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  1. Article ; Online: Qualitative interviews to support development of a patient-reported companion measure to the Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index.

    Howell, Timothy A / Matza, Louis S / Stone, John H / Gelinas, Deborah / Stone, Martha N / Rao, Vijayaraghava T S / Phillips, Glenn A

    Journal of the neurological sciences

    2024  Volume 458, Page(s) 122907

    Abstract: Introduction: Glucocorticoids (GCs) are associated with multiple toxicities that have substantial impact on patients. We conducted qualitative interviews with patients to identify the toxicities that are most relevant from their perspective, with the ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Glucocorticoids (GCs) are associated with multiple toxicities that have substantial impact on patients. We conducted qualitative interviews with patients to identify the toxicities that are most relevant from their perspective, with the goal of creating a patient-reported companion measure to the Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index (GTI), a clinician-facing instrument.
    Methods: Thirty-one patients with recent or current GC use participated in concept elicitation interviews. Participants received GC treatment for myasthenia gravis, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, vasculitis, or systemic lupus erythematosus. Transcripts were coded following a thematic analysis approach.
    Results: Participants reported more than 100 toxicities they believed to be associated with their GC medications. Common toxicities included weight gain (87%), increased appetite (84%), insomnia/sleep problems (77%), cognitive impairment/brain fog (71%), easy bruising (68%), anxiety (65%), irritability/short temper (65%), and osteoporosis (39%). These toxicities often centered on self-esteem, neuropsychiatric effects, skin toxicities, and musculoskeletal function. They can be categorized into domains such emphasizing neuropsychiatric, metabolic/endocrine, musculoskeletal, and dermatological effects, highlighting aspects of GC toxicity that patients are uniquely positioned to appreciate and report.
    Conclusion: Our results confirm that the toxicities associated with GCs are pervasive and diverse, with substantial impact on patients' lives. These data will be used to inform the development of a patient-reported outcome measure assessing GC toxicity. This patient-reported instrument will be designed to complement the clinician-reported GTI, facilitating a more detailed understanding of the nuances of change in GC toxicity.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic ; Patient Reported Outcome Measures ; Vasculitis
    Chemical Substances Glucocorticoids
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-30
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 80160-4
    ISSN 1878-5883 ; 0022-510X ; 0374-8642
    ISSN (online) 1878-5883
    ISSN 0022-510X ; 0374-8642
    DOI 10.1016/j.jns.2024.122907
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  2. Article ; Online: The Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index-Metabolic Domains, an abridged version of the Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index: post-hoc analysis of data from the ADVOCATE trial.

    Patel, Naomi J / Jayne, David R W / Merkel, Peter A / Bekker, Pirow / Zhang, Yuqing / McDowell, P Jane / Johal, Joslin / Heaney, Liam G / Murrell, Dedee / Stone, Martha N / Yue, Huibin / Stone, John H

    The Lancet. Rheumatology

    2023  Volume 5, Issue 7, Page(s) e413–e421

    Abstract: Background: Quantifying glucocorticoid toxicity is crucial to efforts to reduce it. The Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index (GTI) measures toxicity effectively in clinical trials by calculating two scores: the cumulative worsening score (CWS) and the ... ...

    Abstract Background: Quantifying glucocorticoid toxicity is crucial to efforts to reduce it. The Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index (GTI) measures toxicity effectively in clinical trials by calculating two scores: the cumulative worsening score (CWS) and the aggregate improvement score (AIS). However, in clinical practice, high patient volumes limit the time available for standardised assessments. We aimed to compare the GTI with an abbreviated version of the GTI, the GTI-Metabolic Domains (GTI-MD), which could help to address this issue by using data that are collected easily at routine visits and do not require additional effort from clinicians.
    Methods: We did a post-hoc analysis of data from ADVOCATE, a randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, phase 3 trial in which avacopan replaced a standard prednisone taper in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. We calculated the cumulative worsening score (CWS) and aggregate improvement score (AIS) for each domain of the GTI-MD-comprising the BMI, glucose tolerance, blood pressure, and lipid metabolism domains of the GTI-to test its ability to differentiate the avacopan and prednisone groups by glucocorticoid toxicity. Data from two additional disease cohorts, one comprising patients with asthma and the other comprising patients with autoimmune blistering disease, constituted the validation set.
    Findings: Complete data were available for 321 (97%) of the 330 participants comprising the intention-to-treat population in the ADVOCATE trial at week 13, and 307 (93%) at week 26; data from these individuals were included in our post-hoc analysis. In ADVOCATE, 98 (59%) of 166 participants in the avacopan group were men and 68 (41%) were women, 88 (54%) of 164 in the prednisone group were men and 76 (46%) were women; the mean age of participants was 61·2 years [SD 14·6] in the avacopan group and 60·5 years [14·5] in the prednisone group. The validation cohort included 159 patients (89 with glucocorticoid-dependent asthma, of whom 40 [45%] were men and 49 [55%] were women, and 70 with autoimmune blistering disease of the skin, of whom 30 [43%] were men and 40 [57%] were women). The Spearman's rank correlation coefficient in ADVOCATE for the GTI-MD CWS with the GTI CWS for the treatment groups combined was 0·78 (95% CI 0·75-0·81; p<0·0001). The corresponding correlation for the AIS was 0·73 (0·69-0·77, p<0·0001). The GTI-MD distinguished the groups by glucocorticoid toxicity at both 13 weeks and 26 weeks. The mean GTI-MD CWS was lower in the avacopan group than in the prednisone group, consistent with less toxicity (15·9 vs 23·0 at 13 weeks [p=0·0010]; 26·7 vs 31·7 at 26 weeks [p=0·0092]). The GTI-MD AIS values were also consistent with less toxicity in the avacopan group (2·5 vs 13·0 at 13 weeks [p=0·0003], 4·4 vs 10·1 at 26 weeks [p=0·027]). A GTI-MD score of 0 corresponded to a low likelihood of toxicity in the other GTI domains. In the validation set, the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient for the GTI-MD CWS with the GTI CWS was 0·61 (95% CI 0·50-0·70; p<0·0001) and the corresponding correlation for the AIS was 0·58 (0·47-0·68; p<0·0001).
    Interpretation: The GTI-MD correlates well with the full GTI and could be incorporated readily into routine clinic workflows without additional input from the clinician. Using the GTI-MD on the background of electronic medical records systems could help clinicians to monitor glucocorticoid toxicity longitudinally, with the goals of preventing the burden of chronic, treatment-related harms and reducing long-term costs to health systems.
    Funding: ChemoCentryx.
    MeSH term(s) Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Aniline Compounds ; Asthma ; Autoimmune Diseases ; Blister ; Glucocorticoids/adverse effects ; Nipecotic Acids ; Prednisone/adverse effects ; Double-Blind Method
    Chemical Substances Aniline Compounds ; avacopan (O880NM097T) ; Glucocorticoids ; Nipecotic Acids ; Prednisone (VB0R961HZT)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-06
    Publishing country England
    Document type Clinical Trial, Phase III ; Journal Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial
    ISSN 2665-9913
    ISSN (online) 2665-9913
    DOI 10.1016/S2665-9913(23)00131-5
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