Treatment Decision Intervention for Veterans With Prostate Cancer

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer

In brief

Newly diagnosed localized prostate cancer patients face difficult decisions about treatment and management; including radiation therapy, radical prostatectomy, brachytherapy, and observation. Previous studies have cited patient preference and physician recommendation for treatment as major roles in treatment decisions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00012935

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

100

Expected to finish

2001-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 80. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• biopsy confirmed diagnosis of localized prostate cancer; 2) newly diagnosed-no prior treatment (including watchful waiting) or discussion with their prior physicians about treatment options; 3) no previous neoplasms in the last five years, with the exception of basal cell cancer of the skin; 4) speak english; 5) no major psychiatric disorder that would preclude their participation; 6) be between 50 and 80 years of age.

Where it is running

• Jesse Brown VA Medical Center Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Lake Side Divison, Chicago, IL — Chicago, Illinois, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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