Chemoradiation-Induced Nausea and Emesis: Quality of Life

December 30, 2019 updated by: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Chemoradiation-Induced Nausea and Emesis: A Prospective Study to Assess Patient Preferences and Quality of Life

The primary objectives of this study are:

  1. To assess the preferences of cancer patients scheduled to receive chemoradiation and caregiver controls for side-effects of chemoradiation.

    1. To compare preferences of cancer patients to those of healthy individuals.
    2. To compare how patients' preferences for side-effects of chemoradiation change over time.
  2. To longitudinally assess the quality of life of cancer patients scheduled to receive chemoradiation.
  3. To determine the impact of nausea and vomiting associated with chemoradiation on patients' quality of life and evaluate potential change throughout the duration of chemoradiation treatment.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

You will be interviewed about your perceptions of side effects that are related to your chemoradiation treatment. The interview will take about 20 minutes. You will be interviewed at the beginning of your chemoradiation treatment, 3 weeks after treatment starts, and at the first follow-up appointment after chemoradiation treatment ends.

Chemoradiation is a type of cancer treatment that involves both chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

You will also receive a packet of 3 questionnaires to complete at different times during and after treatment. The questionnaires include a quality of life survey that asks about physical, social, and emotional well-being, a self-report symptom evaluation that will ask whether you are experiencing any particular side effects and if so how much it bothers you, and a brief survey to asks questions about anxiety and distress.

The questionnaires should take about 20 minutes each to complete. The questionnaire packet will be given to patients at the beginning of chemoradiation treatment, 3 weeks after treatment starts, the last day of treatment, and at the first follow-up appointment after chemoradiation treatment ends. If the you do not have time to complete the questionnaires, a stamped, addressed envelop will be given so that you can mail the completed packet back to the research team.

Your participation in this research study will be over about 4-6 weeks after chemoradiation treatment ends.

This is an investigational study. Up to 208 individuals (104 patients and 104 caregivers) will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at M. D. Anderson.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

207

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients receiving chemoradiation for abdominal-pelvic tumors and healthy controls.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients receiving 5 to 6-week course of chemoradiation for abdominal-pelvic tumors (gastric cancers, gastro-esophageal (GE) junction, pancreatic, cervix, vulvar, endometrial, or anal) using conventional fractionation [(180cGy-200cGy per day)]
  2. Patients receiving concurrent abdominal-pelvic radiation and single agent or combination of cisplatin, paclitaxel, CPT-11, oxaliplatin or 5-FU, capecitabine, gemcitabine, or bevacizumab (Avastin).
  3. Patients must be least 18 years of age
  4. Controls must be individuals with no prior cancer diagnosis
  5. Controls must be at least 18 years of age
  6. Controls must be the caregivers of patients on this study

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients who do not have a diagnosis of cervix, endometrial, vulvar or anal cancer
  2. Patients who are not scheduled to receive chemoradiation treatment
  3. Patients who are not at least 18 years of age
  4. Controls - individuals who have a prior diagnosis of cancer (with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer)
  5. Controls - individuals who are not at least 18 years of age

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Patients
Patients receiving chemoradiation for abdominal-pelvic tumors.
Behavioral: Interview
Interview regarding perceptions of side effects that are related to chemoradiation treatment.
Other: Questionnaire
3 Questionnaires regarding quality of life given during and after treatment, each taking about 20 minutes to complete.
Other Names:
  • Survey
Caregiver Controls
Healthy controls with no prior cancer diagnosis.
Behavioral: Interview
Interview regarding perceptions of side effects that are related to chemoradiation treatment.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Longitudinal Quality of Life + Symptom Assessment Data
Time Frame: Survey(s) & Interview(s) at baseline (beginning of chemoradiation treatment), 3 weeks after treatment starts, the last day of treatment, and at the first follow-up appointment after chemoradiation treatment ends.
Quality of life survey instruments scored according to EORTC QLQ-C30 scoring manual. Patients and controls compared with respect to preference data. The control group preference data collected at only 1 time point, but patient preference data from each time point will be compared to these control group preference data.
Survey(s) & Interview(s) at baseline (beginning of chemoradiation treatment), 3 weeks after treatment starts, the last day of treatment, and at the first follow-up appointment after chemoradiation treatment ends.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Collaborators

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Charlotte C. Sun, MD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 7, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 8, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

May 8, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 30, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 30, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

November 1, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 2, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 30, 2019

Last Verified

December 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2003-0529

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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