NCT00598000

Quality of Life and Pain Outcomes Following Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Anatomic Lung Resection Versus Thoracotomy and Anatomic Lung Resection

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 216 (actual)
• Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if different types of surgery for lung cancer have different effects on quality of life and pain. What we learn from this study may help us find new ways to improve the quality of life of lung cancer patients who have surgery.

Conditions

• Lung Cancer
• Quality of Life
• Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)
• Thoracotomy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	questionnaires	QOL Measures- The following measures will be administered at Pre-Op, First Post-Op Visit 4, 8, 12 months Post-Op. Brief Pain Inventory and daily analgesic log- enrollment, patients will fill out the BPI preoperatively, postoperative days 2 to 4, initial, 4-month, 8-month and 12-month postoperative visits.
BEHAVIORAL	questionnaires	QOL Measures- The following measures will be administered at Pre-Op, First Post-Op Visit 4, 8, 12 months Post-Op. Brief Pain Inventory and daily analgesic log- enrollment, patients will fill out the BPI preoperatively, postoperative days 2 to 4, initial, 4-month, 8-month and 12-month postoperative visits.

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-02-01
• Primary completion: 2015-04-01
• Completion: 2015-04-01
• First posted: 2008-01-18
• Last updated: 2015-04-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States