Quality of Life After Esophagectomy for Cancer

Completed

Conditions studied: Esophageal Cancer

In brief

The purpose of the current study is to assess the role of pyloric drainage procedure on altering the reflux effect on the quality of life in patients who underwent esophagectomy. Researchers hypothesize that the patients who underwent minimally invasive esophagectomies without pyloric drainage experience less reflux symptoms and therefore have a better quality of life.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00798746

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

88

Starts

2008-11-01

Expected to finish

2010-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-07-31

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• patients who are 18 years-old or older
• Patients who received esophagectomy indicated for primary esophageal cancer, either adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma
• Patients who received minimally invasive or transthoracic or transhiatal or three-field esophagectomy at MDACC during or after 2004
• Patients who are English-speaking and of any ethnicity
• Patients with prior cancers, any clinical stage of esophageal carcinoma, any performance status (as rated by American Society of Anesthesiologist Risk Scale), received or did not receive preoperative treatment, had level of anastomosis in either neck or chest

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who received esophagectomies indicated for emergency, salvage or redo

Where it is running

• UT MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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