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clinical assessment in elderly patient undergoing cancer chemotherapy

RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT OF OLDER PATIENTS WITH CANCER WHO HAVE BEEN EVALUATED IN THE GERIATRIC ONCOLOGY CLINIC AT TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2020/04/024675
Enrollment
500
Registered
2020-04-16
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 60 years and over 2. Diagnosis of malignancy 3. ECOG performance status 0 to 3, i.e. patient not completely disabled

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patient or caregiver refusal to undergo assessment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To describe the profile of the patients evaluated at the geriatric oncology clinic at Tata Memorial Center. This description will include the: 1. The incidence of vulnerabilities in the domains of function, falls, comorbidities, social, psychological, cognition and nutrition. 2. The incidence of polypharmacy and of potentially inappropriate medications.Timepoint: At the baseline comprehensive geriatric assessment.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To describe the: 1.Time taken to perform the comprehensive geriatric assessment. 2.Acceptability and feasibility of the various self-administered questionnaires for our patients. 3.To assess if various short screening tools like G8, VAS and TRST can predict for the presence of an abnormality in the comprehensive geriatric assessment. 4.The chemotherapy risk assessment profile of the patients. 5.Quality of life of geriatric oncology patients and caregivers.Timepoint: At the baseline comprehensive geriatric oncology assessment

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr VANITA NORONHA

Tata memorial hospital

vanita.noronha@gmail.com09769328047

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 15, 2026