Development of a module to supplement the EORTC Core instruments for assessment of Health Related Quality of Life in patients with Cancer Cachexia - EKSG 12/091; CTU 12-11 - Projekt

Projekt

Development of a module to supplement the EORTC Core instruments for assessment of Health Related Quality of Life in patients with Cancer Cachexia - EKSG 12/091; CTU 12-11

Automatisch geschlossen · 2011 bis 2016

Strasser Florian, Wilm Simone

Art

Klinische Forschung

Reichweite

Multizentrisch, KSSG als teilnehmendes Zentrum

Bereiche

Zentrum für Integrative Medizin, Neurologie

Status

Automatisch geschlossen

Start

2011

Ende

2016

Finanzierungsart

Andere

Studiendesign

Qualitative Study

Projektpartner

Sally Wheelwright, University of Southampton PI: Colin Johnson (QLG, NCRI Palliative Care Studies Group cachexia subgroup), European Palliative Care Research Collaborative (EPCRC): Ken Fearon, Jane Hopkinson, Florian Strasser, Stein Kaasa, Augusto Caraceni EORTC Quality of Life Group (QLG): Deborah Fitzsimmons, John Ramage, Eva Hammerlid, Richard Vergunst, Monica Pinto Collaborating centres: Southampton, Edinburgh, Swansea, United Kingdom; St Gallen, Switzerland; Trondheim Norway, Milano, Naples Italy, Johannesburg South Africa, Gothenburg Sweden

Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

Aims
1. To develop a module to supplement the EORTC QLQ core module, for the assessment of QoL in patients with cancer cachexia.

2. To explore the possible need for parallel development of separate modules for cachexia syndrome, refractory cachexia and secondary cachexia.

Method
The module will be developed according to the EORTC Quality of Life Group guidelines for questionnaire module development[31]. In Phase 1, a list of relevant QoL issues will be generated. In Phase 2, a questionnaire (provisional item list) from the list of selected issues will be created. Phase 3 comprises initial testing of the provisional item list in 6 countries. Each of these phases is described in more detail below.