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Quality of Life After Esophagectomy for Cancer

NCT00798746 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 88

Last updated 2012-07-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the current study is to assess the role of pyloric drainage procedure on altering the reflux effect on the quality of life in patients who underwent esophagectomy. Researchers hypothesize that the patients who underwent minimally invasive esophagectomies without pyloric drainage experience less reflux symptoms and therefore have a better quality of life.

Conditions

  • Esophageal Cancer

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Telephone Questionnaire

Ten questions regarding symptoms of reflux

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Reza J. Mehran, MD · UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-11-30
Primary Completion
2010-05-31
Completion
2010-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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