Patient Preferences in Making Treatment Decisions in Patients With Stage I-IVA Oropharyngeal Cancer

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Stage I Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx, Stage II Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx, Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx, Stage IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx, Tongue Cancer

In brief

This pilot research trial studies patient preferences in making treatment decisions in patients with stage I-IVA oropharyngeal cancer. Questionnaires that measure patient priorities before and after treatment may improve the ability to plan for better quality of life in patients with oropharyngeal cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01949740

Run by

University of Chicago

People needed

37

Starts

2013-06-01

Expected to finish

2015-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-09-02

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Treatment naïve American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage I-IVa squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck with no definitive evidence of metastatic disease
• Sufficient vision, writing, and communication ability to complete the interviews and assessment tool
• Signed informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who are enrolled in other head and neck cancer treatment protocols are permitted to participate in this study if a) the other protocol permits this and b) the other protocol does not utilize the HNPS
• Patients who have previously undergone cancer treatment or are presently undergoing additional cancer treatments
• Patients who have already undergone unsuccessful curative-intent surgery on their head and neck cancer
• Patients, who have had a major surgery (defined as requiring general anesthesia but not including tonsillectomy, neck dissection, or panendoscopy [triple endoscopy or examination under general anesthesia]), or significant traumatic injury within 4 weeks of the study; patients who have not recovered from the side effects of any of the above surgeries
• Patients unwilling to or unable to comply with the protocol
• Patients unable to communicate with the interviewer

Where it is running

• University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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