Health Related Quality of Life After Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy for Lung Cancer

Operable Early Stage NSCLC by the VATS Approach Clinical Trial

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

To test the effect of post operative complications on the health related quality of life (HRQOL) after Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).

The HRQOL of patients with early stage NSCLC will be assessed at baseline (before surgery) using 3 different reliable and valid HRQOL questionnaire (SF-36, EQ-5D and QLQ30/13), then at regular intervals in the early post-operative period (2,4,8 and 12 weeks) the HRQOL will be assessed using the same questionnaires to determine the difference between patients with low/no post operative complications to those with high grade post-operative complications.

Post operative complications will be assess while the patients in the hospital on a daily basis using the Clavien classification system for surgical complications.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Operable Early Stage NSCLC by the VATS Approach

• NCT number: NCT01555502
• Study type: Observational
• Source: University of Alberta
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2011
• Completion date: March 2012