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N/A N=1,674 Screening

Validation of a Screening Tool in Geriatric Oncology

Breast Cancer · Colorectal Cancer · Head and Neck Cancer · Lung Cancer · Lymphoma

Enrolled (actual)
1,674
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jan 2021
Primary outcome: Primary: Sensitivity of the G8 Questionnaire — 76.5 % of Participants with a positive G8

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Geriatric screening tests (Other); Multidimensional geriatric assessment (Other)
Age
Older Adult · 70+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Institut Bergonié
Primary completion
Mar 2010

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Sensitivity of the G8 Questionnaire
76.5
SECONDARY
Specificity of the G8 Questionnaire
64.4
SECONDARY
Sensitivity of the VES-13 Questionnaire
68.7
SECONDARY
Specificity of the VES-13 Questionnaire
74.3
SECONDARY
Reproducibility of the G8 Questionnaire
0.65
SECONDARY
Reproducibility of the VES-13 Questionnaire
0.64

Summary

RATIONALE: A screening questionnaire may help doctors plan better treatment for older patients with cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying a questionnaire in screening older patients with cancer.

Eligibility Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed cancer including the following types:
  • Colon
  • Rectal
  • Lung
  • Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
  • Breast
  • Prostate
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  • Planning to undergo first-time treatment comprising medicine, surgery, or radiotherapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • No persons deprived of liberty or under guardianship
  • No psychological, familial, social, or geographical reasons that would make monitoring clinically impossible

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00963911). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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