Patient Reported Outcomes in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- Conditions
- Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- Interventions
- Other: HRQOL questionnaire
- Registration Number
- NCT01252589
- Brief Summary
Although the impact of disease and treatment related burden on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with solid tumours has been well studied, with several clinical trials that included HRQOL as an endpoint, the general understanding in patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) is lacking in comparison.
The literature shows that patients' perspective is unique and should always be measured with methodologically sound instruments that are devised for this purpose.
The main scope of this project is develop to an international validated questionnaire for the purpose of HRQOL assessment; such a tool will then be used to provide important data, from the patients' perspective, to make more informed treatment decisions.
- Detailed Description
The development process will follow the international guidelines published by the EORTC Quality of Life Group (QLG). This process will follow three main phases.
Phase 1 of will deal with the review of the literature, identification of an item list and interviews with experts in the treatment of CML and CML patients (undergoing all possible treatments).
In Phase II the identified issues from Phase I will be worded and translated into possible items for the provisional questionnaire using existing EORTC questionnaires and the EORTC QLG Item Bank.
In the Phase III the provisional CML questionnaire will be pre-tested by to a larger sample of CML patients (not the same patients involved in previous phases) and individual structured interviews will be conducted as well. These latter will identify questions that might be irrelevant or whether there will be additional issues not previously included.
Overall up to 480 patients will be enrolled in this study (up to 180 in phase I and up to 300 in phase III).
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 480
- Adult patients (18 years of age or older)
- Confirmed diagnosis of Philadelphia chromosome positive CML
- Informed consent provided
- Patients enrolled in investigational treatment trials are eligible
- Ability to speak and read language of the Questionnaire
- Freedom from overt cognitive impairment or major psychiatric conditions that may confound HRQOL evaluation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Adults with CML HRQOL questionnaire Adult patients (18 years of age or older) with confirmed diagnosis of CML
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Development of an EORTC questionnaire to assess HRQOL of patients with CML. By the end of the study.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison between physicians' perception of relevance of HRQOL issues with that of patients. By the end of the study. Decision making process for choosing between different 2nd line treatments with TKIs. By the end of the study. Development of an EORTC CML symptom checklist. By the end of the study. HRQOL in CML patients undergoing 2nd line treatment with TKIs. By the end of the study.
Trial Locations
- Locations (14)
National Taiwan University
🇨🇳Taipei, Taiwan
Innsbruck University Hospital
🇦🇹Innsbruck, Austria
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Poitiers
🇫🇷Poitiers, France
University of Heidelberg
🇩🇪Heidelberg, Germany
University of Athens
🇬🇷Athens, Greece
Policlinico S. Orsola - Malpighi, Università di Bologna
🇮🇹Bologna, Italy
Ematologia Ospedale "Binaghi", Cagliari
🇮🇹Cagliari, Italy
Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori- IRST
🇮🇹Meldola, Italy
Ospedale S.Maria delle Croci
🇮🇹Ravenna, Italy
Ematologia - Sapienza Università di Roma
🇮🇹Roma, Italy
Tilburg University
🇳🇱Tilburg, Netherlands
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Harvard University
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Ghent
🇧🇪Ghent, Belgium
University of Baghdad
🇮🇶Baghdad, Iraq