Quality of Life and Supportive Care Living Well with Prostate Cancer - active and recruiting! The NHMRC-funded Living Well with Prostate Cancer is trialling the effectiveness of a mindfulnessbased cognitive therapy group intervention over the telephone for men with advanced prostate cancer. Ten intervention groups have now been completed and the last groups will be conducted in early 2015. Men who participated in the groups have continued provide positive feedback to the project team about the program. The project now has a total of 171 men enrolled and recruitment will be closing for this project at the end of 2014. We still have another 19 men needed to reach our target of 190 participants so any referrals in this final month of recruitment would be greatly appreciated. Cancer Council Queensland and Griffith University would like to thank all the ANZUP members involved with the project across our 40 recruiting sites for all of your hard work referring patients. If you would like any more information about the project, please contact the Project Manager, Rob McDowall, on (07) 3634 5314 or email robmcdowall@cancerqld.org.au.
Prostate Cancer in Gay and Bisexual Men and their Partners Study The Prostate Cancer in Gay and Bisexual Men and their Partners Study aims to gain knowledge and understanding of how prostate cancer affects sexual wellbeing and quality of life in gay and bisexual men and their partners. The study has successfully recruited 137 gay and bisexual men and 27 male partners to complete the study survey. In addition, 46 gay and bisexual men and 7 male partners have participated in an interview in order to gain a deeper understanding of their experiences. Additionally, 239 surveys and 19 interviews have been completed by heterosexual men. The purpose of this heterosexual comparison sample is to allow for greater insight into the specific needs and experiences of gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men to inform more targeted health care provision and ongoing support post cancer. 14 | ANZUP UPdate
The study will soon cease recruiting participants and begin analysing data and reporting findings. SUZANNE CHAMBERS Chair, Quality of Life and Supportive Care Committee
Cancer Australia Chair in Cancer Quality of Life and the Quality of Life Technical Service The Quality of Life (QOL) Office is pleased to commence a third contract with Cancer Australia, as providers of the Quality of Life Technical Service to the Australian Cancer Co-operative Clinical Trials Groups (CCTGs) for the period of 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2016. The QOL Office offers a range of services to members of ANZUP, including: • a number of free web resources, including a checklist of items to include in the QOL sections of your trial protocol, information about common QOL measures and information about how to analyse QOL data; • an advisory service - to assist ANZUP members with their QOL sub-studies; • regular free training workshops about the concept of QOL and other patient-reported outcomes (PROs), and how to design and conduct QOL/PRO studies. For more information, please visit our website: pocog.org.au/qoloffice. We look forward to working with you over the next three years.
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