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Quality of life after bladder-preserving radiotherapy for bladder cancer

Quality of life after bladder-preserving radiotherapy for bladder cancer

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00037864
Enrollment
100
Registered
2025-09-09
Start date
2025-10-13
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

C67

Interventions

Group 1: Patients aged =18 years who received curative primary radiotherapy for bladder cancer between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2024, and who are alive at study initiation, will be surveyed o

Sponsors

Klinik und Poliklinik für Strahlentherapie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: o Primary carcinomas of the urinary bladder (no exclusion of specific histologies) o Curative intent of radiochemotherapy o cM0 at the time of radiochemotherapy o Start of radiochemotherapy for bladder cancer between 01/01/2008 and 12/31/2024 o Age =18 years at the time of radiochemotherapy o Written informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: o Palliative radiotherapy o Postoperative radio(chemo)therapy after cystectomy o Lack of ability to understand the German questionnaires

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Bladder function–related quality of life (assessed using the EORTC QLQ-BLM30 questionnaire)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
General quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30) Decision regret (Decision Regret Scale, DRS) Psychological distress (NCCN Distress Thermometer) Anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7, GAD-7) Depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9, PHQ-9) Fear of cancer progression (Fear of Progression Questionnaire–Short Form, FoP-Q-SF)

Countries

Austria, Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAnn Sophie Kruschinski

Klinik und Poliklinik für Strahlentherapie,Universitätsklinikum Leipzig

ann.kruschinski@medizin.uni-leipzig.de+493419718400

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026