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CompletedNCT00373308Updated Aug 5, 2021

Quality of Life Following Radical Prostatectomy

An observational study in Prostatic Neoplasms and Prostate Cancer, sponsored by Stanford University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-08-05.

Sponsored by Stanford University · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
888
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Male
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Study summary

This study will utilize the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite questionnaire to learn what impact the surgery has upon the participant's sense of health, sexual and urinary quality of life.

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To define impact on quality of life issues for patients undergoing radical prostatectomy. This study will distribute a questionnaire to patients who are being scheduled for radical prostatectomy, both before and after surgery, to assess the impact on quality of life issues. This will provide important information regarding the temporal return of issues pertaining to quality of life.

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Conditions studied

  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Prostate Cancer

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Keywords

  • Quality of Life
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In context

Prostatic Neoplasms

6,370 studies on the registry are indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms; 1,400 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 888 is above the median of 200 across 1,181 observational studies indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Stanford University is the lead sponsor of 2,117 studies on the registry; 425 are open to participants now.

Of its 259 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 197 (76%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients scheduled to undergo radical prostatectomy at Stanford

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients scheduled to undergo radical prostatectomy at Stanford

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients treated with neoadjuvant or adjuvant hormonal therapy or radiation therapy
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
888 participants (actual)
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. urinary and bowel habits

    Time frame: before and after surgery

  2. sexual and hormonal index as self-reported in the questionnaires

    Time frame: before and after surgery

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Study locations

1 site
  • Stanford University School of Medicine
    Stanford, California 94305, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 5, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00373308
Lead sponsor
Stanford University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 8, 2006
Start date
Sep 2002
Primary completion
Dec 25, 2020
Completion
Dec 25, 2020
Last update
Aug 5, 2021

Study contacts

Benjamin I Chung
principal investigator · Stanford University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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