Table 3.
Patients Experiencing Clinically Meaningful Changes1 in Long-Term Quality of Life
| Measure | Long Term vs. 24 months | Long Term vs. Pre-Treatment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worsening | No Change | Improvement | Worsening | No Change | Improvement | |
| HNQOL Instrument | ||||||
| Summary Score | 8% (3/37) | 84% (31/37) | 8% (3/37) | 8% (3/40) | 65% (26/40) | 28% (11/40) |
| Eating | 14% (5/36) | 61% (22/36) | 25% (9/36) | 30% (12/40) | 58% (23/40) | 13% (5/40) |
| Pain | 31% (11/36) | 61% (22/36) | 8% (3/36) | 23% (9/40) | 40% (16/40) | 38% (15/40) |
| Communication | 14% (5/36) | 75% (27/36) | 11% (4/36) | 15% (6/40) | 68% (27/40) | 18% (7/40) |
| Emotion | 8% (3/37) | 86% (32/37) | 2% (2/37) | 5% (2/40) | 48% (19/40) | 48% (19/40) |
| Overall Bother | 26% (9/35) | 66% (23/35) | 9% (3/35) | 10% (4/39) | 41% (16/39) | 49% (19/39) |
| UWQOL Summary Score | 14% (5/36) | 75% (27/36) | 11% (4/36) | 30% (12/40) | 65% (26/40) | 5% (2/40) |
| UWQOL Swallowing | 14% (5/36) | 83% (30/36) | 3% (1/36) | 35% (14/40) | 53% (21/40) | 13% (5/40) |
| XQ Summary Score | 14% (5/37) | 68% (25/37) | 19% (7/37) | 63% (25/40) | 35% (14/40) | 3% (1/40) |
1
Change defined as clinically ≥10 point change on 100 point normalized scale