Prostate Cancer Utilities and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Prostate Cancer, Cancer |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 5/19/2016 |
| Start Date: | January 2004 |
| End Date: | February 2013 |
The purpose of this study is to help doctors and patients make better decisions about
prostate cancer treatment. This research is being done because we do not know how patient
preferences for health states related to prostate cancer affect the final treatment
decision.
prostate cancer treatment. This research is being done because we do not know how patient
preferences for health states related to prostate cancer affect the final treatment
decision.
The goal of this project is to incorporate patients' preferences into a previously developed
prostate cancer treatment decision-model and to understand the implications for doing so for
cost-effectiveness analysis. To do this, it is first necessary to obtain patient utility
scores (i.e., patient preference weights). To do this we will perform a survey of patients
visiting the urology clinic to undergo prostate biopsies to validate a method of utility
assessment, and understand the patients' individual evaluations of treatment-related health
studies. We will also ask patients questions relating to their anxiety levels concerning the
possible diagnosis of prostate cancer.
prostate cancer treatment decision-model and to understand the implications for doing so for
cost-effectiveness analysis. To do this, it is first necessary to obtain patient utility
scores (i.e., patient preference weights). To do this we will perform a survey of patients
visiting the urology clinic to undergo prostate biopsies to validate a method of utility
assessment, and understand the patients' individual evaluations of treatment-related health
studies. We will also ask patients questions relating to their anxiety levels concerning the
possible diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients undergoing prostate biopsy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women and children will be excluded, as prostate cancer occurs in men only
- Diagnosis of dementia
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