Sex Differences in the Effect of Vitamin D on Fatigue in Palliative Cancer Care: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Randomized, Controlled Trial 'Palliative-D'

Sex Differences in the Effect of Vitamin D on Fatigue in Palliative Cancer Care : A Post Hoc Analysis of the Randomized, Controlled Trial 'Palliative-D'

Forskningsfinansiärer:CIMED (centrum för innovativ medicin) ASIH Stockholm Norr
In the randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial 'Palliative-D', vitamin D treatment of 4000 IE/day for 12 weeks reduced opioid use and fatigue in vitamin-D-deficient cancer patients. In screening data from this trial, lower levels of vitamin D were associated with more fatigue in men but not in women. The aim of the present study was to investigate possible sex differences in the effect of vitamin D in patients with advanced cancer, with a specific focus on fatigue. A post hoc analysis of sex differences in patients completing the Palliative-D study (n = 150) was performed. Fatigue assessed with the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) was reduced in vitamin-D-treated men; -1.50 ESAS points (95%CI -2.57 to -0.43; p = 0.007) but not in women; -0.75 (95%CI -1.85 to 0.36; p = 0.18). Fatigue measured with EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL had a borderline significant effect in men (-0.33 (95%CI -0.67 to 0.03; p = 0.05)) but not in women (p = 0.55). The effect on fatigue measured with ESAS in men remained the same after adjustment for opioid doses (p = 0.01). In conclusion, the positive effect of the correction of vitamin D deficiency on fatigue may be more pronounced in men than in women. However, studies focused on analyzing sex differences in this context must be performed before firm conclusions can be drawn.

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskap Omvårdnad hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences Nursing hsv//eng
Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS)
European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 15 for Palliative Care (EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL)
cancer
fatigue
palliative
randomized clinical trial
sex differences
vitamin D

Helde Frankling, MariaKarolinska Institutet,Karolinska institutet; Karolinska universitetssjukhuset (author)
Warnqvist, AnnaKarolinska Institutet,Karolinska institutet (author)
Sandberg, CarinaStockholms sjukhem (author)
Nordström, MarieStockholms sjukhem (author)
Lundh Hagelin, CarinaErsta Sköndal Bräcke högskola,Institutionen för vårdvetenskap,Karolinska institutet(Swepub:esh)carlun (author)
Björkhem-Bergman, LindaKarolinska institutet; Stockholms sjukhem (author)
Karolinska InstitutetKarolinska institutet (creator_code:org_t)

By the author/editor: Klasson, Caritha; Helde Frankling, ...; Warnqvist, Anna; Sandberg, Carina; Nordström, Marie; Lundh Hagelin, C ...; show more...; Björkhem-Bergman ...; show less...

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