NCT03614936

Study of a Simplified Geriatric Evaluation Performed by Oncologists Prior to Cancer Treatment by Radiotherapy or Chemotherapy in Subjects Aged 70 Years or Older With Inoperable Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 800 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

Use by Oncologists of Validated Geriatric Assessment Tools: G8 Screening Test and Certain Tests for Thorough Geriatric Evaluation

Conditions

• Inoperable Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Geriatric Screening Test G8	Geriatric screening test (Oncodage-G8). The oncologist realizes it and proposes the oncological treatment which seems to him then the most adapted (treatment which can be different from that proposed after the oncological evaluation only).
OTHER	Geriatric fragility test GERICO	GERICO geriatric frailty test (if possible the same day as the G8 and in any case in the same week): Realized by the oncologist, it includes: * the socio-cultural evaluation scale, * the ADL autonomy questionnaire, * assessment of locomotor disorders, * nutritional assessment, * the MMSE Cognitive Function Evaluation Questionnaire, * the GDS-4 mood rating scale, * the comorbidity assessment test (Charlson Index)

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-06-11
• Primary completion: 2019-06-01
• Completion: 2019-06-01
• First posted: 2018-08-03
• Last updated: 2018-08-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France