Financial burden after surgery for bone and soft tissue sarcoma

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This observational project will measure the prevalence and severity of financial toxicity in adult patients undergoing surgical treatment for primary malignant bone or soft tissue tumors using a validated instrument. Investigators will collect demographic, socioeconomic, clinicopathologic, and treatment-related data from patients seen preoperatively at a single tertiary cancer center. Secondary objectives include identifying socioeconomic and demographic risk factors and clinicopathologic features associated with greater financial stress. All participants must be English-literate and treated at the enrolling site.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants who are seen preoperatively at our institution before surgery for primary malignant bone tumor or primary malignant soft tissue tumor will be identified.
* Adult orthopedic oncology patients. Stratified by diagnosis of primary malignant bone tumor and primary malignant soft tissue tumor.

Exclusion Criteria

• Non-English subjects will not be recruited. Subjects are required to be able to read/write in English.

Where it's running

• MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Houston, Texas, United States Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Shalin S Patel, MD — M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Study coordinator: Shalin S Patel, MD
• Email: sspatel@mdanderson.org
• Phone: 713-792-6268

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.