Quality of Life Assessment of Patients Receiving Treatment for Esophageal Cancer [Companion to CALGB-9781]
- Conditions
- Esophageal Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT00003381
- Lead Sponsor
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Questionnaires that measure quality of life during treatment may improve the ability to plan treatment for patients with esophageal cancer.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the quality of life in patients receiving treatment for esophageal cancer.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the quality of life of patients with esophageal cancer randomized on protocol CALGB C9781 to treatment with surgery alone vs trimodal therapy combining preoperative chemotherapy and radiation therapy in addition to surgery. II. Examine the incremental cost and cost effectiveness of preoperative chemotherapy and radiation therapy in the treatment of esophageal cancer. III. Examine the incremental cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) of preoperative chemotherapy and radiation therapy in the treatment of esophageal cancer.
OUTLINE: This is a companion study to CALGB C9781, a phase III randomized study. Prior to treatment on CALGB C9781, patients complete forms assessing quality of life, psychological functioning, specific areas of dysfunction, resource use, and time lost from work; subsequent assessments are completed by telephone interview at 1, 2, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months after the initiation of study treatment, regardless of disease status (patients with hearing impairment and those speaking only a translatable foreign language may mail responses). Patients also keep a diary of medical resource utilization at sites other than the treating institution.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 56
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluate the quality of life of patients Up to 3 years post treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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Trial Locations
- Locations (44)
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham
🇺🇸Birmingham, Alabama, United States
University of California San Diego Cancer Center
🇺🇸La Jolla, California, United States
UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco
🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States
CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
🇺🇸Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States
CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
🇺🇸Miami Beach, Florida, United States
University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Center
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
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