Status:
COMPLETED
Sexual Function and Wellbeing in Males With Rectal Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Karolinska Institutet
Collaborating Sponsors:
Swedish Cancer Society
Conditions:
Rectal Cancer
Eligibility:
MALE
18+ years
Brief Summary
Preoperative radiotherapy and pelvic surgery is recommended to many patients with rectal cancer. For men there are theoretical reasons to believe that the treatment may effect hormone levels, spermato...
Detailed Description
Men with rectal cancer stage I to III planned for resection was included in the study. Men treated with preoperative RT were assigned to the exposed group and men treated with surgery alone were assig...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Males diagnosed with rectal cancer stadium I-III, planned for surgery with or without preoperative radiotherapy or males with prostate cancer stadium I-III planned for robot-assisted prostatectomy without preoperative radiotherapy.
- Informed consent
- Fluent in Swedish
- Residents of the Stockholm county area
Exclusion
- Rectal cancer stadium IV
- Previous radiotherapy to the pelvic region
- History or evidence of a second pelvic malignancy
- Androgen deprivation therapy, Testosterone replacement or Androgen abuse
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2010
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
178 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01216202
Start Date
April 1 2010
End Date
May 1 2016
Last Update
October 4 2023
Active Locations (2)
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1
Ersta Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden
2
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden