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Socioeconomic Aspects Before and After Radiation Therapy in Patient With Prostate Cancer (ECOPRO)

U

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Prostate Cancer

Treatments

Other: questionnaires

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

This trial is an interrogation of patients with prostate cancer to evaluate socioeconomic effects of radiotherapy. Patients with percutaneous or interstitial or combined percutaneous and interstitial radiotherapy are included. Beside medical effects and adverse events, it's prospectively needed to extensively inform patients about socioeconomic aspects associated with radiotherapy. The interrogation comprises to collect possible costs and expenditures during and after therapy. Aspects especially concerning post therapy period include additional consultations, individual applied alternative medical care, need for additional medical aids (salves, medicine, bandages) and changes in professional and social situation. It's figured out in what extend costs are absorbed by health insurance coverage. In Germany there is no appropriate trial with respective patient population and respective therapy. Primary endpoint is the evaluation of therapy concerning and follow-up costs as well as changes in social and professional situation. Secondary endpoints are quality of life, adverse events of therapy and the correlation of quality of life, adverse events and economic aspects for the patient and the health insurance coverage.

Enrollment

60 estimated patients

Sex

Male

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • minimal age 18
  • low, mediate and high-grade prostate cancer

Exclusion criteria

  • tumor recurrence
  • surgery as primary therapy
  • prior radiotherapy except conventional radiotherapy
  • patients with other malignancies

Trial design

60 participants in 1 patient group

patients with prostate cancer
Description:
questionnaires
Treatment:
Other: questionnaires

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Annedore Strnad, MD, MHBA; Rainer Fietkau, MD

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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