Trials / Terminated
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.