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Impact of Palliative Catheter Placement on the Quality of Life of Patients With Refractory Ascites

NCT01188746 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2020-02-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is look at how treatments for ascites affect quality of life. Your quality of life is the ability for you to enjoy the normal things you do. Ascites (pronounced as-ī-tees) is the presence of extra fluid in the abdomen. Sometimes ascites is caused by cancer, also called malignancy.

All people who participate in this study have ascites associated with cancer. Ascites can cause symptoms that make it difficult for the patient to do simple things. Patients with ascites often report:

Abdominal swelling Difficulty walking. Difficulty breathing. Feeling full when eating. Clothes not fitting due to a swollen abdomen. Swelling in the legs. It is hoped that this catheter will relieve the symptoms of the ascites. The goal of the investigators study is to understand the quality of life before the procedure and after the procedure. Since the patient is having this procedure to make their symptoms better, the investigators want to hear from the patient of how the procedure has affected their quality of life.

Conditions

  • Ascites

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Core Questionnaire

Participants will be interviewed twice (if they chose to participate in the qualitative portion) and complete instruments at three time points: 1) immediately prior to the procedure, 2)within seven days after the procedure, preferably prior to discharge, and 3) three weeks after their catheter placement.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Piera Robson, RN · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-08-31
Primary Completion
2020-02-29
Completion
2020-02-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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