The Exceptional Patient in Cancer Care

NCT00543153 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 13

Last updated 2012-07-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objectives of this study is to conduct a multicenter, dual country (United States and Israel), study examining the experience of patients with cancer that were considered by their physicians as having exceptional course of survival related to their specific disease state.

The primary aim of the study is to develop a detailed description of patients' experience of an exceptional disease course. The secondary aim is to define the content domain for assessment and measurement of exceptional disease course in patients with cancer and identify lessons learned from these exceptional patients that can be a base for future studies to benefit others.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Interview

Interview lasting approximately 30-45 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Moshe A. Frenkel, MD · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-08-31
Primary Completion
2010-08-31
Completion
2010-08-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Israel

Study Locations

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