Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial
Longitudinal Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life in Men With Localized Prostate Cancer
Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess quality-of-life of men with prostate cancer. "Quality-of-life" means how you feel about your life as a result of your disease and its treatment. The investigators hope that this questionnaire will help show how prostate cancer treatments affect quality-of-life. It will help doctors and future patients to make better treatment choices. Some men may wish to have a more demanding treatment with a higher risk of harmful effects. Others may prefer a treatment that will have the smallest effect on their quality-of-life.
This questionnaire will help us measure these effects and decide which is the best treatment for a given patient.
Full Description
The intent of the protocol is to assess health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) in men treated for localized prostate cancer with 1 of 6 established management alternatives: external (XRT)or interstitial radiotherapy (IRT), open radical prostatectomy (RP), laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP), combined radiotherapy and brachytherapy (Combined RT) or watchful waiting (WW). HRQOL is an important aspect of any treatment for prostate cancer due to the beliefs by many that cancer control rates are similar across common modalities and HRQOL reduction from treatment is substantial (1-5). Therefore, HRQOL appears to occupy a central role in the decision making process related to treatment selection.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
diagnosis of localized, untreated prostate cancer (clinical stages T1-3, Nx, M0)
ability to read the English language
Exclusion criteria:
other cancer diagnosis for the past three years, except for non-melanoma skin cancer
prior chemotherapy within the last three years; radiation therapy to the pelvis or prior pelvic surgery within the past three years
prior neoadjuvant therapy, such as hormones (Bicalutamide use for less than or equal to 1 month would not constitute exclusion from study entry)
For the cross-sectional component of the study, all patients identified to be free of disease at least ten years post -treatment will be considered eligible. Patients must have no clinical evidence of local, regional or distant recurrences. Patients must have the ability to read and understand English. Patients who received hormonal therapy will be eligible for the cross-sectional component of the study, but the duration of the hormonal therapy must be six months or less. the investigators have identified a cohort of patients who fit these criteria from our databases.
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There are 2 Locations for this study
Basking Ridge New Jersey, , United States
Commack New York, 11725, United States
New York New York, 10065, United States
Rockville Centre New York, , United States
Sleepy Hollow New York, , United States
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