Functional Outcomes Following Limb Sparing Surgery for Sarcoma Patients

Withdrawn before enrolling

Conditions studied: Sarcoma

In brief

Primary Objectives: 1. To classify the types of wound healing complications that occur after pre-operative radiation therapy and limb sparing resection for the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas of the extremity. 2. To evaluate the impact of each complication type on patient function and quality of life using the Toronto Extremity Salvage Score (TESS).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00508339

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

0

Starts

2006-09-01

Expected to finish

2007-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-08-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma with histopathologic confirmation.
• Treatment protocol that includes pre-operative radiation therapy.
• Treatment protocol that includes limb-sparing surgical resection.
• Patient has received MD Anderson Cancer Center multidisciplinary care.
• Patient must be at least three years post-operative.

You may not qualify if…

• Previous radiotherapy to the local site.
• Presence of regional or distant metastases.
• Major medical co-morbidities (eg. cerebrovascular accident, congestive heart failure, concurrent malignancy) or disabilities unrelated to treatment for soft tissue sarcoma.

Where it is running

• U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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