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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Oncol. 2015 Nov;1(8):1051–1059. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.2639

Table 1. PRO-CTCAE Item Formats*.

Please think back over the past 7 days: Example
Frequency (25 symptomatic AE terms):
  • How OFTEN did you have __________?

  • Never / Rarely / Occasionally / Frequently / Almost constantly

Vomiting
Severity (51 symptomatic AE terms):
  • What was the SEVERITY of your __________ at its WORST?

  • None / Mild / Moderate / Severe / Very severe

Pain
Interference (25 symptomatic AE terms):
  • How much did __________ INTERFERE with your usual or daily activities?

  • Not at all / A little bit / Somewhat / Quite a bit / Very much

Sudden urges to urinate
Presence (21 symptomatic AE terms):
  • Did you have any __________?

  • No / Yes

Unusual darkening of the skin
Amount (2 symptomatic AE terms):
  • Did you have any __________?

  • Not at all / A little bit / Somewhat / Quite a bit / Very much

Hair loss

Abbreviations: PRO-CTCAE, Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events; AE, adverse event

*

See Basch et al.15 for a complete listing of PRO-CTCAE items.