Older Patients With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer or Colon Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00740961

Last Updated: 2020-07-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Total Enrollment

63 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-03-31

Study Completion Date

2011-09-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Learning about changes over time in older patients' ability to function after receiving chemotherapy for breast or colon cancer may help doctors learn about the long-term effects of treatment and plan the best treatment.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying older patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer or colon cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the correlation between the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and the battery of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment tools among breast and colon cancer patients, 65 years and older, in an outpatient setting.
* Assess and compare the abilities of the VES-13 and the battery of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment tools to predict chemotherapy adherence among these patients.
* Examine the validity of the VES-13 screening tool to identify increased risk of death from all causes at one year after initial VES-13 screening in these patients.
* Examine the validity of the VES-13 screening tool to identify increased risk of functional decline at one year after initial VES-13 screening in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

Patients are followed for 1 year for chemotherapy adherence and survival.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer Cognitive/Functional Effects Colorectal Cancer Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Patients with cancer

Patients ≥ 65 years with new stage I-III breast or colon cancer seeking care. Patients will be matched on baseline scores, age and sex. Patients will be age and sex matched due to the known relation between inflammatory markers and demographic characteristics39,40, and will be matched on baseline VES scores to ensure similar baseline VES-13 scores between groups and which will then allow us to then assess effect of cancer treatment on outcomes.

compliance monitoring

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

systemic chemotherapy

Intervention Type DRUG

Learning about changes over time in older patients' ability to function after receiving chemotherapy for breast or colon cancer

medical chart review

Intervention Type OTHER

A limited review of medical records for the sole purpose of evaluating patients for study eligibility will be undertaken by the research team.

study of socioeconomic and demographic variables

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

survey administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

cognitive assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

psychosocial assessment and care

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

Patients without cancer

non-cancer patients, seeking care at out-patient clinics

compliance monitoring

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

medical chart review

Intervention Type OTHER

A limited review of medical records for the sole purpose of evaluating patients for study eligibility will be undertaken by the research team.

study of socioeconomic and demographic variables

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

survey administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

cognitive assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

psychosocial assessment and care

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

Interventions

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compliance monitoring

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

systemic chemotherapy

Learning about changes over time in older patients' ability to function after receiving chemotherapy for breast or colon cancer

Intervention Type DRUG

medical chart review

A limited review of medical records for the sole purpose of evaluating patients for study eligibility will be undertaken by the research team.

Intervention Type OTHER

study of socioeconomic and demographic variables

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

Intervention Type OTHER

survey administration

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

Intervention Type OTHER

cognitive assessment

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

psychosocial assessment and care

Patients complete the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) and a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline and 12 months later. Variables collected include sociodemographics; cognitive, nutritional, psychosocial, and emotional status; tumor characteristics; therapy; and mortality.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed breast or colon cancer

* Newly diagnosed disease
* Any stage disease
* Undergoing treatment at the Ireland Cancer Center, University Hospitals Case Medical Center Site
* Scheduled to start a new chemotherapy regimen (objective II only)
* Not concurrently enrolled in a GEM trial (objectives II, III, and IV)
* Hormone receptor status not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Understands English
* Menopausal status not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Diseases Characteristics
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Cynthia Owusu, MD, MSC

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Locations

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Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

UH-LUICC

Mentor, Ohio, United States

Site Status

UH-Chagrin Highlands

Orange, Ohio, United States

Site Status

UH-Green Road

South Euclid, Ohio, United States

Site Status

UH-Westlake

Westlake, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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CASE8Y07

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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