Study of Physical and Mental Health of Older Patients With Newly Diagnosed Cancer

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title: The Geriatric-Oncology Database: A Resource for Advancing Research in Older Cancer Patients

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

RATIONALE: Gathering information from older patients with newly diagnosed cancer may help doctors learn more about the risks of functional decline.

PURPOSE: This studying is looking at the physical and mental health of older patients with newly diagnosed cancer.

Clinical Trial Description

OBJECTIVES:

• To create a Geriatric-Oncology database of patients 65 years of age and older with newly diagnosed cancer who have been identified as being at increased risk of functional decline and mortality within a year.

• To enhance the Geriatric-Oncology Database by linking it to the Central Medicare Services (CMS) Database and the Ohio Death Files.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients undergo a 1-hour comprehensive geriatric assessment at baseline and periodically during the study as part of routine care. The assessments include the Lawton's nine-item Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL); the Katz's Activity of Daily Living (ADL); the Timed Up and Go Test; the Karnofsky Physician-Rated Performance Rating Scale (KPS); the number of falls in the past 6 months; the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA); the Body Mass Index; the percent of unintentional weight loss in the past 6 months; the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Social Support Subscale (emotional/information and tangible subscales); the MOS Social Activity Limitations Measures; the Charlson Comorbidity Index; the Cumulative Index Rating Scale Geriatrics (CIRS-G); the ACE-27; the Folstein's Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE); the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS); the Functional Pain Scale; and a list of medications.

Data will be obtained from patients medical records at baseline, 6 months, 1 year, and 3 years. At completion of 1 and 3 years of follow up, the Geriatric-Oncology Database will be linked to the Central Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Database and the Ohio Death Files. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Body Weight Changes
• Cognitive/Functional Effects
• Depression
• Hematopoietic/Lymphoid Cancer
• Malnutrition
• Pain
• Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment
• Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
• Weight Changes

• NCT number: NCT00769951
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 2008
• Completion date: September 2011