Fatigue in Emergency Center Patients

NCT00504985 · Status: TERMINATED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2012-08-01

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Summary

1. To describe fatigue severity and its related symptom clusters in cancer patients who are seeking emergency care for fever, pain, shortness of breath, or cancer therapy-related gastrointestinal toxicities.
2. To describe inflammatory cytokine profiles in cancer patients who are seeking emergency care for fever, pain, shortness of breath, or cancer therapy-related gastrointestinal toxicities.
3. To determine the type of cytokines that are associated with fatigue severity in cancer patients, with or without cancer treatment, in the early phase of infection, as well as in patients with pain, shortness of breath, or cancer therapy-related gastrointestinal toxicities.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Surveys

2 surveys, taking about 10-15 minutes each, during Emergency Center visit

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Xin Shelley Wang, MD · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-08-31
Primary Completion
2008-04-30
Completion
2008-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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