A Study Comparing Geriatric Co-Management With Geriatric Guided Supportive Care in Older Patients Receiving Chemoradiation Therapy for Their Head and Neck Cancer
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer
In brief
The researchers are doing this study to see whether geriatric co-management or geriatric guided supportive care are good approaches for managing side effects in older patients who have head and neck cancer and are receiving chemoradiation therapy. This study will provide valuable information about different ways to manage side effects in older patients receiving chemoradiation therapy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05239000
- Run by
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2022-02-03
- Expected to finish
- 2026-01-05
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-01-08
Who can join
Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age ≥ 65
- Pathologically (histologically or cytologically) diagnosis of head and neck cancer of oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, or hypopharynx
- Patient will receive a 6 to 7 week course of intensity modulated radiation therapy and concurrent chemotherapy either in definitive or post-operative setting
- Able to read and understand English
- Able to provide informed consent
You may not qualify if…
- Patients who have previously consulted with or are followed by a geriatrician
- Inability to use telemedicine if unable to present to clinic visits in person
- Inability to complete the eRFA (patient is unable to comprehend or answer questions included on the eRFA)
- Treatment with proton therapy
- Patients on therapeutic clinical trials of experimental therapies or those not receiving standard of care
Where it is running
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities) — Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited Protocol Activities) — Middletown, New Jersey, United States
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities) — Montvale, New Jersey, United States
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (Limited Protocol Activities) — Commack, New York, United States
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities) — New York, New York, United States
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activities) — Uniondale, New York, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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