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MA01 - Early Stage Lung Cancer: Questions and Controversies (ID 894)
- Event: WCLC 2018
- Type: Mini Oral Abstract Session
- Track: Treatment of Early Stage/Localized Disease
- Presentations: 1
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- Coordinates: 9/24/2018, 10:30 - 12:00, Room 202 BD
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MA01.05 - Opioids and Sleep Medication Use After Surgery for Early Stage Lung Cancer: A SEER-Medicare Analysis (ID 12961)
11:00 - 11:05 | Author(s): Rebecca Schwartz
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Background
More than 50% of patients undergoing surgery for early stage lung cancer experience persistent post-operative pain, which can prevent their returning to normal daily activities and cause disruptions in sleep. Whether Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS), a minimally invasive surgical technique, reduces long-term opioid and sleep medication use compared to traditional open surgery has not yet been established.
a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method
The Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results data linked to Medicare data (SEER-Medicare) database was queried to identify patients with stage I primary non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who had VATS or open resection between 2007 to 2013, and had no record of opioid medication in the 30 days before surgery. Long-term opioid and sleep medication use were defined as having fulfilled one or more prescriptions in the first 90 days after surgery as well another prescription in the 90-180 days post-surgery. Logistic regression was used to investigate the associations between surgical type and long-term opioid and sleep medication use. Models were adjusted for relevant clinical and socioeconomic covariates.
4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result
There were 3,900 NSCLC patients included in this analysis; 1,987 (51.0%) VATS and 1,913 (49.0%) open surgery patients; 15.5% of patients had a record of opioid use and 9.7% of sleep medication use long-term postoperatively.
In the adjusted model, patients were less likely to use opioids long-term if they had VATS (ORadj 0.69, 95% CI: 0.57-0.84), were older (ORadj 0.96, 95% CI: 0.94-0.98), diagnosed in a later year (ORadj 0.86, 95% CI: 0.82-0.90), and had higher income (ORadj 0.77, 95% CI: 0.60-0.99). Long-term opioid use was more likely in those with a higher comorbidity score (ORadj 1.10 , 95% CI: 1.05-1.16), large cell histology (ORadj 1.88, 95% CI: 1.17-3.00), using sleep medication before surgery (ORadj 1.72, 95% CI: 1.28-2.32) and with a previous psychiatric condition (ORadj 1.64, 95% CI: 1.28-2.09).
After adjustment, only those with a previous psychiatric condition (ORadj 1.95, 95% CI: 1.40-2.71) and previous sleep medication use (ORadj 37.36, 95% CI: 27.92-50.00) were more likely to use sleep medications long-term; no significant difference were observed with type of surgery (ORadj 1.01, 95% CI: 0.76-1.33).
8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion
Patients who were not previous opioid users became long-term opioid users after surgery. VATS might offer NSCLC patients a better quality of life than open surgery, and therefore minimize the risk of longer-term opioid use.
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MA12 - Mesothelioma Surgery and Novel Targets for Prognosis and Therapy (ID 913)
- Event: WCLC 2018
- Type: Mini Oral Abstract Session
- Track: Mesothelioma
- Presentations: 1
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- Coordinates: 9/25/2018, 10:30 - 12:00, Room 202 BD
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MA12.02 - Quality of Life Following Pleurectomy Decortication and Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma (ID 12983)
10:35 - 10:40 | Author(s): Rebecca Schwartz
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Background
Few studies have focused on quality of life (QoL) after treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Questions remain as to which surgical procedure, extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) or pleurectomy (P/D), is most effective and results in better outcomes for survival and involves fewer complications. A comprehensive review was conducted on MPM patients to assess differences in QoL following P/D and EPP.
a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method
Original research studies on QoL after mesothelioma surgery were identified through May 2018: 17 articles, 14 datasets encompassing 659 patients, were retrieved. Measures of lung function (FEV, FVC) and EORTC QLQ-C30 were compared 6 months following surgery with preoperative values.
4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result
QoL data was available for 102 EPP patients and 432 P/D patients. Two studies directly compared QoL between the two techniques. While QoL was still compromised 6 months following surgery, P/D patients fared better than EPP patients across all QoL measures. Physical function, social function, global health and dyspnea were higher at follow-up for PD than for EPP, while other indicators such as pain and cough were similar. FEV and FVC were higher at follow-up for P/D compared to EPP, although only one study reported FEV and FVC following EPP.
8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion
QoL is better for patients undergoing P/D compared to EPP for an extended period following surgery. Given the need for multimodality therapy and the aggressive nature of MPM, QoL outcomes should be strongly considered when choosing type of surgery for MPM.
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