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Quality of Life and Pain Outcomes Following Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Anatomic Lung Resection Versus Thoracotomy and Anatomic Lung Resection

NCT00598000 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 216

Last updated 2015-04-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if different types of surgery for lung cancer have different effects on quality of life and pain. What we learn from this study may help us find new ways to improve the quality of life of lung cancer patients who have surgery.

Conditions

  • Lung Cancer
  • Quality of Life
  • Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)
  • Thoracotomy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

questionnaires

QOL Measures- The following measures will be administered at Pre-Op, First Post-Op Visit 4, 8, 12 months Post-Op. Brief Pain Inventory and daily analgesic log- enrollment, patients will fill out the BPI preoperatively, postoperative days 2 to 4, initial, 4-month, 8-month and 12-month postoperative visits.

BEHAVIORAL

questionnaires

QOL Measures- The following measures will be administered at Pre-Op, First Post-Op Visit 4, 8, 12 months Post-Op. Brief Pain Inventory and daily analgesic log- enrollment, patients will fill out the BPI preoperatively, postoperative days 2 to 4, initial, 4-month, 8-month and 12-month postoperative visits.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Nabil Rizk, MD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-02-28
Primary Completion
2015-04-30
Completion
2015-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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