Study evaluating Symptom and Distress screening tools in initiating early supportive care in cancer patients treated with curative radiation therapy
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/01/039478
- Lead Sponsor
- Debnarayan Dutta
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All consecutive patients diagnosed with non metastatic cancer of any site planned for treatment with radical intent radiation therapy
Exclusion Criteria
Previous radiation therapy
Patients planned for treatment with 10 fractions or less
Patients with multiple distant metastases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine mean change in Total ESAS-r score from baseline to RT completion or follow up visit (3 month)Timepoint: 3 month after RT completion
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method -To determine mean change in QOL scores (FACT- G , TOI scores) from baseline to 1 or 3 months post RTTimepoint: 3 months;-To determine mean timing of maximum distress from baseline to 6 months post RTTimepoint: 6 months;-To determine most frequent distressing symptomTimepoint: End of treatment;-To determine proportion of patients with moderate to severe distress during radiation therapyTimepoint: End of treatment;-To determine the mean change in Anxiety & depression score from baseline to 1 / 3 months post RTTimepoint: 3 months;-To determine the mean change in symptom score because of supportive care using ESAS toolTimepoint: 6 months;-To determine the proportion of asymptomatic patients on radiation therapy requiring supportive care based on distress score changesTimepoint: End of treatment