Research on postoperative functioning of elderly cancer patients

Recruiting

• Conditions: elder patients, postoperative cognitive dysfunction, onco-geriatric, surgery

• Registration Number: NL-OMON26151
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Groningen

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 28 February 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

Surgery is scheduled more than 24 hours after inclusion in the study as we feel this is the time necessary to obtain test results and plan the intraoperative recording of data.
- surgery under general, local or regional anesthesia.
- written informed consent given according to local regulations.

Exclusion Criteria

- any physical condition potentially hampering complicance with the study protocol and follo up schedule, this includes: severe visual impairment, total deafness or the inability to hold a pencil.
- personal time constraints unabling patients to comply to the study protocol.
- patients unable to comply with the outcome questionnaires (this includes insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The incidence of POCD defined by a postoperative change in cognitive function measured by the Ruff Figural Fluency score and Trailmaking test score in comparison to the preoperative score.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
- memory, measured by the Rey's verbal learning test.<br>- daily functioning and quality of life measured by the instruments in the 'Minimale Dataset'.