Prospective study of health-related quality of life in children with brain and base of skull tumors with proton beam therapy
- Conditions
- Brain tumors or tumors of the base of skull in children with proton beam therapyC71C49C41Malignant neoplasm of brainMalignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissueMalignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage of other and unspecified sites
- Registration Number
- DRKS00009814
- Lead Sponsor
- Westdeutsches Protonentherapiezentrum Essen (WPE)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
•Parents understand German language
•Diagnose of brain tumor or base of skull tumor
•Proton beam therapy at WPE and given indication for radiotherapy
•Parents have given informed consent for participation, data documentation and data analysis within KiProLQ
•Participation in Registry Study Standard Proton therapy WPE – Children – (KiProReg)”
Exclusion Criteria
Not applicable of one or more of the inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health-related quality of life of children will be gathered before, at the end and annually after proton beam therapy. The evaluation of health-related quality of life is made by parents with the standardized and validated PedsQLTM questionnaire. The last patient-specific data collection will be performed 5 years after proton beam therapy, in each case. This represents the end point of the investigation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method