A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Health-Related Quality of Life in Men With Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer

Samsung Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prostate Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00777452

SMC IRB 2004-05-21

CRS104-10-4

Details and patient eligibility

About

to prospectively assess the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) changes during the first year after different treatment modalities for localized prostate cancer.

Full description

Quality of life is of great concern to patients considering treatment options for prostate cancer. Patients with clinically localized prostate cancer treated with active surveillance, radical prostatectomy, external radiotherapy and high intensity focused ultrasound were included. All men completed the questionnaires of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate (FACT-P) (version 4), International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) before treatment and 1, 3, 6, 12 months after treatment.

Enrollment: 93 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 43 to 82 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients diagnosed with clinically localized prostate cancer

Exclusion criteria

• patients with another malignancies

Trial design

93 participants in 4 patient groups

1

Description:

active surveillance

2

Description:

radical prostatectomy

3

Description:

external beam radiotherapy

4

Description:

high intensity focused ultrasound