional, Arvanitis, Theodoros N, additional, Badger, Douglas, additional, James, Nicholas, additional, Mendelsohn, Richard, additional, Khan, Omar, additional, Parashar, Deepak, additional, and Patel, Prashant, additional

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2017
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103. Patient-Reported Outcome Results From the Open-Label, Randomized Phase III Myeloma X Trial Evaluating Salvage Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation in Relapsed Multiple Myeloma.

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Ahmedzai, Sam H., Snowden, John A., Ashcroft, Andrew John, Cairns, David Allan, Williams, Cathy, Hockaday, Anna, Cavenagh, Jamie D., Ademokun, Debo, Tholouli, Eleni, Allotey, David, Dhanapal, Vijay, Jenner, Matthew, Yong, Kwee, Cavet, Jim, Hunter, Hannah, Bird, Jennifer M., Pratt, Guy, Parrish, Christopher, Brown, Julia M., and Morris, Treen C.M.

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2019
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104. Optimizing cancer pain management in resource-limited settings.

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CAncer Pain management in Resource-limited settings (CAPER) Working Group, Ahmedzai, Sam H., Kraychete, Durval Campos, Lee, Dae Ho, Tamura, Kazuo, Wang, Jie Jun, Bautista, Mary Jocylyn, Bouzid, Kamel, Gibson, Rachel, Gumara, Yuddi, Hassan, Azza Adel Ibrahim, Hattori, Seiji, and Keefe, Dorothy

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*CANCER pain, *PAIN management, *THERAPEUTICS, *EDUCATIONAL programs, *TEAMS in the workplace, *LITERATURE reviews
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Purpose: Adequate cancer pain management (CPM) is challenging in resource-limited settings, where current international guideline recommendations are difficult to implement owing to constraints such as inadequate availability and accessibility of opioids, limited awareness of appropriate opioid use among patients and clinicians, and lack of guidance on how to translate the best evidence into clinical practice. The multinational and multidisciplinary CAncer Pain managEment in Resource-limited settings (CAPER) Working Group proposes a two-step initiative to bridge clinical practice gaps in CPM in resource-limited settings.Methods: A thorough review of the literature, a steering committee meeting in February 2017, and post-meeting teleconference discussions contributed to the development of this initiative. As a first step, we developed practical evidence-based CPM algorithms to support healthcare providers (HCPs) in tailoring treatment according to availability of and access to resources. The second part of the initiative proposes a framework to support an effective implementation of the CPM algorithms that includes an educational program, a pilot implementation, and an advocacy plan.Results: We developed CPM algorithms for first-line use, breakthrough cancer pain, opioid rotation, and refractory cancer pain based on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines and expert consensus. Our proposed educational program emphasizes the practical elements and illustrates how HCPs can provide optimal CPM according to evidence-based guidelines despite varied resource limitations. Pilot studies are proposed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithms and the educational program, as well as for providing evidence to support a draft advocacy document, to lobby policymakers to improve availability and accessibility of analgesics in resource-limited settings.Conclusions: These practical evidence-informed algorithms and the implementation framework represent the first multinational step towards achieving optimal CPM in resource-limited settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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110. Late effects of pelvic radiation treatment (EAGLE study).

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Taylor, Sophia Emily, primary, Muls, Ann, additional, Andreyev, Jervoise, additional, Green, John, additional, Farnell, Damian, additional, Smith, Lesely, additional, Ahmedzai, SAM H., additional, Pickett, Sara, additional, Ferguson, Catherine, additional, Fitzsimmons, Deborah, additional, Cambell, Susan, additional, O'Shea, Raymond, additional, Nelson, Annmarie, additional, and Staffurth, John, additional

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2016
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111. Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) in the Setting of Relapsed Myeloma: The Influence of Treatment Strategies and Genetic Variants Predict Quality of Life and Pain Experience

