The Inland Northwest Colon Cancer Survivor's Study

Washington State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colon Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01775254

DSCN-11-194-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall purpose of this study was to address the following questions by describing the trajectory of early survivorship in individuals who undergo both surgical and medical management of colon cancer. What are the changes in quality of life, demands of illness, sexual function, and peripheral neuropathy, following curative resection during the first year of treatment and recovery? Is there an interaction between exposures to chemotherapy and changes over time in these outcomes?

Full description

The population of interest included colon cancer survivors of both sexes, 18 to 90 years of age, who underwent one of two types of surgical resection and who may receive adjuvant chemotherapy. The prospective design with two cohorts representing exposure to chemotherapy (chemotherapy vs. no-chemotherapy) described the changes in quality of life, demands of illness, sexual function, and peripheral neuropathy, which occurred following curative resection. An analysis of the interaction between time (four measurement occasions) and the independent variable of chemotherapy group by mean values of quality of life, sexual function, peripheral neuropathy, and demands of illness addressed the central thesis question.

Specific Aims

1. Examine the relationships among quality of life, demands of illness, sexual functioning, and peripheral neuropathy, for the total sample and by chemotherapy group.
2. Examine changes within-subjects (four measurement occasions), between-group (chemotherapy, no-chemotherapy) differences, and the interaction between time and chemotherapy group for quality of life, demands of illness, sexual functioning, and peripheral neuropathy across four measurement occasions.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male or Female at least 18 years of age
• Biopsy Proven Colon Cancer
• Plan to undergo open, laparoscopic or robotic surgical colectomy.

Exclusion criteria

• Persons with rectal cancer
• Surgical resection below the rectal sigmoid junction
• Does not speak or read English
• Scheduled to receive radiation therapy during the data collection period
• Diagnosis of metastatic colon cancer (Stage IV)
• A previous history of cancer diagnosed with the past five years with the exception of early basal cell or squamous skin cancer or early stage melanoma

Trial design

25 participants in 2 patient groups

Chemotherapy Group

Description:

Colon cancer survivors who undergo open or laparoscopic resection of their colon cancers followed by adjuvant chemotherapy.

No Chemotherapy Group

Description:

Colon cancer survivors who undergo open or laparoscopic resection of their colon cancer and who do not receive chemotherapy.