Quality Of Life Outcomes Following Treatment for Esophageal Cancer

Completed

Conditions studied: Esophageal Cancer

In brief

The goal of this study is to evaluate how treatment for esophageal cancer affects your quality of life. The findings of this study may help us understand how this disease and its treatment affect your lifestyle, diet, exercise, support system and overall quality of life. We hope this study will provide important information that can be used to develop programs to improve the quality of life of patients with esophageal cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00598117

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

409

Starts

2003-08-01

Expected to finish

2013-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-06-27

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 or older
• Diagnosis of esophageal cancer.
• Anticipated to undergo surgical resection (Ivor Lewis, Trans Hiatal, McKeown procedure) of esophageal cancer. (Group 1 patients only)
• Underwent esophagectomy for esophageal cancer at least 18 months prior to consent, with no evidence of disease. (Group 2 patients only)
• Ability to speak, read and write English.

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to give informed consent.
• Patients anticipated to require a laryngectomy as part of their surgical resection.

Where it is running

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

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.