Validating M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI-GI) in GI Cancer Patients Under Chemotherapy

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Conditions studied: Gastrointestinal Cancer

In brief

The goal of this study is to learn more about the symptoms that may occur in patients with GI cancer. The types of GI cancer being studied are cancers of the stomach, liver, pancreas, colon, and rectum. Researchers want to test a newly-designed questionnaire called the M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory - Gastrointestinal (MDASI-GI) questionnaire.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00849979

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

184

Starts

2008-07-01

Expected to finish

2010-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-07-30

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients must be out-patients being reviewed or treated in M. D. Anderson's Department of GI Medical Oncology.
• Patients will have received a confirmed pathological diagnosis of GI cancer (gastric cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer).
• Patients will or will not be undergoing chemotherapy or treatment with other agents on the day of enrollment.
• Patients must be > or = 18 years of age.
• Patients must be able to speak and read English.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who, in research staff's estimation, cannot understand the intent of the study.

Where it is running

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

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