Use of Palliative Performance and Symptom Distress Scales in Older Patients With Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Ovarian Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Measuring changes in performance status and symptoms distress in patients with cancer may help doctors predict how patients will respond to treatment, and may help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying changes in performance status and symptoms distress in older patients with advanced ovarian epithelial cancer undergoing surgery and/or chemotherapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01175967

Run by

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

People needed

11

Starts

2010-06-01

Expected to finish

2015-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-10-12

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Clinical findings highly suggestive of advanced ovarian epithelial cancer undergoing surgery for definitive diagnosis and staging
• ≥ 65 years of age

You may not qualify if…

• Prior diagnosis of ovarian cancer
• Inability to read and speak English
• Inability to comply with study requirements

Where it is running

• Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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