PRO for Fighting FT in Ovarian Cancer

Recruiting

• Conditions: Ovarian Cancer
• Interventions: Other: Questionnaires

• Registration Number: NCT06032975
• Lead Sponsor: National Cancer Institute, Naples

Brief Summary

Non-profit, multicenter, prospective, observational study. This study aims to evaluate whether the articulated treatment algorithm that is now possible for OC patients does produce tangible changes of financial distress over the time and whether the determinants of financial distress change their relative weight over the time.

Detailed Description

PROFFIT questionnaire is an Italian instrument for evaluating FT in cancer patients in the Italian healthcare context. It includes 16 total items, 7 measuring FT (defining the PROFFIT financial score) and 9 measuring possible determinants of FT.The primary aim of the study is to compare PROFFIT financial score (items 1-7 measuring the financial distress) across different lines of treatment for OC patients undergoing anticancer medical treatment. Primary comparison will be based on PROFFIT questionnaire fulfilled at baseline, before starting each line of treatment.

In addition, among secondary aims of this study, we aim to verify whether FT is associated with quality of life response (items 29-30 of the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire and items 55-56 of the EORTC QLQ-OV28 questionnaire), with patient-self reporting toxicity of treatments (selected symptoms of the PRO-CTCAE library response), and with overall survival.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-08-08
• Status Verified: 2023-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-09-04
• Study First Posted: 2023-09-13
• Study Start: 2023-10-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-11-09
• Last Update Posted: 2023-11-13
• Primary Completion: 2026-09-01
• Study Completion: 2027-09-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 240

Inclusion Criteria

• Written informed consent provided;
• Women ≥18 years;
• Histologically or citologically confirmed diagnosis of epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer stage IC-IV according to FIGO staging system;
• Patients who are close to begin any type of medical treatment against ovarian cancer.

Exclusion Criteria

• Major cognitive dysfunction or psychiatric disorders;
• Patients with epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer candidate exclusively to follow-up;
• Patients who have received more than 4 previous lines of medical treatment (maintenance treatments do not represent a line).

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cohort 1:	Questionnaires	Patients undergoing their first medical treatment for OC (including adjuvant and neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and first-line treatment for advanced in patients not previously treated with adjuvant chemotherapy)
Cohort 2	Questionnaires	Patients undergoing their second medical treatment for OC (including the second-line treatment for advanced disease and the first-line treatment for advanced disease in patients previously treated with adjuvant CT)
Cohort 3	Questionnaires	Patients undergoing their third medical treatment for OC (including the third-line treatment for advanced disease and the second-line treatment for advanced disease in patients previously treated with adjuvant CT)
Cohort 4	Questionnaires	Patients undergoing their fourth medical treatment for OC (including the fourth- treatment for advanced disease and the third-line treatment for advanced disease in patients previously treated with adjuvant CT)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Financial Toxicity "PROFFIT financial score"	baseline visit, at the end of every cycle of treatment (each cycle is 21 or 28 days depending of type of therapy), and at time of progressive disease (PD) per RECIST 1.1 up to 36 months	PROFFIT financial score is defined according to items 1-7 of the PROFFIT questionnaire. It will be calculated according to published rules (Riva S, et al. BMJ Open. 2019 Sep;9(9):e031485).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Financial toxicity "Determinants"	baseline visit, at the end of every cycle of treatment (each cycle is 21 or 28 days depending of type of therapy), and at time of progressive disease (PD) per RECIST 1.1 up to 36 months.	The baseline score for determinants (items 8-16) and their change during treatment
Changes of PROFFIT financial score	baseline visit, at the end of every cycle of treatment (each cycle is 21 or 28 days depending of type of therapy), and at time of progressive disease (PD) per RECIST 1.1 up to 36 months	Changes of PROFFIT financial score (items 1-7) from baseline during treatment, will be assessed as secondary endpoints.
Quality of Life (QoL)	baseline visit, at the end of every cycle of treatment (each cycle is 21 or 28 days depending of type of therapy), and at time of progressive disease (PD) per RECIST 1.1 up to 36 months	QoL will be assessed as secondary endpoint using selected QoL items (items 29-30 of the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire, items 55-56 of the EORTC QLQ-OV28 questionnaire) and selected symptoms of the PRO-CTCAE library.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nation Cancer Institute of Naples, Division of Medical Oncology - Uro-Gynecology Department; 🇮🇹 Naples, Italy