NCT00956475

Quality of Life in Younger Leukemia and Lymphoma Survivors

Quality of Life in Young Adult Survivors of Hematologic Malignancies

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Collecting information about the effect of hematologic cancer and its treatment on quality of life may help doctors learn more about the disease and plan the best treatment. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying quality of life in younger leukemia and lymphoma survivors.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: * To collect preliminary data to determine the extent to which there is impairment in quality of life of young adult survivors of hematologic malignancies. * To identify the most common areas of concern in these survivors. * To explore patterns of quality-of-life impairment associated with age, gender, and type of treatment (transplant vs non-transplant) in these survivors. OUTLINE: Patients are assessed in a telephone interview using a brief demographic and clinical data form. Patients then undergo quality-of-life assessment by the Cancer Patient/Cancer Survivor Version questionnaire via telephone.

Conditions

• Anxiety Disorder
• Cancer Survivor
• Fatigue
• Leukemia
• Long-term Effects Secondary to Cancer Therapy in Adults
• Lymphoma
• Lymphoproliferative Disorder
• Pain
• Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment
• Small Intestine Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	telephone-based intervention	Patients are assessed in a telephone interview using a brief demographic and clinical data form. Patients then undergo quality-of-life assessment by the Cancer Patient/Cancer Survivor Version questionnaire via telephone.
OTHER	questionnaire administration	Patients are assessed in a telephone interview using a brief demographic and clinical data form. Patients then undergo quality-of-life assessment by the Cancer Patient/Cancer Survivor Version questionnaire via telephone.
PROCEDURE	assessment of therapy complications	questionnaire via telephone
PROCEDURE	fatigue assessment and management	questionnaire via telephone
PROCEDURE	psychosocial assessment and care	questionnaire via telephone
PROCEDURE	quality-of-life assessment	questionnaire via telephone

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-10-01
• Primary completion: 2010-09-01
• Completion: 2011-08-01
• First posted: 2009-08-11
• Last updated: 2011-08-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States