New Assessment System in Measuring Symptom Distress in Cancer Patients
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Official title
Measuring the Symptom Distress of Cancer Patients: Development of a New Assessment System
Brief summary
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This trial studies how well a new assessment system (MDASI or other MD Anderson-developed PRO instrument) works in measuring symptoms and the impact on quality of life in cancer patients. Development of a new assessment system may provide more information about the common symptoms that may occur in patients due to cancer and its treatment and how the symptoms impact quality of life.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00505245
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 6,500 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Interview Other
- Quality-of-Life Assessment Other
- Questionnaire Administration Other
Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 12, 1999
- Primary completion
- Apr 29, 2031
- Completion
- Apr 29, 2031
- Last update posted
- Jul 28, 2026
1999 – 2031
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M D Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted Jul 28, 2026 · Synced Sep 1, 2026
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