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NCT Number: NCT03909464

Non-Invasive Neurosensory Testing For Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Problem: A significant proportion of patients with cancer experience symptoms of sensory, motor or autonomic nerve damage from chemotherapy known as chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). CIPN is a major dose-limiting toxicity of many chemotherapeutic regimens. Little is known about the natural history of CIPN, and the early detection and quantification of CIPN is a significant challenge.

Design: The investigators propose a cohort study to evaluate the performance of the Pressure-Specified Sensory Device TM (PSSD) in assessing CIPN associated with various common chemotherapy regimens. The proposed study will examine peripheral nerve function before, during, and after chemotherapy treatment. Peripheral neuropathy will be assessed using the PSSD, the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ) CIPN-20, and the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI). These are all established and validated methods to screen for a variety of conditions that cause peripheral neuropathy.

Hypotheses: The investigators hypothesize that the PSSD will be a sensitive and specific tool for measuring CIPN. The onset of CIPN as detected by the PSSD will be compared with other screening modalities including the EORTC QLQ-CIPN20 and the MNSI.

Importance: The development of CIPN often goes unnoticed until symptoms are bothersome. Having an objective tool in the care team's armament to screen for CIPN could have a significant public health impact.

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Key information

Conditions

Cancer Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy Malignancy Malignant Neoplasm Neoplasms Neuropathies Sensory Neuropathy

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • At least 18 years of age
  • Any cancer diagnosis
  • Scheduled to receive standard chemotherapy
  • Patient's planned treatment must include a minimum of 4 cycles to a maximum of 8 cycles
  • Patients scheduled to receive known neurotoxic or non-neurotoxic chemotherapies will be included
  • Regimens known to be neurotoxic include: vinca alkaloids, taxanes, platinum analogs, and others at the discretion of the treating physician
  • Regimens known to not be neurotoxic will be considered at the discretion of the treating physician
  • For patients receiving known neurotoxic chemotherapy, concomitant therapy with non-neurotoxic chemotherapy is permitted
  • Patients must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2
  • Patients must possess the ability to complete questionnaires and comply with neurologic testing
  • Patients must have a life expectancy of at least six months
  • Patients must be able to understand and be willing to sign an IRB-approved written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Treatment planned to be greater than 8 cycles or 6 months in length at start of treatment
  • Anticipated failure to complete all cycles of chemotherapy at Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Obtaining chemotherapeutic treatment at another site other than Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Unwillingness to participate in planned PSSD testing
  • Patients enrolled on the non-neurotoxic chemotherapy arm with known pre-existing neuropathy, or with underlying disease that predispose to neuropathy such as diabetes mellitus. Additional predisposing diseases will be at the discretion of the investigator.

Treatment and study plan

Neurosensory testing with Pressure-Specified Sensory Device

Device

Patients will have neurosensory function of hands and feet tested with the non-invasive Pressure-Specified Sensory Device.

Primary outcomes

  1. Pressure-Specified Sensory Device (PSSD) Score

    Time frame: up to 2 months post-intervention

    The PSSD Sensory Score is based on 1-point static and 2-point static pressure thresholds and 2- point distances. Cutaneous pressure thresholds and inter-prong distances are reported by the PSSD and determined to be normal or abnormal at a 99% confidence limit based on age (</= 45, or >45). These results correlate to a grading scheme which combines 1- and 2-point static pressure threshold with 2-point distance. An increase of greater than or equal to 1 grade from baseline as measured with the PSSD will be considered a meaningful change. The grading scale integrates normative data for each PSSD testing site. For the index finger pulp, big toe pulp, and first dorsal webspace of the foot, the grading scale goes from 0 to 5 inclusive. For the little finger pulp, the grading scale goes from 0 to 4 inclusive.

  2. European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire module CIPN20 (EORTC QLQ-CIPN20)

    Time frame: up to 2 months post-intervention

    The CIPN20 module of the EORTC QLQ, is a validated twenty item patient-reported outcomes questionnaire used to quantify symptoms of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy. Those whose score is greater than or equal to 0.5 standard deviation increase from baseline will be considered positive for CIPN using the EORTC QLQ-CIPN20.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) patient reported outcomes portion.

    Time frame: up to 2 months post-intervention

    The patient reported outcomes portion of the MNSI will be used as a secondary measure, where a higher score indicates more neuropathic symptoms.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Other

Collaborators

  • Axogen Corporation
  • Johns Hopkins University

Registry information

Official study title

Exploration Of The Sensitivity And Specificity Of The Pressure-Specified Sensory Device™ (PSSD) For Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Apr 10, 2019
Registry last updated
Nov 27, 2019

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