Principal Investigator

Bernhard Holzner

Medical University of Innsbruck
Austria

Project Coordination

Lisa Wintner

Medical University of Innsbruck
Austria

Collaborators

Mieke van Hemelijck, King’s College London, UK

Elisabeth Beisland, Høgskulen på Vestlandet, Bergen, Norway

Christian Beisland, University of Bergen, Norway

Manjunath Nookala Krishnamurthy, Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Project Summary

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common form of kidney cancer, a rather rare but usually fatal disease, since early stages are often asymptomatic and the diagnosis is often made at an advanced stage. Since the EORTC is conducting clinical trials involving RCC patients and there is no specific EORTC measure yet available to assess the quality of life of these patients, this project aims to conduct Phase I and II of the EORTC Module Development to fill this gap.

Current Achievements

  • The systematic literature review has been completed and the interview guide for health care professionals has been compiled
  • The institution of the PI has already received ethical approval for patient interviews
  • In other participating centres, the application processes are currently underway
  • Health care professional interviews are being conducted

Project Status

Phase I: Recruitment for health care professionals for interviews, set up of interviews with patients