NCT00963911

Validation of a Screening Tool in Geriatric Oncology

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,674 (actual)
• Sponsor: Institut Bergonié · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 70 Years – 120 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: A screening questionnaire may help doctors plan better treatment for older patients with cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying a questionnaire in screening older patients with cancer.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Validate a new screening tool (G8). Secondary * Validate the French version of the screening tool "Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13)". * Evaluate the merits of the screening tools (G8 and VES-13). * Assess the screening tool in specific populations. * Assess the number and type of interventions proposed after thorough geriatric assessment. * Compare the two new tools (G8 vs VES-13). OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. During the first consultation, patients have an initial clinical evaluation questionnaire comprising the G8. They also complete the self-questionnaire VES-13. Within 30 days, patients have a thorough geriatric assessment, including quality of life and physical function, by a physician without access to the G8 or VES-13 questionnaires. A blood specimen is also collected. Information on health status and quality of life is collected from medical records or from the doctor after 1 and 5 years.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer
• Head and Neck Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Lymphoma
• Prostate Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Geriatric screening tests	The G-8 consists of eight items: patient age (\>85, 80-85, \<80), and seven items from the original 18-item MNA (Mini Nutritional Assessment: appetite changes, weight loss, mobility, neuropsychological problems, body mass index, medication, and self-rated health). The total score ranges from 0 to 17, with lower scores indicating a higher risk of impairments. The cut-off value for an 'impaired' reference test score was \<=14 and the time taken to complete the test was recorded. VES-13 is a self-administered questionnaire that was completed during the first visit after enrollment. For three pre-identified centers, patients also filled in the questionnaire at the following geriatric visit. VES-13 consisted of four groups of questions: age, self-perceived health, difficulties to perform six specific activities, and difficulties to perform daily living tasks due to health concerns. The score ranged from 0 to 10 and a score \>=3 was considered to show impairment.
OTHER	Multidimensional geriatric assessment	Patients underwent a geriatric evaluation in the month following the completion of G8 and VES-13 (+/- seven days) before treatment began. The nurse completed six of the seven instruments of the MGA (MNA, Timed Get up and Go (TUG), Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Instrumental ADL (IADL), Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15)), and the geriatrician rated comorbidity on the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS-G), recorded the time required for the consultation, identified patients who needed personalized geriatric interventions, and, if necessary, proposed further geriatric evaluation (outside of the scope of this study).

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-08-05
• Primary completion: 2010-03-08
• Completion: 2015-03-08
• First posted: 2009-08-24
• Last updated: 2021-04-05
• Results posted: 2021-01-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France