Quality of Life (QoL) Assessment in Cancer Patients and Survivors With Dermatologic Conditions Using Dermatologic QoL Instruments
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Quality of Life (QoL) Assessment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Cancer, Dermatologic Conditions. Basic parameters: from 3 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The purpose of this study is to see how skin conditions that are related to different kinds of cancer or cancer treatments affect a patient's overall well-being. Skin conditions are common in cancer patients and survivors. Sometimes, the skin condition is directly related to the cancer. Other times, these conditions are a side effect of cancer treatment. Patients in the study will be asked to fill out at least one questionnaire about how they feel about their skin condition. If the patient needs to be treated for their skin condition, they will be asked to complete the same questionnaire when they return for a follow-up visit. The investigators hope the study will improve our understanding of how cancer patients feel about their skin conditions. They also hope this study helps them learn how to improve the way we treat skin conditions in cancer patients.
Interventions
- Behavioral Quality of Life (QoL) Assessment
Per physician's discretion, the patient (or, if applicable, patient's family member/ spouse/ caregiver for FDLQI) will complete one or more of the following dermatology-specific QoL instruments: Skindex-16, Skindex-29 DLQI (Dermatology Life Quality Index), FDLQI (Family DLQI) - for patient's family member/spouse/caregiver ONLY, CDLQI (Children's DLQI;Cartoon version) - for patient's under the age of 18 ONLY-written, CDLQI (Children's DLQI; Cartoon version) - for patients under the age of 18 ONLY
Primary outcome measures
- Quality of Life (QoL) questionnaire [Time frame: 5 years]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Cancer patients and survivors with a pre-existing dermatologic condition related to their underlying disease or completed/ongoing therapy for cancer, who present for assessment/management of their skin condition.
- Male or female patients at least 3 years and older
- NOTE: Informed Consent guidelines will be followed for minors
- First grade adult family members, spouses, and caregivers of patients with a Grade 2 or 3 or higher dermatologic condition related to their primary cancer or cancer treatment able to provide written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
- Cognitive or psychiatric deficit resulting in an inability to provide written informed consent
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-only
Study locations
United States · 4 centers
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — Basking Ridge
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester — Harrison
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Hauppauge — Hauppauge
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York
Identifiers
NCT: NCT02296450 · 14-236