Assessing Quality of Life of Patients With Prostate Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00041301

Last Updated: 2012-08-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

625 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2002-03-31

Study Completion Date

2005-11-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Quality of life assessment in patients undergoing prostate cancer treatment may help determine the intermediate and long-term effects of the treatment on these patients.

PURPOSE: Clinical trial to study the effectiveness of two questionnaires in assessing quality of life of patients who have prostate cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Assess the scale structure, psychometric validity, and reliability of quality of life measurements using the EORTC QLQ-C30 and the prostate cancer-specific QLQ-PR25 questionnaires in patients with stage I-IV prostate cancer.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to stage of disease (local or locally advanced disease vs metastatic disease).

Patients complete EORTC QLQ-C30 and prostate cancer-specific QLQ-PR25 questionnaires before therapy and at 3 months after the start of therapy. Patients in stratum II also complete questionnaires at 6 months after the start of therapy.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 375 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Prostate Cancer

Keywords

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stage I prostate cancer stage IIB prostate cancer stage IIA prostate cancer stage III prostate cancer stage IV prostate cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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QoL in prostate cancer

The study sample will be composed of a consecutive series of prostate cancer patients, stratified by stage of disease, local and locally advanced versus advanced (metastatic) disease, and undergoing active anti-tumor therapy. In order to increase sample homogeneity, and to facilitate evaluation of the responsiveness of the quality of life instruments to changes in patients' health status and symptoms experience over time, the subsample of patients with local or locally advanced disease will be restricted to those undergoing surgery (radical prostatectomy) or radiation therapy, and the subsample of metastatic disease patients will be limited to those receiving hormonal therapy.

QoL assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

qol questionnaires

Interventions

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QoL assessment

qol questionnaires

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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QLQ-C30 QLQ-PR25

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed prostate cancer
* Stratum I:

* Clinically localized primary prostate cancer

* T1-T3, G1-G3, N0, M0
* Plan to undergo a radical prostatectomy OR
* Local or locally advanced primary prostate cancer

* T1-T4, G1-G3, N0, M0
* Plan to undergo radiotherapy with curative intent
* Stratum II:

* Metastatic prostate cancer

* T1-T4, G1-G3, N1, M0-M1 OR
* T1-T4, G1-G3, N0-1, M1
* Plan to receive hormonal treatment

* No anti-androgen monotherapy
* No cerebral metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* Any age

Performance status:

* Not specified

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* Not specified

Hepatic:

* Not specified

Renal:

* Not specified

Other:

* Mentally fit to complete a questionnaire
* Literate in the language of the questionnaires
* No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that would preclude compliance
* No other concurrent malignancy except basal cell skin cancer
* No concurrent participation in other quality of life investigations that would preclude study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* Not specified

Chemotherapy:

* Not specified

Endocrine therapy:

* See Disease Characteristics
* No prior neoadjuvant hormonal treatment
* Planned adjuvant hormonal therapy (orchiectomy, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue, or maximal androgen blockade) is allowed for patients in stratum I

Radiotherapy:

* See Disease Characteristics
* No interstitial radiotherapy
* More than 2 years since prior radiotherapy (stratum II)

Surgery:

* See Disease Characteristics
* More than 2 years since prior prostatectomy (stratum II)

Other:

* No prior treatment for prostate carcinoma
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Neil K. Aaronson, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

The Netherlands Cancer Institute

George Van Andel, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis

Locations

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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital - Perth

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Academisch Ziekenhuis der Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Brussels, , Belgium

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Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

Brussels, , Belgium

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Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent

Ghent, , Belgium

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Virga Jesse Hospital

Hasselt, , Belgium

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Cazk Groeninghe - Campus Maria's Voorzienigheid

Kortrijk, , Belgium

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U.Z. Gasthuisberg

Leuven, , Belgium

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Rigshospitalet

Copenhagen, , Denmark

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Hopital Jean Bernard

Poitiers, , France

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Universitaetsklinikum Bonn

Bonn, , Germany

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Universitaets-Krankenhaus Eppendorf

Hamburg, , Germany

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Spedali Civili

Brescia, , Italy

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Istituto Scientifico H. San Raffaele

Milan, , Italy

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Azienda Ospedaliera Maggiore Della Carita

Novara, , Italy

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Universita di Palermo

Palermo, , Italy

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Azienda Sanitaria Ospedale San Giovanni Battista Molinette di Torino

Torino, , Italy

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Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis

's-Hertogenbosch, , Netherlands

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Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

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Academisch Medisch Centrum

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

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Rijnstate Hospital

Arnhem, , Netherlands

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Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen

Groningen, , Netherlands

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University Medical Center Nijmegen

Nijmegen, , Netherlands

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University Medical Center Rotterdam at Erasmus Medical Center

Rotterdam, , Netherlands

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Daniel Den Hoed Cancer Center at Erasmus Medical Center

Rotterdam, , Netherlands

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St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis

Tilburg, , Netherlands

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Norwegian Radium Hospital

Oslo, , Norway

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Inselspital, Bern

Bucharest, , Romania

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Institute of Oncology - Bucarest

Bucharest, , Romania

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Marmara University Hospital

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

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Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine

Izmir, , Turkey (Türkiye)

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Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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Velindre Cancer Center at Velinde Hospital

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

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University of Wales College of Medicine

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

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Countries

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Australia Belgium Denmark France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Romania Turkey (Türkiye) United Kingdom

References

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Arraras JI, Villafranca E, Arias de la Vega F, Romero P, Rico M, Vila M, Asin G, Chicata V, Dominguez MA, Lainez N, Manterola A, Martinez E, Martinez M. The EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire for patients with prostate cancer: EORTC QLQ-PR25. Validation study for Spanish patients. Clin Transl Oncol. 2009 Mar;11(3):160-4. doi: 10.1007/s12094-009-0332-z.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19293053 (View on PubMed)

Arraras Urdaniz JI, Villafranca Iturre E, Arias de la Vega F, Dominguez Dominguez MA, Lainez Milagro N, Manterola Burgaleta A, Martinez Lopez E, Romero Rojano P, Martinez Aguillo M. The eortc quality of life questionnaire QLQ-C30 (version 3.0). Validation study for Spanish prostate cancer patients. Arch Esp Urol. 2008 Oct;61(8):949-54. doi: 10.4321/s0004-06142008000800017.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19040169 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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EORTC-15011

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EORTC-30011

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EORTC-15011-30011

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id