Quality Of Life in Patients With Malignant Biliary Obstruction

Completed

Conditions studied: Gallbladder Cancer, Liver Cancer, Bile Duct Cancer

In brief

You may have symptoms like itching, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, fatigue, fevers and chills. The treatment you will receive to relieve the blockage is also intended to relieve symptoms and improve your quality of life. The purpose of this study is to find out if relieving the blockage in your bile duct improves your quality of life.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00579865

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

124

Starts

2005-05-01

Expected to finish

2010-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-01-14

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Clinical diagnosis of malignant biliary obstruction
• Radiologic or histologic evidence of MBO
• Percutaneous biliary drainage procedure planned or
• Surgical biliary enteric bypass, or hepatic resection with biliary reconstruction (high bile duct tumors) planned
• KPS >50%
• Age 18 years or greater
• Able to speak and read English
• Able to comprehend and execute informed consent
• Prior intervention for MBO not exclusionary

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to complete questionnaire due to performance status
• Proxy completion is not accepted
• Medical or psychiatric condition that, in the judgment of the investigator, prevents appropriate comprehension and execution of either the informed consent or the study instrument

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States

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