Status:

COMPLETED

Questionnaire and Fall Risk Assessment

Lead Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Conditions:

Prostate Cancer

Eligibility:

MALE

65+ years

Brief Summary

The goal of this research study is to learn if your answers to questions during an interview can help researchers predict how well you function physically and if you are at a high risk for falls. Pri...

Detailed Description

Physical Function Interview: If you agree to take part in this study, you will be asked 6 questions. The first 2 questions ask about your physical ability to walk up and down stairs. The next 4 quest...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients must have the ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
  • Patients must be able to ambulate with or without an assistive device, without assistance from a person.
  • Patients must be 65 years old or older.
  • Patients must have a diagnosis of prostate cancer
  • Patients must have received androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for their prostate cancer for at least 3 months and were responding to treatment as determined by prostate-specific antigen criteria.
  • Patients have received chemotherapy within last month.
  • Patients must speak English.

Exclusion

  • Patients who decline to participate or who are determined incapable of completing the study.
  • Active Central Nervous System (CNS) disease such as clinically-evident CNS metastases or leptomeningeal disease, dementia, or encephalopathy (per treating physician's assessment).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2009

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

34 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00836238

Start Date

February 1 2009

End Date

June 1 2009

Last Update

August 1 2012

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UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030