Patient empowerment and risk–assessment to improve outcome in the elderly after gastrointestinal, thoracic or urogenital cancer surgery - Pilot study

Patient empowerment and risk–assessment to improve outcome in the elderly after gastrointestinal, thoracic or urogenital cancer surgery - Pilot study - PERATECS (pilot study)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00005150

Enrollment

145

Registered

2013-07-16

Start date

2008-06-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

elderly patients with cancer Perioperative riskassessment and long-term outcome after onco-surgery C51 C68 C15-C26 C30-C39

Interventions

Group 1: Prior to surgery: geriatric assessment including activity of daily living (ADL, Barthel), IADL, ECOG Performance State, mini nutritional assessment (MNA) , mini mental state (MMSE), geriatric

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Written informed consent by the patient • Patients aged = 65 years with gastrointestinal (upper gastrointestinal, colorectal), thoracic and urogenital (prostate gland, uterine) malignancies scheduled for surgery • Mini Mental State > 23 • Life-expectance > 2 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • No informed consent by the patient • Failure to obtain consent • Emergent patients • Outpatients, • Participation in another clinical study • Patients with concurrent malignancies

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mortality (deceased/ not deceased) and Quality of life (EORTC-QLQ C30 Questionnaire) one year after surgery	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. short-term morbidity (postoperative complications,measured with the Clavien Scale) 2. Length of hospital stay	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026