Quality of Life and Psycological Evaluation of Patients Affected by Head and Neck Cancer
- Conditions
- Quality of Life
- Interventions
- Radiation: Head and Neck patients
- Registration Number
- NCT02984033
- Lead Sponsor
- Michele Tedeschi
- Brief Summary
The prospective trial is to describe the quality of life and psychological effects in patients with head and neck tumor receiving curative intent treatment
- Detailed Description
The multicentric prospective trial is to evaluate the quality of life and psychological effects in patients with head and neck tumor treated by curative intent radiation therapy. The treatment consists in a conventionally fractionated Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) or until 2.2 Gy per fraction with a total dose of 50-66 Gy in post-operative setting and 66-72 Gy in radical setting.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
- Squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck (oral cavity, larynx, pharynx and hypopharynx) in non-metastatic staging;
- curative intent treatment (radiation therapy associated or not to chemotherapy; surgery associated or not to post-operative radiotherapy and chemotherapy);
- performance status < 2;
- age ≥ 18 years;
- good knowledge of italian language;
- written informed consent
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Head and Neck patients Head and Neck patients Patients affected by squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck (oral cavity, larynx, pharynx and hypopharynx) with no metastasis
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life and psychological effetcs evaluated by patient reported outcome (PRO) 18 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Humanitas Research Hospital
🇮🇹Rozzano, Milano, Italy