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Brief Title: The Use of a Quality of Life Questionnaire in Patients With Lung Cancer
Official Title: A Prospective Randomised Controlled Study to Investigate the Effectiveness of Using a Quality of Life Questionnaire to Target Interventions to Improve Quality of Life in Patients With Lung Cancer
Study ID: NCT01213745
Brief Summary: This study will investigate the effectiveness of using the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of cancer Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30 + LC 13) to identify and target therapies in patients with lung cancer. The study will assess whether using the questionnaire will result in an improvement in QoL.
Detailed Description: Patients with lung cancer who have completed a course of treatment (or who are in-between treatment) at the Royal Marsden Hospital would be eligible for inclusion in the study. Participants will be randomised into 3 groups. Group 1 - this group will complete the QoL questionnaire and will receive targeted therapies by a doctor (and other members of the oncology team) during a clinic consultation. Group 2 - will complete the QoL questionnaire however the questionnaire will not be seen by the doctor during a clinic consultation. Group 3 - the control group will not complete the QoL questionnaire before a clinic consultation. All patients will complete a diary of all contact they have with health care professionals during the study. The study will last for 6 weeks and at the end of the study all patients will complete the QoL questionnaire.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, , United Kingdom
Name: Dr M O'Brien
Affiliation: Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR