True NTH UK – Post Surgical Follow up
Research type
Research Study
Full title
True NTH UK – Post Surgical Follow up
IRAS ID
169848
Contact name
Caroline M Moore
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University College London
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, months, days
Research summary
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Men who choose radical surgery for prostate cancer can experience side effects, including urine leakage and problems with erections. A recent national UK survey has shown that men want to have greater understanding of, and support for these side effects, both before they choose a treatment, and when they are dealing with side effects after treatment. In particular only 64% of men who had prostate cancer treatment in the 2013 survey said that they were told about possible future side effects of treatment. One of the difficulties in telling men about the possible side effects after prostate cancer surgery is that these side effects will depend upon the urinary and sexual function that a man has prior to the operation, as well as on the details of the operation itself, which is influenced by the location and aggressiveness of the prostate cancer.
The True NTH UK Post Surgical Follow up project will invite men undergoing radical surgery for prostate cancer to complete surveys before, and at regular time points after surgery. Men will be able to track their progress over time, and share these data with their surgical teams to help them discuss any side effects they have.
Surgeons will be able to see the outcomes for men, both for an individual man in clinic, and across the group. These data will be analysed with details of the surgical operation, to allow areas of best practice to be identified, and shared.
By collaboration with the True NTH UK Understanding consequences project, the data will also be used to help inform men who are deciding between different prostate cancer treatments.
REC name
South Central - Hampshire B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/SC/0451
Date of REC Opinion
4 Sep 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion