Improving Survivorship Care for Older Adults After Chemotherapy
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Geriatric Assessment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Survivorship. Basic parameters: from 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The researchers want to find out if older adults receiving a survivorship care plan followed by a geriatric assessment visit improves quality of life and satisfaction with care compared to receiving only a survivorship care plan for older adults who have completed chemotherapy for cancer treatment.
Detailed description
This study is a pilot randomized trial to examine whether a geriatric assessment-enhanced survivorship care plan improves satisfaction, knowledge and health-related quality of life compared to standard survivorship care plans among older adults who have completed curative chemotherapy for cancer. The investigator's hypothesis is that older adults who receive a geriatric assessment-enhanced survivorship care plan will report improved satisfaction with care, health-related quality of life, and knowledge and preparedness for survivorship care needs.
Interventions
- Behavioral Geriatric Assessment
Geriatric Assessment Visit
Primary outcome measures
- Study retention rate [Time frame: 4-6 months]
- Number of months needed for completion of trial enrollment [Time frame: 4-6 months]
- Acceptability of the study: survey [Time frame: 4-6 months]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Patient satisfaction assessment by PSCC (Patient Satisfaction with Cancer related Care) tool [Time frame: 4-6 months]
- Health related quality of life assessment by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire EORTC QLQ-30 [Time frame: 4-6 months]
- Health related quality of life assessment by QLQ14 [Time frame: 4-6 months]
- Self rated patient knowledge and preparedness measured by PLANS assessment tool (Preparing for Life as a New Survivor) [Time frame: 4-6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- age 65 years and above and
- Have diagnosis of cancer and have completed chemotherapy with curative (not palliative) intent and
- have been scheduled to receive a survivorship care plan from an oncology navigator.
Exclusion criteria
- advanced dementia or serious cognitive impairment that would impede ability to participate in the interview
- nursing home resident.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Community Cancer Institute — Clovis
Identifiers
NCT: NCT04405115 · 2019028