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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 4.
Published in final edited form as: Can J Cardiol. 2021 May 8;37(9):1340–1352. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.04.006

Table 2.

Select examples of generic and disease-specific PROs from patients with CHD and HF

Author, date Trial name Comparators Outcome Measures Health Status Domain Assessment Timepoints Summary of Results
CABG
Abdallah, 2013
Magnuson, 2013
FREEDOM CABG vs. PCI EQ-5D Generic B, 1, 6, 12 months CABG and PCI improved health status/QOL. PCI produced faster improvement, but health status improved with CABG at 6 months-2 year. Beyond 2 years, no consistent differences.
SAQ Disease-specific
Bishawi, 2013 ROOBY On-pump vs. Off-pump CABG SF-36 Generic B, 3, 12 months Both arms improved general and disease--specific QOL by 3 months through 1-year post-bypass. There were no differences in QOL between the two groups.
SAQ Disease-specific
Abdallah, 2017 SYNTAX CABG v. PCI SF-36 Generic B, 1, 6, 12, 36, and 60 months Greater improvement was reported in angina frequency and physical function (SAQ), and the role physical and emotional scales (SF-36) compared to PCI.
SAQ Disease-specific
Baron, 2017 EXCEL CABG vs. PCI SF-12, EQ-5D, PHQ-8 Generic B, 1, 12, and 36 months Both PCI and CABG patients showed significant improvements in disease- specific and generic health status through 36 months.
SAQ Disease-specific
Gaudino/Masterson Creber (ongoing trial) ROMA: QOL CABG (MAG vs. SAG) PROMIS-29, SF-12, EQ-5D, PROMIS- PQ Neuro Generic B, first post-op visit, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 months Trial recruitment is ongoing across the ROMA sites. PRO measures are assessed preoperatively, first-operative visit, 6 and 12 months, and 2, 3, and 4 years after CABG surgery.
SAQ Disease-specific
Heart Failure
Calvert, 2005 CARE-HF Usual care vs. device therapy EQ-5D Generic B Mean EQ-5D score was significantly lower in the CARE-HF population than in the general population. Increasing MLWHF score was associated with a decrease in EQ-5D score.
MLWHF Disease-specific
Xiong, 2012 SADHART-CHF Sertraline vs. placebo SF-36 Generic B, 12 weeks Depression remission in HF patients led to significantly higher improvements in SF-36 and KCCQ scores.
KCCQ Disease-specific
Bekelman, 2015 PCDM Usual care vs. PCDM KCCQ Disease-specific B, 3, 6, 12 months Significant improvement in the KCCQ overall summary scores in both groups after 1 year, but no significant difference between groups.
Solomon, 2019 PARAGON-HF Sacubitril-valsartan vs. valsartan for HF KCCQ Disease-specific B, 8 months More patients in sacubitril-valsartan group had improvements of 5+ points in the KCCQ compared to valsartan group.

Abbreviations: B: baseline, EQ-5D: Euro-Qol-5D, GADS: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment, HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HF: heart failure, HFpEF: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, KCCQ: Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire, MLWHF: Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire, MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment, PCDM: Patient Centered Disease Management, PCI: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9, POAF: postoperative atrial fibrillation, PROMIS: Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System, PROMIS-PQ Neuro: Neuropathic Pain, PRO: patient-reported outcome, QOL: quality of life, SAQ: Seattle Angina Questionnaire, SF-12, SF-36: Short Form Health Survey 12-item, 36-item