A Geriatric Assessment Intervention for Older Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether information regarding GA and GA-driven interventions improves outcomes in older cancer patients receiving first-line or second-line chemotherapy by comparing rates of chemotherapy toxicity, hospitalizations, dose delays and early termination of treatment in patients with and without GA-driven interventions. The investigators will identify information that will be useful based on questionnaire responses and blood tests. These results will be used to better understand which recommendations and interventions will benefit older cancer patients. It is our hope that these tools, which are well-established at identifying areas of risk, will provide meaningful opportunities for intervention to promote your safety during cancer management. The investigators will be able to use this information to teach others on how to best care for adults aged 70 and older with cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01915056

Run by

University of Rochester

People needed

80

Starts

2013-07-01

Expected to finish

2016-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-05-01

Who can join

Age: 70 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Have a diagnosis of solid tumor malignancy or lymphoma
• Have advanced cancer
• Have received a recommendation for first or second line treatment with chemotherapy by their primary oncologist. Treatment regimens may include chemotherapy, chemoradiotherapy, targeted agents or monoclonal antibody.
• Planned chemotherapy for at least 3 months
• Be age 70 or older
• Have a live expectancy with treatment of 6 months or greater
• Able to provide informed consent or, if the physician deems the patient to not have decision-making capacity, a patient-designated health care proxy (that was pre-existing; prior to the patient losing decision-making capacity) must sign consent per institutional (University of Rochester and Research Subject Review Board) policies on consent for incapacitated/decisionally impaired subjects164,165
• Able to read and understand English (or possess a designated health care proxy that can do the same that was designated prior to the patient losing decision-making capabilities)

You may not qualify if…

• Have surgery planned within 3 months of consent
• Have a planned referral to the geriatric oncology clinic within one month of treatment initiation
• Patients who do not have decision-making capacity (decisionally or cognitively impaired) AND do NOT have a previously designated health care proxy (established prior to their cognitive impairment) available to sign consent

Where it is running

• Highland Hospital — Rochester, New York, United States
• Pluta Cancer Center — Rochester, New York, United States
• University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Center — Rochester, New York, United States

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