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Study of Outcomes After Surgery/Treatment to Treat Bladder Cancer

Completed
Conditions
Bladder Cancer
Interventions
Other: Collect Blood and Survey Instruments
Registration Number
NCT01776138
Lead Sponsor
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to create a registry of older patients undergoing surgical and/or medical treatment for bladder cancer. The registry will record side-effect and outcomes related to the treatment using different surveys and biological measures.

Detailed Description

The primary purpose of this protocol is to create a registry of elderly patients with high-risk invasive bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy with or without preoperative chemotherapy.

Secondary objectives will include an exploration of the association between functional status, surgical complications, and laboratory markers with complications and survival. In addition, exploratory analyses may evaluate the association of expression of the senescence marker p16INK4a and the morbidity and mortality associated with treatment.

Patients will be asked to complete a Geriatric Assessment (GA) and FACT-Bl serially over the course of the study in order to evaluate their functional status and quality of life during the course of treatment. Additionally, complications will be tracked in an inpatient and outpatient setting using the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) complications grading system.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
103
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with a known pathologic diagnosis of lower tract urothelial carcinoma who are eligible to undergo radical cystectomy with or without neoadjuvant chemotherapy for definitive diagnosis and treatment.
  • Signed, IRB approved written informed consent.
  • Completion of baseline Geriatric Assessment
Exclusion Criteria
  • Inability to read and speak English
  • Inability to comply with study for any other reason than language
  • Dementia, altered mental status, or any psychiatric condition that would prohibit the understanding or rendering of informed consent.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Bladder Cancer PatientsCollect Blood and Survey InstrumentsPatients diagnoses with bladder cancer who are eligible to undergo treatment.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To collect the number of changes in functional status, surgical complications and survival status collected in a prospective database of patients undergoing a radical cystectomy with or without chemotherapy1 Year

To collect the number of changes in functional status, surgical complications, and survival in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder following radical cystectomy with or without neoadjuvant chemotherapy in a prospective database (to be called the PORCH database- "Prospective Outcomes of Radical cystectomy with or without Chemotherapy").

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To measure associations between baseline measures with post-surgery and 90 day outcome measures2 years

Measure the association of all baseline measures with the outcomes of complications post-surgery and 90 day mortality for the 25 patients entered into the database who complete the GA and FACT-Bl questionnaires.

To count changes over the course of treatment for components of the GA, the FACT-Bl, p16, and other clinical characteristics.2 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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