OPTion

OPTion - treatment preferences of elderly patients with cancer

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON23739

Enrollment

168

Registered

2015-09-29

Start date

2015-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Cancer Non-curative Palliative Elderly

Interventions

Conversation with the general practitioner with use of the OPT (outcome prioritization tool). This conversation takes place between diagnosis and conversation with the oncologic specialist about treat

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - 70 years or older - New treatment decision for non-curative malignancy (16-okt-2018) Patients with high suspicion on non-curative malignancy (for example based on CT-scan but not yet proven by pathologic biopsy) can be included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Terminal disease (life expectancy < 3 months) - Not able to fill in the questionnaires (due to inadequate proficiency or due to cognitive problems) - Hematologic malignancy - Severe psychiatric disease Previous treatment with curative intent for the same malignancy is no exclusion criteria.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Decision Self Efficacy	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Treatment Preferences Actual treatment Depressive symptoms Anxiety symptoms Fatigue	—

Contacts

Public ContactMariken Stegmann

UMCG

option@umcg.nl-

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)