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ABSTRACT: Background
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) may provide valuable information to clinicians and patients when choosing initial antiretroviral therapy.Objective
To identify and classify PRO instruments used to measure treatment effects in clinical trials evaluating NNRTIs.Methods
We conducted a structured literature review using PubMed to identify NNRTI trials published from March 2003 to February 2013. Studies identified--based on disease, instrument, PRO, and NNRTI medication terms were reviewed--to identify PRO instruments. Domains measured within each instrument were recorded to understand key areas of interest in NNRTIs.Results
Of 189 articles reviewed, 27 validated instruments were administered in 26 unique trials, with a mean of 1.9 instruments (median: 1; range: 1-7) per trial. The Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV) was the most commonly used instrument (n = 8 trials). Seventeen trials (65%) included at least one multidimensional health-related quality of life (HRQL) instrument (HIV-targeted, n = 11; general, n = 8). Other validated instruments measured sleep (n = 5), depression (n = 5), anxiety (n = 4), psychiatric symptoms (n = 2), beliefs about HIV medications (n = 2), HIV symptoms (n = 1), and stress (n = 1).Conclusions
Although review of recent NNRTI trials suggests a lack of consensus on the optimal PRO instruments, a typical battery is comprised of a multidimensional HRQL measure coupled with one or more symptom measures. Further work is needed to clarify advantages and disadvantages of using specific PRO instruments to measure relevant constructs and to identify the most useful batteries of instruments for NNRTI trials.
SUBMITTER: Simpson KN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3852266 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Simpson Kit N KN Hanson Kristin A KA Harding Gale G Haider Seema S Tawadrous Margaret M Khachatryan Alexandra A Pashos Chris L CL Wu Albert W AW
Health and quality of life outcomes 20131003
<h4>Background</h4>Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) may provide valuable information to clinicians and patients when choosing initial antiretroviral therapy.<h4>Objective</h4>To identify and classify PRO instruments used to measure treatment effects in clinical trials evaluating NNRTIs.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a structured literature review using PubMed to identify NNRTI trials published from March 2003 to February 2013. Studies identified--based on disease, instrument, PRO, and NNRTI medica ...[more]