Computer tomography-based body surface area evaluation for drug dosage: Quantitative radiology versus anthropomorphic evaluation

Antoine Iannessi, Hubert Beaumont, Christophe Hebert, Claire Dittlot and Marie Noëlle Falewee

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: Objective: The measure of body surface area (BSA) is a standard for planning optimal dosing in oncology. This index is derived from a model having questionable performances. In this study, we proposed measurement of BSA from whole body CT images (iBSA). We tested the reliability of iBSA assessments and simulated the impact of our approach on patient chemotherapy dosage planning. Methods: We first evaluated accuracy and precision of iBSA in measuring 14 phantom and 11 CT test-retest images.Secondly, we retrospectively analyzed 26 whole body PET-CT scans to evaluate inter-method variability between iBSA and the most used anthropomorphic models, notably the “Du Bois and Du Bois” model. Finally, we simulated the impact on chemotherapy dose planning of capecitabine based on iBSA. Results: Precision and accuracy of iBSA measurement featured a standard deviation of 1.11% and a mean error of 1.53%. Inter-method variability between iBSA and “Du Bois and Du Bois” assessment featured a standard deviation of 4.11% leading to a reclassification rate of capecitabine of 32.5%. Conclusions: iBSA could help the oncologist in standardizing assessments for chemotherapy planning. iBSA could also be relevant for applications such as comprehensive body composition and provide a sensitive measurement for changes related to nutritional intake or other metabolism.

Date: 2018
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