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Improving a Bayesian Model's Survival Estimates in Patients Needing Surgery for Bone Metastases
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Summary
The goal of this study is to improve how we estimate survival of people with cancer that has spread to their bone. There have been previous attempts to estimate survival of people with cancer that spread to the bone, but they have not been accurate. This study will try to improve the way we estimate survival in people with cancer that has spread to their bone by looking to see if a physician assessment and a patient assessment of the health status can be blended to give a better estimate of survival than patients or doctors alone.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
230
Start Date
2011-11
Completion Date
2026-11
Last Updated
2026-01-07
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
blood sampling, the SF-36 questionnaire
The patient be asked to fill out a questionnaire. The questionnaire asks about their quality of life and will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. It will be completed at a regularly scheduled clinic visit. At the scheduled pre-operative testing, an extra sample of your blood (equal to about 4 teaspoons) will be collected for research tests. The research tests will measure levels of inflammation in your body. These tests are not part of routine care. A physical examination of the operative site will be done by the Orthopaedic Surgeon. The patient will complete the same questionnaire at the regularly scheduled three and six month follow-up visit
Locations (2)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, United States