Functional Outcomes Following Limb Sparing Surgery for Sarcoma Patients

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Sarcoma

Treatments: Behavioral: Questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00508339

2005-0111

Details and patient eligibility

About

Primary Objectives:

1. To classify the types of wound healing complications that occur after pre-operative radiation therapy and limb sparing resection for the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas of the extremity.
2. To evaluate the impact of each complication type on patient function and quality of life using the Toronto Extremity Salvage Score (TESS).

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma with histopathologic confirmation.
2. Treatment protocol that includes pre-operative radiation therapy.
3. Treatment protocol that includes limb-sparing surgical resection.
4. Patient has received MD Anderson Cancer Center multidisciplinary care.
5. Patient must be at least three years post-operative.

Exclusion criteria

1. Previous radiotherapy to the local site.
2. Presence of regional or distant metastases.
3. Major medical co-morbidities (eg. cerebrovascular accident, congestive heart failure, concurrent malignancy) or disabilities unrelated to treatment for soft tissue sarcoma.

Trial design

0 participants in 1 patient group

1

Description:

Patients with a diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Questionnaire