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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Ersta Hospital

Stockholm, Sweden

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Karolinska University Hospital

Stockholm, Sweden