Table 5.
Response according to Brief Pain Inventory score at 3 and 6 months in the per-protocol cohort
| IMRT group n = 20 | 3DCRT group n = 19 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After 3 months | n | % | n | % | p-value | |
| CR | 10 | 50 | 5 | 26,3 | 0.395 | |
| PR | 4 | 20 | 4 | 20,1 | ||
| PP | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15,8 | ||
| IP | 5 | 25 | 7 | 36,8 | ||
| Responders | 14 | 70 | 9 | 47,4 | 0.151 | |
| Non-responders | 6 | 30 | 10 | 52,6 | ||
| IMRT group n = 17 | 3DCRT group n = 12 | |||||
| After 6 months | ||||||
| CR | 7 | 41,2 | 3 | 25 | 0.732 | |
| PR | 5 | 29,4 | 4 | 33,3 | ||
| PP | 2 | 11,8 | 3 | 25 | ||
| IP | 3 | 17,7 | 2 | 16,7 | ||
| Responders | 12 | 70,8 | 7 | 58,3 | 0.494 | |
| Non-responders | 5 | 29,4 | 5 | 41,7 | ||
Abbreviations: CR complete response, PR partial response, PP pain progression, IP intermediate pain