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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00003321




Registration number
NCT00003321
Ethics application status
Date submitted
1/11/1999
Date registered
22/03/2004
Date last updated
12/06/2013

Titles & IDs
Public title
Quality-of-Life Assessment of Patients Who Have Cancer of the Esophagus
Scientific title
An International Field Study of the Reliability and Validity of the EORTC-QLQ-C30 and a Disease Specific Questionnaire Module (the EORTC OES-24) in Assessing the Quality of Life of Patients With Oesophageal Cancer
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
EORTC-15961/40973
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
EORTC-15961-40973
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Esophageal Cancer 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Oesophageal (gullet)

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
Target follow-up duration
Target follow-up type
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Group I: Local or locoregional primary esophageal or esophago-gastric cancer Planned esophagectomy with or without adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy OR Planned radical radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy Prior endoscopic procedure to relieve dysphagia allowed No distant liver or bone metastasis if undergoing esophagectomy Group II: Metastatic esophageal cancer or local anastomotic recurrence of esophageal cancer or deemed unsuitable for esophagectomy Prior palliation by endoscopic or open intubation, laser treatment, tumor necrosis with alcohol injection or diathermy, or intraluminal radiotherapy allowed Prior palliative radiotherapy or chemotherapy allowed No cerebral metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Any age Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Group I: At least 3 months Group II: At least 4 weeks Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: Mentally fit to complete a questionnaire or undergo an interview Aware of diagnosis No concurrent second malignancy except basal cell skin cancer No concurrent participation in other quality-of-life studies

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Surgery: See Disease Characteristics
Minimum age
No limit
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria

Study design
Purpose
Duration
Selection
Timing
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/02/1998
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
370
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
WA
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth - Perth
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
6009 - Perth
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 0 0
France
State/province [1] 0 0
Saint Brieux
Country [2] 0 0
France
State/province [2] 0 0
Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy
Country [3] 0 0
Germany
State/province [3] 0 0
Berlin
Country [4] 0 0
Germany
State/province [4] 0 0
Marburg
Country [5] 0 0
Norway
State/province [5] 0 0
Bergen
Country [6] 0 0
Spain
State/province [6] 0 0
Pamplona
Country [7] 0 0
Sweden
State/province [7] 0 0
Gothenburg (Goteborg)
Country [8] 0 0
Switzerland
State/province [8] 0 0
Geneva
Country [9] 0 0
United Kingdom
State/province [9] 0 0
England

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Jane Blazeby, MB, CHB, FRCS, BSc, MD
Address 0 0
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

No information has been provided regarding IPD availability


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00003321