Quality of Life and Supportive Care Preferences Following Radiation Therapy in Prostate Cancer Survivors

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center6 enrolled

Overview

This pilot clinical trial studies quality of life and supportive care preferences following radiation therapy in prostate cancer survivors. Studying quality of life and supportive care preferences in patients undergoing radiation therapy may help identify the effects of treatment on patients with prostate cancer.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To develop an understanding of the impacts of prostate cancer on aspects of psychological stress, physiological stress and health related quality of life (HRQL) for men who are being treated with some level of radiation therapy (RT). II. To gain insight into the perceived needs of survivors depending on their disease stage, treatment regimen and side effects. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To explore whether biomarkers of stress, inflammation and autonomic control (heart rate variability \[HRV\]) can confirm or dispel the self-reported measures of psychological distress and HRQL of a unique population of aging men with prostate cancer. OUTLINE: Participants complete questionnaires about quality of life and preferences for supportive care treatment, undergo heart rate variability testing over 10-15 minutes while both lying down and standing, complete a walking test, wear an accelerometer for a period of 1 week, and undergo a single intelligent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (iDXA) scan over 10 minutes.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Prostate Carcinoma

Interventions

Undergo HRV and wear accelerometer to assess therapy complicationsOTHER

Wear accelerometer undergo heart rate variability(HRV) testing over 10-15 minutes while both lying down and standing, complete a walking test, wear an accelerometer for a period of 1 week

Dual X-ray AbsorptiometryPROCEDURE

Undergo iDXA

Laboratory Biomarker AnalysisOTHER

Correlative studies

Eligibility

Sex: MALE

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * English speaking * Diagnosis of prostate cancer * Treatment with primary radiation (brachytherapy or external beam therapy), radiation + androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) or salvage prostatectomy * Body mass index (BMI) (26 - 40 kg/m\^2) * Treating oncologist consent * Ambulatory or able to engage in walking for at least 45 minutes per intervention visit * Sedentary lifestyle, as engaging in less than 100 minutes structured aerobic walking, cycling or swimming per week Exclusion Criteria: * Poor diagnosis or other cancer * Severe heart or systemic disease: evidence of documented myocardial infarction, chronic unstable angina, symptomatic congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension * Severe musculoskeletal disease: severe muscle or joint disorders due to disease or trauma, amputations, or any condition that significantly impair physical capabilities, as defined by the physician * Non-ambulatory * Concurrent diagnosis of organic brain syndrome, dementia, mental retardation, or significant sensory deficit * Major mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia, major depressive disorder) * Unwilling to give consent

Locations (1)

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Develop an understanding of the impacts of prostate cancer on HRQL measured by the SF-36

Significance tests for the difference between treatment groups on all primary outcomes will be conducted. Data will be individually standardized by covariates such as age, disease stage and grade, time on treatment values and will be evaluated using an analysis of co-variance statistical mode. Descriptive statistics for the feasibility measures will be calculated prospectively throughout the trial.

Time frame: Baseline

Psychological resiliency measured by Connor Davidson Resiliency Scale

The relationship with self-reported measures of quality of life and stress will be determined. Significance tests for the difference between treatment groups on all primary outcomes will be conducted. Data will be individually standardized by covariates such as age, disease stage and grade, time on treatment values and will be evaluated using an analysis of co-variance statistical mode. Descriptive statistics for the feasibility measures will be calculated prospectively throughout the trial.

Time frame: Baseline

Explore whether heart rate variability is associated with the SF-36 and Connor Davidson Resiliency Scale.

Time frame: Up to 1 week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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