Predicting Tolerance to Radiation Therapy in Older Adults With Cancer
Completed
Conditions studied: Pre-treatment Loss of Independent Activities of Daily Living
In brief
A comprehensive geriatric assessment tool developed by Hurria and colleagues has been used in non-radiation oncology clinical settings to predict how older adults tolerate cancer treatments. The investigators think this same tool (referred to as the CGA) can be used in a radiation oncology clinic to predict for poor treatment tolerance.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01752751
- Run by
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- People needed
- 50
- Starts
- 2012-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-06-04
Who can join
Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- ≥Age 65 years (no upper age limit)
- Diagnosis of either head and neck cancer, or lung cancer with either radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy planned as part of standard treatment.
- Consented for receipt of External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT) at UNC Chapel Hill
- Able to read English (required for CGA)
- Curative treatment intent as defined by their radiation oncologist Signed, IRB-approved written informed consent
- Patients enrolled in other CGA studies will not be excluded (see LCCC 0916, 1208)
You may not qualify if…
- ≥Age 65 years (no upper age limit)
- Diagnosis of either head and neck cancer, or lung cancer with either radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy planned as part of standard treatment.
- Consented for receipt of EBRT at UNC Chapel Hill
- Able to read English (required for CGA)
- Curative treatment intent as defined by their radiation oncologist Signed, IRB-approved written informed consent
- Patients enrolled in other CGA studies will not be excluded (see LCCC 0916, 1208)
Where it is running
- Radiation Oncology Clinic - UNC Cancer Hospital — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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