NCT06504628

Falls Among the Older Patients Treated for Cancer in Normandy's Outclinics: Screening and Prevention

CHUtes Chez Les Personnes Agées traitées Pour Cancer Dans Les HOpitaUx Normands : repérage et Prévention

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 328 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Caen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The French Plan National AntiChute (published on February 21, 2022) and international recommendations on falls prevention (Age Ageing,September 2022) recommend identifying the risk of falling in people aged 65 and over, at least once a year during a follow-up consultation. The presence of chronic illness such as cancer increases the risk for falling. Recommendations suggest targeted preventive interventions according to the risk level, and early reassessment at 3 months in case of high risk. This study consists of a cross-sectional survey conducted during a week dedicated to patient safety (September 16-20, 2024), to identify the prevalence of patients at high risk for falling, requiring enhanced care. The relation between high risk for falling and social and oncological characteristics will be studied. A 3-month telephone follow-up will identify any obstacles to implementing the recommendations in this high-risk group. This multicenter cross-sectional prospective study is exploratory.

Conditions

• Aged Patients Treated for Cancer in Outclinics

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	screening risk for falling and identifiy the risk level low-intermediate-high	3 key questions: Any posiitve answer to a) Has fallen in the past year? b) Feels unsteady when standing or walking? or c) Worries about falling? prompts to "fall severity" step. if "no" at the three questions= low level of fall-risk Fall severity: fall with injuires, laying on the ground with no capacity to get up, or a visit to emergency room, or loss of conscienciousness/suspected syncope. or Frailty (Clinical Frailty Scale)= if positive, high risk otherwise, 4 meter-walk test: if =\<0.8m/sec= intermediate risk if \>0.8m/sec=intermediate risk
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	3 mnth-follow-up	patient's phone call, and data collected from electronic medical record

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-16
• Primary completion: 2024-09-16
• Completion: 2025-02-15
• First posted: 2024-07-17
• Last updated: 2025-03-25

Locations

10 sites across 1 country: France