Geriatric Assessment Reporting in Real Time (GARRT) in Non-electively Hospitalized Older Cancer Patients

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Conditions studied: Oncology

In brief

This study prospectively evaluates the impact of geriatric assessment reporting in real-time (GARRT) on key hospital based outcomes in a cohort of non-electively hospitalized older (\> 70 years) adults with cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03951090

Run by

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

People needed

148

Starts

2016-04-25

Expected to finish

2018-04-24

Last updated by the study team

2019-05-15

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age 70 years or older.
• English speaking.
• Admitted to UNC Hospitals non-electively within 72 hours.
• Biopsy proven solid tumor or myeloma or lymphoma.
• Newly diagnosed cancer patients for whom active cancer directed therapy is planned within the next six months or patients on active cancer directed therapy either currently or within the previous 6 months.
• Signed written IRB-approved informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients meeting any of the following exclusion criteria at baseline will be excluded from study participation. Patients with a life expectancy <6 weeks
• Patients who are <48 hours post-surgery.
• Patients who are admitted to an intensive care setting.
• Patients with acute myeloma lymphoma (AML) or other high grade hematologic malignancies.
• Patients undergoing bone marrow transplant or admitted to the bone marrow transplant unit.

Where it is running

• UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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