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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2014 Aug 4;120(23):3651–3659. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28940

Table 2. Participant characteristics.

Characteristic N=95

Age, mean (SD) 60.2 (10.1) years

Age at diagnosis, mean (SD) 57.8 (10.6) years

Race, n (%)
 White 81 (85%)
 Black or African American 9 (9%)
 Asian 2 (2%)
 Other or not reported 3 (3%)

BMI, mean (SD) 27.5 (5.8)

Clinical characteristics

Stage at diagnosis, n (%)

 1 2 (2%)

 2 10 (11%)

 3 59 (62%)

 4 18 (19%)

 Not available 6 (6%)

Has experienced disease recurrence, n (%) 45 (47%)

Currently receiving chemotherapy, n (%) 49 (52%)

Receipt of prior treatment, n (%)

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy 17 (18%)

IV chemotherapy 95 (100%)

IP chemotherapy 21 (22%)

2 or more prior chemotherapy regimens 45 (47%)

Radiotherapy 6 (6%)

GOG Performance status, n (%)
 0 37 (39%)
 1 13 (14%)
 2 2 (2%)
 3 1 (1%)
 Not reported 42 (44%)

Prior documentation of CTCAE grade 2 or greater chemotherapy toxicities, n (%)
 Peripheral neuropathy 10 (10%)
 Nausea/vomiting 8 (8%)
 Fatigue 17 (18%)

PRO Measures

TOI of FACT-O (range 0-100), mean (SD) 78.7 (14.1)

MDASI symptom severity score, mean (SD) 1.52 (1.49)
MDASI symptom interference score, mean (SD) 1.50 (2.04)

SD, standard deviation

BMI, body mass index

PRO, patient-reported outcomes

GOG, Gynecologic Oncology Group

CTCAE, Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events

TOI of FACT-O, Trial Outcome Index of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Ovarian

MDASI, MD Anderson Symptom Index