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Lead
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
With
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine if serum epinephrine or cortisol levels in men with prostate cancer correlate with perceived stress or distress over time in two to five consecutive visits.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine the change in serum epinephrine levels in men with prostate cancer over time in two to five consecutive visits.
II. To determine the change in serum cortisol levels in men with prostate cancer over time in two to five consecutive visits.
III. To determine the change in levels of stress in men with prostate cancer over time in two to five consecutive visits IV. To determine the change in levels of distress in men with prostate cancer over time in two to five consecutive visits.
TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine if serum epinephrine or cortisol levels in men with prostate cancer correlate with prostate cancer progression two to five visits.
OUTLINE:
Patients undergo collection of serum samples for epinephrine and cortisol levels at baseline and 4 clinical visits. Patients also receive the Self-Perceived Stress questionnaire and the Distress Thermometer questionnaire to measure perceived stress.
Age
18–any
Sex
MALE
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
A confirmed diagnosis of prostate cancer
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, 2
Individuals able to understand and willing to sign an Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved informed consent document
You may not be if
History of current or past medical or psychiatric illness that would make participation difficult or not feasible at the discretion of the principal investigator or co-investigators
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