Hearing Loss and Dizziness in Patients Receiving Oxaliplatin for Solid Tumors

NCT00305799 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 59

Last updated 2014-11-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Understanding how oxaliplatin affects hearing loss, dizziness, and peripheral neuropathy may improve the ability to plan effective treatment for patients receiving oxaliplatin for solid tumors.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying hearing loss and dizziness in patients receiving oxaliplatin for solid tumors.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

management of therapy complications

Patients will complete three self-reported questionnaires including the Peripheral Neuropathy Scale, Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults, and Dizziness Handicap Inventory. Patients will also be asked a series of questions regarding symptoms or complaints about hearing changes, tinnitus, and dizziness that they may have experienced prior to, during, and after completion of chemotherapy. Patients will also undergo a hearing test.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sabarish Ayyappan, MD · Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-11-30
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2014-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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