This is a research study to evaluate change in Quality of Life, as defined by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core-30 (EORTC C-30), from baseline to 1 month post treatment in two patient cohorts receiving Interventional Radiology Liver Directed Therapies or Hypofractionated Image-Guided Radiation Therapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
78
European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core-30 (QLQ-C30) and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Hepatobiliary (FACT-Hep)
Durham Veterans Administration Health Care System (DVAHCS)
Durham, North Carolina, United States
RECRUITINGDuke Cancer Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
RECRUITINGchange in quality of life in patient cohorts receiving either Interventional Radiology Liver Directed Therapies or Hypofractionated Image-Guided Radiation Therapy
as defined by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core-30 (EORTC C-30) measured from not at all (better) to very much (worse)
Time frame: baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months
change in quality of life in patients receiving Interventional Radiology Liver Directed Therapies or HIGRT
as measured by the FACT-Hep survey questionnaire from not at all (better) to very much (worse)
Time frame: baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months
number of patients with grade ≥2 acute toxicity that received Interventional Liver Directed Therapy
Time frame: 90 days
number of patients with grade ≥2 acute toxicity that received Hypofractionated Image Guided Radiation Therapy
Time frame: 90 days
total healthcare system cost associated with Interventional Radiology Liver Directed Therapies
Time frame: 90 days
total healthcare system cost associated with Hypofractionated Liver Directed Therapy
Time frame: 90 days
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