Quality of Life Following Radical Prostatectomy

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00373308

Enrollment

888

Registered

2006-09-08

Start date

2002-09-30

Completion date

2020-12-25

Last updated

2021-08-05

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Conditions

Prostate Cancer, Prostatic Neoplasms

Keywords

Quality of Life

Brief summary

This study will utilize the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite questionnaire to learn what impact the surgery has upon the participant's sense of health, sexual and urinary quality of life.

Detailed description

To define impact on quality of life issues for patients undergoing radical prostatectomy. This study will distribute a questionnaire to patients who are being scheduled for radical prostatectomy, both before and after surgery, to assess the impact on quality of life issues. This will provide important information regarding the temporal return of issues pertaining to quality of life.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

\- Patients scheduled to undergo radical prostatectomy at Stanford

Exclusion criteria

\- Patients treated with neoadjuvant or adjuvant hormonal therapy or radiation therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
urinary and bowel habits	before and after surgery
sexual and hormonal index as self-reported in the questionnaires	before and after surgery

Countries

United States

Outcome results