Daily step counts to predict hospitalizations during concurrent chemoradiotherapy for solid tumors.

Authors

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Elena Izmailova

Koneksa Health, NY, NY

Elena Izmailova, Chengrui Huang, Matthew Cantor, Robert Ellis, Nitin Ohri

Organizations

Koneksa Health, NY, NY, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Research Funding

No funding received
None.

Background: Wearable activity trackers could be useful tools in cancer care. Potential gains include better selection of patients fit for aggressive treatment, improved evaluation of patients during treatment, and provision of enhanced supportive care for patients. In a pilot study, low daily step counts were associated with increased risk for hospital admission during concurrent chemoradiotherapy for solid tumors of the head/neck, lung, or gastrointestinal tract. Here we seek to refine those findings using a larger patient cohort. Methods: Study subjects wore a commercial fitness tracker during a course of concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Patient characteristics, daily step counts, and hospital admissions between the initiation and completion of radiotherapy were tabulated. EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaires were completed weekly, and summary QoL (range: 0-100) for each subject and week were calculated. Cox regression models with time-dependent and time-fixed covariates were used to identify predictors of first hospital admission during the radiotherapy course. Results: 188 subjects from three trials met inclusion criteria. The most common cancer diagnoses were head and neck (31%), lung (28%), and a gastrointestinal (30%, most commonly rectal [10%] or esophageal [6%]). Median age was 61 (range: 27-90). Baseline ECOG performance status was 0 for 46% of subjects, 1 for 47%, and 2 for 7%. The median patient compliance of wearing activity trackers and contributing data was 98%; 38subjects (20%) were hospitalized during the radiotherapy course. Cox regression demonstrated a 36% reduction in the risk of hospitalization for every 1000 daily steps (averaged over the past 3 days; hazard ratio 0.62, 95% confidence interval 0.48-0.81, p=0.0005). Diagnosis, age, baseline performance status, and QoL score were not statistically significant predictors of hospitalization risk. Conclusions: Continuous activity monitoring with wearable devices during concurrent chemoradiotherapy is feasible. We have validated daily step counts as dynamic predictors of hospitalization risk during treatment. Interventional trials should leverage activity data to optimize supportive care during cancer therapy.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 ASCO Quality Care Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session B: Patient Experience; Safety; Technology and Innovation in Quality of Care

Track

Patient Experience,Technology and Innovation in Quality of Care,Safety

Sub Track

Tools for Management of Treatment and Adverse Effects

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl 27; abstr 293)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.27_suppl.293

Abstract #

293

Poster Bd #

J6

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