Clinical trial NCT00003795: Quality of Life in Survivors of Gynecologic Cancer
Official title: Quality of Life of Gynecologic Cancer Survivors
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Endometrial Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Keywords: stage I ovarian epithelial cancer
stage II ovarian epithelial cancer
stage I endometrial carcinoma
stage II endometrial carcinoma
Lead sponsor: GOG Foundation
Sponsor class: NETWORK
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2003-07-18
Enrollment: 311
Sex: FEMALE
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary: RATIONALE: Quality-of-life assessment in cancer survivors may help determine the long-term effects of having had gynecologic cancer and may help improve the quality of life for future cancer survivors.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the quality of life in survivors of gynecologic cancer.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES:

* Describe the significant quality of life (QOL) concerns and long term survivorship issues of women diagnosed and treated for early stage ovarian and endometrial cancer five or more years ago.
* Identify mechanisms which contribute to a gynecologic cancer survivorship model through comparison and prediction of high versus low QOL associated with long term adjustment and survivorship. Examine social support, coping efforts, self-efficacy, meaning associated with survivorship, performance status, and age at diagnosis as potential predictors.
* Identify and compare factors that predict high versus low QOL for women with early stage endometrial cancer completing participation in GOG-99 clinical trial. Conduct exploratory analysis examining long term QOL concerns of survivors randomized to surgery arm with or without radiotherapy.

OUTLINE: Patients complete one telephone interview with a professional female interviewer. The interview lasts approximately 60 minutes and is audiotaped.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 197 early stage endometrial cancer survivors and 114 early stage ovarian cancer survivors will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed early stage ovarian and endometrial cancer survivors treated and diagnosed five or more years ago
* Patients completing treatment in GOG-95 or GOG-99 protocols at least 5 years ago with no recurrence of disease
* Patients with secondary malignancy or under treatment for other medical conditions are eligible

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* Not specified

Performance status:

* Not specified

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* Not specified

Hepatic:

* Not specified

Renal:

* Not specified

Other:

* Must be capable of completing telephone interview in English

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* See Disease Characteristics

Chemotherapy:

* See Disease Characteristics

Endocrine therapy:

* See Disease Characteristics

Radiotherapy:

* See Disease Characteristics

Surgery:

* See Disease Characteristics

Primary outcomes:
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Birmingham
country: United States
facility: University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: Alabama
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
state: California
city: Los Gatos
country: United States
facility: Community Hospital of Los Gatos
state: California
city: Orange
country: United States
facility: Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: California
city: Denver
country: United States
facility: University of Colorado Cancer Center
state: Colorado
city: Washington
country: United States
facility: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
state: District of Columbia
city: Tampa
country: United States
facility: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
state: Florida
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
state: Illinois
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
state: Illinois
city: Indianapolis
country: United States
facility: Indiana University Cancer Center
state: Indiana
city: Iowa City
country: United States
facility: Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at The University of Iowa
state: Iowa
city: Lexington
country: United States
facility: Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
state: Kentucky
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: New England Medical Center Hospital
state: Massachusetts
city: Worcester
country: United States
facility: University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
state: Massachusetts
city: Jackson
country: United States
facility: University of Mississippi Medical Center
state: Mississippi
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: Washington University School of Medicine
state: Missouri
city: Billings
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
state: Montana
city: Camden
country: United States
facility: Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
state: New Jersey
city: Albany
country: United States
facility: Cancer Center of Albany Medical Center
state: New York
city: Brooklyn
country: United States
facility: State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
state: New York
city: Manhasset
country: United States
facility: Schneider Children's Hospital at North Shore
state: New York
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
state: New York
city: Rochester
country: United States
facility: University of Rochester Cancer Center
state: New York
city: Stony Brook
country: United States
facility: State University of New York Health Sciences Center - Stony Brook
state: New York
city: Chapel Hill
country: United States
facility: Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
state: North Carolina
city: Durham
country: United States
facility: Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: North Carolina
city: Winston-Salem
country: United States
facility: Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University
state: North Carolina
city: Cincinnati
country: United States
facility: Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital
state: Ohio
city: Cleveland
country: United States
facility: Ireland Cancer Center
state: Ohio
city: Cleveland
country: United States
facility: Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
state: Ohio
city: Columbus
country: United States
facility: Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
state: Ohio
city: Oklahoma City
country: United States
facility: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
state: Oklahoma
city: Abington
country: United States
facility: Abington Memorial Hospital
state: Pennsylvania
city: Hershey
country: United States
facility: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
state: Pennsylvania
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
state: Pennsylvania
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
state: Pennsylvania
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: Fox Chase Cancer Center
state: Pennsylvania
city: Charleston
country: United States
facility: Medical University of South Carolina
state: South Carolina
city: Nashville
country: United States
facility: Brookview Research, Inc.
state: Tennessee
city: Dallas
country: United States
facility: Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas
state: Texas
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
state: Texas
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
state: Washington
city: Tacoma
country: United States
facility: Tacoma General Hospital
state: Washington
city: Calgary
country: Canada
facility: Tom Baker Cancer Center - Calgary
state: Alberta
Study officials:
affiliation: Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
name: Lari B. Wenzel, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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