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Ahmedzai, Sam H, primary, Snowden, John A, additional, Cox, Angela, additional, Cairns, David A, additional, Williams, Cathy D, additional, Hockaday, Anna, additional, Cavenagh, Jamie, additional, Parrish, Christopher, additional, Yong, Kwee L, additional, Cavet, Jim, additional, Hunter, Hannah, additional, Bird, Jennifer, additional, Ashcroft, John, additional, Brown, Julia, additional, Morris, Curly, additional, and Cook, Gordon, additional

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2015
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113. Constipation in people prescribed opioids

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Ahmedzai, Sam H and Boland, Jason

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Analgesics, Opioid, Dioctyl Sulfosuccinic Acid, Laxatives, Humans, Supportive and Palliative Care, Constipation, Lactulose
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Constipation is reported in 52% of people with advanced malignancy. This figure rises to 87% in people who are terminally ill and taking opioids. Constipation may be the most common adverse effect of opioids. There is no reason to believe that people with chronic non-malignant disease who take opioids will be any less troubled by this adverse effect.We conducted a systematic review and aimed to answer the following clinical questions: What are the effects of: oral laxatives, rectally applied medications, and opioid antagonists for constipation in people prescribed opioids? We searched: Medline, Embase, The Cochrane Library, and other important databases up to August 2009 (Clinical Evidence reviews are updated periodically, please check our website for the most up-to-date version of this review). We included harms alerts from relevant organisations such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).We found 23 systematic reviews, RCTs, or observational studies that met our inclusion criteria. We performed a GRADE evaluation of the quality of evidence for interventions.In this systematic review we present information relating to the effectiveness and safety of the following interventions: arachis oil enemas, bisacodyl, co-danthrusate/co-danthramer, docusate, glycerol suppositories, ispaghula husk, lactulose, liquid paraffin, macrogols plus electrolyte solutions, magnesium salts, methylcellulose, opioid antagonists, phosphate enemas, senna, sodium citrate micro-enema, and sodium picosulfate.

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2010

118. Side effects of analgesia may significantly reduce quality of life in symptomatic multiple myeloma: a cross-sectional prevalence study

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Sloot, Sarah, primary, Boland, Jason, additional, Snowden, John A., additional, Ezaydi, Yousef, additional, Foster, Andrea, additional, Gethin, Alison, additional, Green, Tracy, additional, Chopra, Louise, additional, Verhagen, Stans, additional, Vissers, Kris, additional, Engels, Yvonne, additional, and Ahmedzai, Sam H., additional

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2014
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141. Health-related quality of life in non-small-cell lung cancer: Methodologic issues in randomized controlled trials

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UCL - Autre, Bottomley, Andrew, Efficace, Fabio, Thomas, Ronald, Vanvoorden, Veerle, Ahmedzai, Sam H., UCL - Autre, Bottomley, Andrew, Efficace, Fabio, Thomas, Ronald, Vanvoorden, Veerle, and Ahmedzai, Sam H.

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Purpose: Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in both developed and developing countries, heavily impacts patient health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Although recent research has found many positive and significant steps in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in which HRQOL has been used as an outcome, questions remain regarding methodologic quality and impact value of HRQOL outcome assessments in some RCTs. To date, no detailed systematic review exists of HRQOL methodology in NSCLC RCTs. Methods: A systematic review using Cochrane methodology evaluated HRQOL components in RCTs. Identified studies were evaluated independently by three reviewers on a broad set of predetermined criteria. Results: Twenty-nine published RCTs (NSCLC patient samples total, N = 8,445) with an HRQOL component were identified. Although most trials exhibited good-quality research and useful HRQOL and clinical data, the weaknesses identified in some trials include such common limitations as no clear hypothesis, lack of a clear approach to missing data and data analysis, and limited presentation of results. Conclusion: Although it is clear that HRQOL is an important end point in NSCLC RCTs because the information helps to influence treatment recommendations, the identified weaknesses in conducting HRQOL measurement in NSCLC RCTs and the reporting of results need to be addressed.

Published
2003

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