Quality of Life and Decisional Regret in Patients Affected by Acoustic Neuroma (QOL-DR-NEUROMA)

Scientific Institute for Research Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Quality of Life Outcomes; Acoustic Schwannoma

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06844461

QOL-DR-NEUROMA

Details and patient eligibility

About

Italian translation and validation study of two different questionnaire (VSQOL and DRS) about quality of life in patient with acoustic schwannoma.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient with sporadic acoustic neuroma in follow-up with wait and scan protocol or treated with microsurgical resection with any approach

Exclusion criteria

• Patient with NF2
• Patient previuosly treated with RT in the head and neck district
• Patient with pre-treatment facial palsy ipsi and controlateral
• Patient non native italian speakers
• Patient with major mental illness already existing before the acoustic neuroma diagnosis
• Patient with neurological issues such as chronic migraine or postural instability already existing before the acoustic neuroma diagnosis

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Wait-and-scan cohort

Description:

Clinico-radiological follow-up with annual brain MRI to detect increase of volume and size of the tumor

Surgery cohort

Description:

Surgical cohort with tumor excision through any possible approach to lateral skull base