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. 2009 Jun 23;20(11):1803–1812. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdp067

Table 5.

Summary of baseline mean scores (SD) in the PRO end points by treatment

Treatment FKSI-DRS FKSI FACT-G FACT-PWB FACT-SWB FACT-EWB FACT-FWB EQ-5D Index EQ-VAS
Sunitinib malate 28.35 (5.82) 43.53 (8.71) 75.96 (14.47) 21.48 (5.78) 21.56 (4.49) 15.76 (4.86) 17.26 (5.52) 0.72 (0.24) 68.57 (18.39)
IFN-α 29.17 (4.81) 44.41 (8.00) 75.59 (15.03) 21.85 (5.25) 21.19 (4.55) 16.04 (4.61) 16.57 (5.69) 0.74 (0.25) 65.95 (19.32)
Difference (sunitinib − IFN-α) −0.82 −0.88 0.37 −0.37 0.36 −0.29 0.68 −0.02 2.63
P value for difference 0.19 0.37 0.83 0.57 0.49 0.61 0.30 0.41 0.23

SD, standard deviation; PRO, patient-reported outcome; FKSI-DRS, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Kidney Symptom Index–Disease-Related Symptoms; FACT-G, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General; EQ-5D, EQ-5D self-report questionnaire; PWB, physical well-being; SWB, social well-being; EWB, emotional well-being; FWB, functional well-being; IFN-α, interferon-alpha.