Clinical trial · Observational
Assessment of Quality of Life in Patients With Symptomatic Chemotherapy-induced Anaemia
Electronic Assessment of Quality of Life in Patients With Symptomatic Chemotherapy-induced Anaemia: An International Prospective Observational Study (eAQUA)
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a multicenter, international, prospective, observational study of patients who are receiving systemic chemotherapy for solid tumour cancers (breast, colorectal, ovarian, prostate, lung, bladder, endometrial, renal, pancreatic, esophageal or gastric) and who are receiving darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp®) or other erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) to treat symptomatic anaemia. Quality of Life will be assessed electronically with the aim of estimating improvement in quality of life for those patients receiving darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp®) who also have an increase in haemoglobin (Hb) of ≥1 g/dL
Conditions
Conditions (14)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anemia | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Bladder Cancer | Malignant Bladder Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Endometrial Cancer | Malignant Endometrial Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Esophageal Cancer | Malignant Esophageal Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Gastric Cancer | Malignant Gastric Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
Data not yet available
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- Cohort 1: Darbepoetin alfa
- description
- Participants receiving systemic chemotherapy for solid tumors who also received darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp®) to treat symptomatic anemia according to routine institutional practice.
- label
- Cohort 2: Any ESA
- description
- Participants receiving systemic chemotherapy for solid tumors who also received darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp®) or another erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) to treat symptomatic anemia according to routine institutional practice.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Percentage of Participants Receiving Darbepoetin Alfa With Improvement in Patient Perceived Fatigue (PPF) and Increase in Hemoglobin ≥ 1 g/dL
- timeFrame
- Baseline to Week 9 (Treatment Day 57). Due to the observational nature of the study and variation in ESA dosing schedules, assessments closest to day 57 and within Days 43 to 70 (inclusive) were used to calculate the Week 9 visit results.
- description
- Improvement in PPF was defined as improvement at Week 9 in Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Fatigue (FACT-F) score of ≥ 3.5 points from Baseline (the minimally important difference \[MID\]), and an increase in hemoglobin was defined as ≥ 1 g/dL increase from Baseline. The FACT-F MID was determined by the mean FACT-F change score (between Baseline and Week 9) for participants who had an improvement in the fatigue visual analog scale (VAS) score of 5 ± 3 points. The FACT-F subscale consists of 13 fatigue-related items that are a subset of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Anaemia (FACT-An) questionnaire. Participants indicate how they feel in response to 13 statements on a scale from 0 for "Not at all" to 4 for "Very much". Total scores for the FACT-F subscale range from 0 to 52; the higher the score the better the quality of life. The fatigue-VAS is a 100-point scale, where fatigue-levels are rated from 0 (least fatigue) to 100 (worst possible fatigue).
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with breast, colorectal, ovarian, prostate, lung, bladder, endometrial, renal, pancreatic, esophageal or gastric cancer * Expected to receive at least 8 additional weeks of a given regimen of myelosuppressive chemotherapy after enrolment * Starting treatment with either darbepoetin alfa (in Cohort 1 countries) or any ESA (in Cohort 2 countries) as per European Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) for symptomatic anaemia. Exclusion Criteria: * Received any ESA treatment or Red Blood Cell (RBC) transfusion within 28 days prior to enrolment * Known primary benign or malignant haematologic disorder which can cause anaemia * Known hypersensitivity to ESAs
References
Publications (1)
- BACKGROUNDMouysset JL, Freier B, van den Bosch J, Levache CB, Bols A, Tessen HW, Belton L, Bohac GC, Terwey JH, Tonini G. Hemoglobin levels and quality of life in patients with symptomatic chemotherapy-induced anemia: the eAQUA study. Cancer Manag Res. 2016 Jan 21;8:1-10. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S88110. eCollection 2016. PMID 26855598