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Abstract
Introduction: Data regarding quality of life (QoL) of oncologic patients experiencing dermatologic immune-related adverse events (dirAEs) and their course after dermatologic intervention are scarce.
Objectives: To assess the impact of dirAEs on patients QoL and to investigate the correlation between dermatologic and oncologic indexes used for estimating QoL.
Methods: We enrolled oncologic patients with dirAEs managed in two supportive onco-dermatology outpatient clinics in Greece. Patient-reported outcomes included DLQI, EORTC-QLQ-C30 and Numerical Rating Scale for pruritus (pNRS).
Results: Overall, 110 patients were enrolled in the study. Mean (standard deviation) DLQI and pNRS scores were 15.54 (5.44) and 7.25 (2.95), correspondingly, while functional, symptom and summary scores of EORTC-C30 were 79.17 (2.11), 17.66 (3.60) and 80.67 (3.08), respectively. After therapeutic interventions, there was a statistically significant decrease in DLQI scores after first intervention compared to baseline, and second intervention compared to first (mean decrease 4.38 (2.91), P < 0.001 and 5.16 (3.99), P < 0.001, respectively). DLQI showed no correlation with global health status/QoLs (rho 0.01, P = 0.90) of EORTC-C30.
Conclusions: DirAEs negatively affect QoL. Dermatologic intervention improves patients QoL, facilitating an unimpaired oncologic treatment. Poor correlation between DLQI and EORTC-QLQ-30 highlights the need for adapted QoL measurement tools in the context of immune checkpoint inhibitors treatment.