title: Validation of a Prediction Tool for Chemotherapy Toxicity in Older Adults With Cancer.
abstract: Older adults are at increased risk for chemotherapy toxicity, and standard oncology assessment measures cannot identify those at risk. A predictive model for chemotherapy toxicity was developed (N = 500) that consisted of geriatric assessment questions and other clinical variables. This study aims to externally validate this model in an independent cohort (N = 250).
  
  
  
  Patients age ≥ 65 years with a solid tumor, fluent in English, and who were scheduled to receive a new chemotherapy regimen were recruited from eight institutions. Risk of chemotherapy toxicity was calculated (low, medium, or high risk) on the basis of the prediction model before the start of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy-related toxicity was captured (grade 3 [hospitalization indicated], grade 4 [life threatening], and grade 5 [treatment-related death]). Validation of the prediction model was performed by calculating the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve.
  
  
  
  The study sample (N = 250) had a mean age of 73 years (range, 65 to 94 [standard deviation, 5.8]). More than one half of patients (58%) experienced grade ≥ 3 toxicity. Risk of toxicity increased with increasing risk score (36.7% low, 62.4% medium, 70.2% high risk; P < .001). The area under the curve of the receiver-operating characteristic curve was 0.65 (95% CI, 0.58 to 0.71), which was not statistically different from the development cohort (0.72; 95% CI, 0.68 to 0.77; P = .09). There was no association between Karnofsky Performance Status and chemotherapy toxicity (P = .25).
  
  
  
  This study externally validated a chemotherapy toxicity predictive model for older adults with cancer. This predictive model should be considered when discussing the risks and benefits of chemotherapy with older adults.
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands. ahurria@coh.org.
authors.forename: Arti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hurria
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Supriya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohile
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ajeet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gajra
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Klepin
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hyman
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Muss
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Can-Lan
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Nienke
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: De Glas
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Harvey Jay
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Vani
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Katheria
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doan
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zavala
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Abrahm
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levi
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Chie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Akiba
authors.affiliation: Arti Hurria, Tao Feng, David Smith, Can-Lan Sun, Vani Katheria, Caroline Doan, Laura Zavala, Abrahm Levi, and Chie Akiba, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA; Supriya Mohile, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Ajeet Gajra, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse; William P. Tew, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Heidi Klepin, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem; Hyman Muss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Harvey Jay Cohen, Duke University, Durham, NC; Andrew Chapman, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Nienke De Glas, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Tew
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents