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. 2023 Feb 17;15(4):1288. doi: 10.3390/cancers15041288

Table 6.

Weight kappa statistic demonstrating agreement between CTCAE and patient reported outcome measures (EPIC-26 and IPSS) is different timepoints.

Patient Reported
Outcome Measures
n = 842 * (%) Timepoint Weighted Kappa (95% CI) Time Difference (Days) between CTCAE and PRO Completion
(Mean, SD)
EPIC-26 urinary bother 800 (95) Baseline 0.28 (0.25–0.31) 9 (20)
700 (83) Week 4 0.20 (0.15–0.24) 2 (11)
760 (90) Week 12 0.29 (0.26–0.31) 4 (19)
630 (75) 6 months 0.31 (0.30–0.32) 4 (15)
744 (88) 12 months 0.44 (0.41–0.47) 4 (18)
659 (78) 24 months 0.41 (0.34–0.45) 5 (18)
EPIC-26 bowel bother 766 (91) Baseline 0.08 (0.00–0.17) 9 (20)
675 (80) Week 4 0.31 (0.22–0.35) 2 (11)
723 (86) Week 12 0.30 (0.21–0.32) 4 (19)
596 (71) 6 months 0.26 (0.22–0.28) 4 (15)
691 (82) 12 months 0.31 (0.24–0.35) 4 (18)
621 (74) 24 months 0.32 (0.27–0.38) 5 (18)
IPSS total 747 (89) Baseline 0.26 (0.20–0.31) 9 (20)
661 (80) Week 4 0.29 (0.25–0.34) 3 (11)
728 (86) Week 12 0.25 (0.24–0.28) 4 (19)
705 (84) 6 months 0.29 (0.27–0.38) 4 (15)
720 (86) 12 months 0.35 (0.33–0.39) 5 (20)
593 (70) 24 months 0.35 (0.28–0.44) 5 (17)

* Represented as proportion of patients included in the acute/late association analysis. EPIC-26 = Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite-26; IPSS = International prostate symptom score.