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TerminatedNCT02482285

Assessment of Frailty in Elderly Patients With Advanced Cancers

Status
Terminated
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
8 (actual)
Sponsor
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
70 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This study is looking at the feasibility of performing frailty assessments on elderly patients with advanced cancers

Detailed description

This study is primarily looking to see if it is feasible to assess frailty in patients age 70 years and above with advanced cancers. it is also evaluating whether there may be any correlation between these assessments and toxicity and treatment and outcome. The assessments include: Frailty score, nutritional assessment, comorbidity score and quality of life. In addition sarcopenia will be assessed using timed walk, grip strength and muscle mass measurement from imaging performed as part of routine clinical care. The assessments will be performed at baseline, week 12 and week 24. There is the option for patients to also donate blood samples for research purposes.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2014-06-04
Primary completion
2016-01-25
Completion
2016-01-25
First posted
2015-06-26
Last updated
2022-10-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02482285. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.