Trials / Recruiting

RecruitingNCT01137825

Registry of Older Patients With Cancer

Carolina Senior: UNC Registry for Older Cancer Patients

Status: Recruiting
Phase: —
Study type: Observational
Enrollment: 3,000 (estimated)

Sponsor: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center · Academic / Other
Sex: All
Age: 65 Years
Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Gathering information about older patients with cancer may help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This research study is gathering information from older patients with cancer into a registry.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * To create a registry (to be called "Carolina Senior") of older patients with an appointment at North Carolina Cancer Hospital. * To have these patients complete a Geriatric Assessment (GA). Secondary * To measure the response rates of GAs of Carolina Senior patients and their satisfaction with a GA by measuring the percentage of patients contacted who consent to complete the GA; the percentage of patients able to complete the self-administered portion of the GA without assistance; the length of time necessary to complete the GA; the variance and number of missing items; the percentage of GAs that contain all 3 of the following items: Timed Up and Go Assessment, Blessed Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test, and healthcare professional-rated Karnofsky performance status; and patient satisfaction with the questionnaire by identifying items that are distressing or too difficult to comprehend. * To gather information, including patterns of patient care, that would lend support for future research in the 'Carolina Senior' population who receive a confirmed diagnosis of cancer (except for nonmelanoma skin cancer, cervical carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease, or prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia without evidence of prostate cancer). OUTLINE: Patients complete a geriatric assessment, a multi-dimensional inter-disciplinary patient evaluation that includes an evaluation of a patient's functional status (ability to live independently at home and in the community), co-morbid medical conditions, cognition, psychological status, social functioning and support, medication review, and nutritional status. Patients' medical records are also reviewed. Patients' health status at 1 year is incorporated into the registry.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date: 2009-09-01
Primary completion: 2030-07-01
Completion: 2030-12-01
First posted: 2010-06-04
Last updated: 2025-06-25

Locations

7 sites across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01137825. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.