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. 2023 Mar 20;13(3):e070071. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070071

Table 3.

Outcomes in PRO-GLIO

Parameter/domain Measure Time point
Primary endpoint 2 years
Survival FIFS
Key secondary endpoints 2 years
Fatigue Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire,31 total score
Cognitive impairment CANTAB, composite z-score of 5 measures of CANTAB score
Further secondary and exploratory endpoints
PROMs 5 months, 1, 2, 5, 10 and 15 years
HRQoL EORTC QLQ-30,39 EQ-5D-5L (health economy40)
Brain tumour-specific symptoms EORTC QLQ-BN2041
Fatigue Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire31
Mental health (anxiety, depressive symptoms) GAD-7,42 PHQ-943
Health literacy HLS-Q1244
Personality Questions similar to the HUNT-3 survey,45 based on Eysenck’s Personality Inventory46
Sleep and lifestyle, sexuality Questions similar to the HUNT-4 survey47
Need for rehabilitation Questions similar to a former trial at OUH48
Cognitive screening test (CANTAB) 5 months, 2, 5, 10, 15 years
Visual attention Rapid Visual Information Processing (A Prime), Spatial Span Forward (Span length)
Visual learning/memory Pattern Recognition Memory (% correct immediately, % correct delayed)
Planning/working memory One Touch Stockings of Cambridge (number solved correctly)
Clinician-rated measures
Survival FIFS, median FIFS 5, 10, 15 years
Neurological function NANO score34 2, 5, 10, 15 years
General condition WHO-ECOG status, KPS score 5 months, 2, 5, 10, 15 years
Epilepsy control Rate of epileptic seizures 5 months, 2, 5, 10, 15 years
Adverse events AE, SAE and AESI End of radiotherapy, 3, 5 months, 1, 2, 5, 10, 15 years
Cognitive impairment Traditional neuropsychological testing* 5 months, 2, 5, 10, 15 years
Objective
Survival OS, PFS, median PFS, median OS 2, 5, 10, 15 years
Pattern of progression/recurrence (local, distant or combined) RANO32 2, 5, 10, 15 years
Concomitant medication Corticosteroid and AED dose 5 months, 2, 5, 10, 15 years
Basal endocrinological status Blood tests Yearly
Health economics 2, 5, 10, 15 years
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio Difference in mean cost between groups divided by differences in mean QALYs
Cost related to loss of production caused by disease and treatment Healthcare costs: treatment, follow-up and transportation
Societal costs: production loss for patients and caregivers
Lifetime cost/benefit for patients QALYs

*Norwegian and some Swedish patients only.

AE, adverse event; AED, anti-epileptic drug; AESI, adverse event of special interest; CANTAB, CAmbridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery; EORTC QLQ-30, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire; EORTC QLQ-BN20, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Brain Neoplasm; EQ-5D-5L, EuroQol-5 Dimensions-5 level; FIFS, first intervention-free survival; GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment; HLS-Q12, European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire, short version; HRQoL, health-related quality of life; HUNT, Health Survey North Trøndelag county; KPS, Karnofsky Performance Status; NANO, Neurological Assessment in Neuro-Oncology; OS, overall survival; OUH, Oslo University Hospital; PFS, progression-free survival; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire; PRO-GLIO, PROton versus photon therapy in IDH-mutated diffuse grade 2 and 3 GLIOmas; PROMs, patient-reported outcome measures; QALYs, quality-adjusted life years; RANO, Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology; SAE, serious adverse event; WHO-ECOG, World Health Organisation- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.