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CompletedNCT00896129

Mid-to Long-Term Outcomes in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Patients With Complete Cytogenetic Response After Imatinib as First Line Therapy

Mid-to Long-Term Outcomes in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients With Complete Cytogenetic Response Treated With Imatinib as First Line Therapy: Health-Related Quality of Life, Symptom Burden and Adherence to Therapy Issues.

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
448 (actual)
Sponsor
Gruppo Italiano Malattie EMatologiche dell'Adulto · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Rationale: At present, virtually no evidence exists regarding mid to long-term patient-reported health outcomes (e.g., health related quality of life-HRQOL) of CML patients treated with Imatinib. Purpose: the results of this research will provide preliminary evidence-based data on an number of issues from the patients' perspective, including adherence to therapy issues.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: Primary: to investigate a number of mid to long-term HRQOL issues in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) patients with complete cytogenetic response treated with Imatinib as First Line Therapy. Secondary evaluation of: * Psychological wellbeing. * Fatigue. * Adherence to therapy issues. * Symptom burden. * Possible association between social-demographic and clinical variables with patient reported health outcomes. OUTLINE:This is a multicenter study. SAMPLE SIZE: Sample size estimation has not been performed considering the nature of the study and the lack of preliminary data to hypothesize the number of possible eligible patients in each center. DURATION OF THE STUDY: The recruitment period is estimated in approximately 6 to 12 months.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERHRQOL Survey PacketQuestionnaires

Timeline

Start date
2010-03-01
Primary completion
2010-12-01
Completion
2010-12-01
First posted
2009-05-11
Last updated
2014-01-22

Locations

25 sites across 1 country: Italy

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00896129. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.