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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00020826
Date of registration: 11/07/2001
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Public title: Assessing Quality of Life of Patients With Stomach Cancer
Scientific title: An International Field Study Of The Reliability And Validity Of The EORTC QLQ-C30 And A Disease-Specific Questionnaire Module (The QLQ-STO22) In Assessing The Quality Of Life Of Patients With Gastric Cancer
Date of first enrolment: April 2001
Target sample size: 267
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00020826
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
France Germany Spain Sweden United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:     Thierry Conroy, MD
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Affiliation:  Centre Alexis Vautrin
Name:     Jane Blazeby, MB, CHB, FRCS, BSc, MD
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Affiliation:  University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Histologically confirmed gastric adenocarcinoma

- Patients treated with curative intent according to one of the following criteria:

- Plan to undergo total or partial gastrectomy with curative intent

- Plan to receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy followed by total
or partial gastrectomy with curative intent

- Prior total or partial gastrectomy with curative intent and currently receiving
adjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy

- Prior endoscopic mucosal resection or laparoscopic wedge resection of early
gastric cancer OR

- Patients with initial diagnosis of gastric cancer or recurrent disease with plans to
receive one of the following therapies with palliative intent:

- Total or partial gastrectomy or bypass procedure

- Endoscopic procedure (e.g., stent insertion)

- Chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy

- Supportive measures only

- No concurrent enrollment on other quality of life study that would interfere with
this study

- Not previously enrolled on this study

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

- Any age

Performance status:

- Any performance status

Life expectancy:

- At least 2 months for patients treated with curative intent

- At least 4 weeks for patients treated with palliative intent

Hematopoietic:

- Not specified

Hepatic:

- Not specified

Renal:

- Not specified

Other:

- No other concurrent malignancies except basal cell carcinoma of the skin

- No mental impairment that would preclude completion of questionnaire

- No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that would
preclude study compliance

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

- Not specified

Chemotherapy:

- See Disease Characteristics

Endocrine therapy:

- Not specified

Radiotherapy:

- See Disease Characteristics

Surgery:

- See Disease Characteristics



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Gastric Cancer
Intervention(s)
Other: quality-of-life assessment
Primary Outcome(s)
psychometric validity of the STO22 module [Time Frame: The EORTC QLQ-C30 and the gastric cancer module (QLQ-STO22) will be prospectively administered once before and once after primary treatment.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
debriefing questionnaire information [Time Frame: at baseline]
Secondary ID(s)
EORTC-15001
EORTC-15001-40003
EORTC-40003
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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