Overview
The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Prostate (FACT-P) is a meaningful component of QOL evaluation in men undergoing therapy for prostate cancer. It was developed and tested in three independent samples: a subscale development sample (n = 43), validity sample 1 (n = 34), and validity sample 2 (n = 96).
MEASURE NAME:
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Prostate (FACT-P)
VERSION:
4
NUMBER OF ITEMS:
39
PATIENT POPULATION:
Prostate cancer patients 18 years and older
RECALL PERIOD:
Past 7 days
RESPONSE SCALE:
5 point Likert-type scale
DATA COLLECTION:
Paper and electronic
ADMINISTRATION:
Self-administration and interview when applicable
SUBSCALE DOMAINS:
Physical Well-Being, Social/Family Well-Being, Emotional Well-Being, Functional Well-Being, Prostate Cancer Subscale
TIME FOR COMPLETION:
10-15 minutes
SCORING:
Manual scoring template, some items are reverse scored. Subscale scores, total scores and TOI scores possible. SAS/SPSS algorithms available.
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Language Availability
Available translations of the FACT-P can be obtained by registering for permission. Users are not permitted to translate the FACT-P without permission from FACIT.org. Permission from FACIT.org to translate the FACT-P may also be contingent upon timeline expectations and availability of FACIT staff. Translations must undergo a rigorous methodology under the guidance of FACIT.org which includes multiple translators, QA steps and cognitive interviews with patients. For commercial use, FACITtrans is the approved translation vendor to translate the FACIT measurement system.
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Licensing
Licensing fees are assessed on a per trial/per measure basis for commercial use. There is no fee for use of the English version, but a license should be obtained.
Non-commercial use is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Licensing fees are typically not applied to investigator-initiated research, students, or clinical use.
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Selected References
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Beer, T., Miller, K., Tombal, B., Cella, D., DePhung, Holmstrom, S., Ivanescu, C., Skaltsa, K., & Naidoo, S. The association between health-related quality-of-life scores and clinical outcomes in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients: Exploratory analyses of AFFIRM and PREVAIL studies. European Journal of Cancer 2017; 87: 21-29. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2017.09.035.
Cella, D., Petrylak, D., Fishman, M., Teigland, C., Young, J., & Mulani, P. Role of quality of life in men with metastatic hormone-refactory prostate cancer: How does Astrsentan influence quality of life? European Urology 2006; 49: 781-789. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2005.12.05.
Cella, D., Nichol, M., Eton, D., Nelson, J., & Mulani, P. Estimating clinically meaningful changes for the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Prostate: Results from a clinical trial of patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Value in Health 2009; 12(1): 124-129.
Esper, P., Mo, F., Chodak, G., Sinner, M., Cella, D., & Pienta, K.J. Measuring quality of life in men with prostate cancer using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate (FACT-P) instrument. Urology 1997; 50(6): 920-928.
Orakwe, D., Tijani, K., Jeje, E., Ogunjimi, M., Rufus, W., & Alab, T. Bilateral Subcapsular Orchiectomy versus Bilateral Total Orchiectomy: Comparison of the Quality of Life Post‑Orchiectomy. Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal 2018; 25(1): 43-47. doi: 10.4103/npmj.npmj_169_17.
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Saad, F., Cella, D., Basch, E., Hadaschik, B., Mainwaring, P., Oudard, S., Graff, J., McQuarrie, K., Li, S., Hudgens, S. Lawson, J., Lopez-Gitlitz, A., Yu, M., Smith, M., & Small, E. Effect of apalutamide on health-related quality of life in patients with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: an analysis of the SPARTAN randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. The Lancet Oncology 2018; 19(10):1404-1416. doi: 10.1016/ S1470-2045(18)30567-9.
Sullivan, P. Nelson, J., Mulani, P., & Slee, D. Quality of life as a potential predictor for morbidity and mortality in patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Quality of Life Research 2006; 15: 1297–1306. doi: 10.1007/s11136-006-0003-2.
Vashistha, V., Singh, B., Kaur, S., Prokop, L., & Kaushik, D. The Effects of Exercise on Fatigue, Quality of Life, and Psychological Function for Men with Prostate Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses. European Urology Focus 2016; 2(3): 284-295. doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2016.02.011.
Victorson, D., Beaumont, J, Rosenbloom, S., Shevrin, D, & Cella, D. Efficient assessment of the most important symptoms in advanced prostate cancer: The NCCN/FACT-P symptom index. Psycho-Oncology 2011; 20(9): 977-983. doi: 10.1002/pon.1817.
Bonomi, A.E., Cella, D.D., Hahn, E.A., Bjordal, K., Sperner, B., Gangeri, L., Bergman, B., Willems, J., Hanquet, P., & Zittoun, R. Multilingual translation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) quality of life measurement system. Quality of Life Research 1996; 5: 309-320.
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