Perceptions of Side Effects of Cancer Chemoradiotherapy

Completed

Conditions studied: Malignant Neoplasm, Side Effect

In brief

This study is asking patients who are undergoing radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy on how well they evaluate their side effects on the last day of treatment. This study is not to change health outcomes of the patients in this study. Asking patients to rank side effects in order of which ones bother them the most may help researchers identify the most troubling side effects of cancer treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02978846

Run by

University of Southern California

People needed

62

Starts

2016-06-01

Expected to finish

2018-08-14

Last updated by the study team

2018-10-05

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of cancer
• Has received at least 4 consecutive weeks of definitive radiation treatment, with or without concurrent chemotherapy
• Has not received greater than 4 weeks of chemotherapy prior to radiation therapy start
• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with either a central nervous system (CNS)-primary cancer or with brain metastases

Where it is running

• USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center — Los Angeles, California, United States

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