Comprehensive Nutritional Geriatric Assessments in Identifying Malnutrition in Older Cancer Participants

NCT ID: NCT03035604

Last Updated: 2025-11-21

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

180 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-01-24

Study Completion Date

2027-06-30

Brief Summary

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This trial studies how well comprehensive nutritional geriatric assessments work in identifying malnutrition in older cancer participants. Comprehensive nutritional geriatric assessments may help doctors learn about ways to check for malnutrition (loss of weight/appetite that may result in health problems) that is due to cancer or cancer treatment.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate whether nutritional status, as determined by each of 4 screening tools (Mini Nutritional Assessment \[MNA\], weight loss, body mass index \[BMI\], and lean muscle mass), correlates with 6-month and 12-month mortality in older cancer patients after geriatric assessment, after adjusting for covariates.

II. To evaluate whether nutritional status, as determined by each of by 4 screening tools (MNA, weight loss, BMI, and lean muscle mass) correlates with 6-month and 12-month unplanned hospitalization in older cancer patients who undergo geriatric assessment, after adjusting for covariates.

III. To evaluate whether nutritional status, as determined by each of 4 screening tools (MNA, weight loss, BMI, and lean muscle mass) correlates with 6-month and 12-month hospital readmissions in older cancer patients who undergo geriatric assessment, after adjusting for covariates.

OUTLINE:

Participants undergo nutritional geriatric assessment over 15 minutes in person or on the phone every 3 months for 12 months.

Conditions

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Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Nutritional geriatric assessment

Participants undergo nutritional geriatric assessment over 15 minutes in person or on the phone every 3 months for 12 months.

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

Undergo nutritional geriatric assessment

Interventions

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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

Undergo nutritional geriatric assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* With hematologic and solid tumor cancers.
* Undergo a comprehensive geriatric assessment by a geriatrician.

Exclusion Criteria

* Unable or unwilling to sign consent form.
* Life expectancy under 6 months.
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Mehnaz Shafi

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Locations

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M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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http://www.mdanderson.org

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Website

Other Identifiers

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NCI-2018-01280

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2016-0705

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2016-0705

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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