Clinical trial NCT01003600: Colorectal Cancer Survivors' Needs and Preferences for Survivorship Information
Official title: Colorectal Cancer Survivors' Needs and Preferences for Survivorship Information
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Colon Cancer
Rectal Cancer
Keywords: Survivorship
Quality of Life
Questionnaire
09-133
Lead sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital
First posted: 2009-10-29
Enrollment: 177
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Adults who completed treatment for nonmetastatic colorectal cancer at MSKCC or at Queens Cancer Center (QCC) at Queens Hospital

Brief summary: We are doing this study to learn more about colon and rectal cancer survivors. We want to know if survivors want more information about life after cancer. Do cancer survivors want to know more about their own cancer? Do cancer survivors want to know about their treatment? Do cancer survivors want to know what health care they should get in the future? We want to know what information to give to cancer survivors when they finish treatment.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years of age or older at diagnosis
* Diagnosed with first primary colorectal cancer (stage I-III)
* Completed last treatment for colorectal cancer (surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation) at least 6 months and no more than 2 years before the date of study enrollment
* Able to speak English, because questionnaire is only available in English
* Able to provide informed consent
* Received all treatment for colorectal cancer at MSKCC or QCC or, surgical treatment at an outside facility, and all other treatment (chemotherapy or radiation) at MSKCC or QCC

Exclusion Criteria:

* Undergoing active treatment for colorectal cancer
* Diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer
* Prior history of colorectal or any other cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer)
* Diagnosed with new or recurrent colorectal or other cancer after the primary colorectal cancer diagnosis
* Received a survivorship care plan from the treating institution

Primary outcomes:
measure: Assess colorectal cancer survivors' basic knowledge of their own cancer history, including date of diagnosis, stage, and treatments received.
timeFrame: 6 months to 2 years after completion of treatment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Assess survivors' knowledge of medical issues relevant to colorectal cancer survivors.
timeFrame: 6 months to 2 years after completion of treatment
measure: Describe the types of health care providers that survivors have visited since completing treatment for colorectal cancer.
timeFrame: 6 months to 2 years after completion of treatment
measure: Assess survivors' preferences for the content, format, and delivery of survivorship care plans.
timeFrame: 6 months to 2 years after completion of treatment
measure: Assess whether survivors who had concerns about working after cancer treatment spoke with health care professionals about their concerns.
timeFrame: 6 months to 2 years after completion of treatment
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Jamaica
country: United States
facility: Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital
state: New York
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
state: New York
Study officials:
affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
name: Talya Salz, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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