Frailty as a Predictor of Neurosurgical Outcomes in Brain Tumor Patients

Completed

Conditions studied: Brain Tumors

In brief

Frailty as an adjunct to preoperative assessment of neurosurgical patients has never been evaluated. This study aims to determine if frailty predicts neurosurgical complications in brain tumor patients and enhances current perioperative risk models.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02530749

Run by

University of Colorado, Denver

People needed

265

Starts

2014-04-01

Expected to finish

2019-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult
• Ambulatory (able to walk)
• Scheduled for neurosurgical resection of brain tumor

You may not qualify if…

• Parkinson disease
• Previous stroke
• Taking: carbidopa/levodopa, donepezil hydrochloride, or antidepressants

Where it is running

• University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus — Aurora, Colorado, United States

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