Geriatric Assessment and Nursing Telephone Intervention in Elderly Women With Ovarian Cancer
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 50
- 试验地点
- 3
- 主要终点
- feasibility of a geriatric assessment (GA)
研究概览
简要总结
Older woman with ovarian cancer have a worse prognosis compared to younger patients. However, the reason is not known. Currently, the standard of care is to evaluate younger and older patients with cancer the same way. However, older patients with cancer often have more complicated issues to manage. For example, older patients often have other medical problems, take more medications, and be dependent on others for help and transportation. Too often, the medical team is unaware of these issues which can effect the patients care.
The purpose of this study is to apply a set of questions designed specifically for patients with cancer who are older than 65 years of age. These questions are called a geriatric assessment.
The investigators want to better understand which older patients with ovarian cancer will be able to tolerate the chemotherapy and surgery and why. This study will also see if a telephone call from a nurse who specializes in caring for older patients will improve patient care. This study will determine how feasible it is to perform geriatric assessments and telephone calls in patients with ovarian cancer.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 —（Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patients must be > or = to age of
- •Will receive platinum-based chemotherapy and surgery at MSKCC for stage II-IV ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer.
- •Pathologic confirmation or high suspicion based on Ca125 level and/or radiologic evidence of ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer.
- •Able to understand English.
- •Be able to provide informed consent.
排除标准
- •Enrolled on a phase I trial.
结局指标
主要结局
feasibility of a geriatric assessment (GA)
时间窗: 2 years
Geriatric Assessment Measures Selected Based on Reliability, Validity, Brevity, \& Prognostic Value. We will measure: the percentage of patients able to complete GA on their own; the length of time to complete GA; patient satisfaction with the GA, identifying items that were distressing or difficult to comprehend; the percentage of patients who completed all four serial GA;
feasibility of a weekly geriatric nursing telephone intervention
时间窗: 2 years
the percentage of patients able to complete all weekly telephone calls; the length of time for each telephone call; patient satisfaction with the weekly telephone call.
次要结局
- estimate if the cancer-specific GA parameters will predict toxicity.(2 years)
- differences in the surgical and chemotherapy toxicity(2 years)