Quality Of Life Outcomes Following Treatment for Esophageal Cancer

NCT00598117 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 409

Last updated 2013-06-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate how treatment for esophageal cancer affects your quality of life. The findings of this study may help us understand how this disease and its treatment affect your lifestyle, diet, exercise, support system and overall quality of life. We hope this study will provide important information that can be used to develop programs to improve the quality of life of patients with esophageal cancer.

Conditions

  • Esophageal Cancer

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Questionnaires

Newly diagnosed patients will be assessed at four points Time 1 (prior to treatment) * Initial QOL form * FACT-E, PAR, Symptom Assessment Scale, MDSS, Time 2 (initial post-op) * Follow up QOL form * FACT-E, PAR, Symptom Assessment Scale, MDSS Time 3 (6 months post op) * Follow up QOL form * FACT-E, PAR, Symptom Assessment Scale, MDSS, Time 4 (1 year post op) * Follow up QOL form * FACT-E, PAR, Symptom Assessment Scale, MDSS

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Manjit Bains, MD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-08-31
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2013-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

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