Clinical Trial: Registry of Older Patients With Cancer

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Carolina Senior: UNC Registry for Older Cancer Patients

Brief Summary:

RATIONALE: Gathering information about older patients with cancer may help the study of cancer in the future.

PURPOSE: This research study is gathering information from older patients with cancer into a registry.


Detailed Summary:

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • To create a registry (to be called "Carolina Senior") of older patients with an appointment at North Carolina Cancer Hospital.
  • To have these patients complete a Geriatric Assessment (GA).

Secondary

  • To measure the response rates of GAs of Carolina Senior patients and their satisfaction with a GA by measuring the percentage of patients contacted who consent to complete the GA; the percentage of patients able to complete the self-administered portion of the GA without assistance; the length of time necessary to complete the GA; the variance and number of missing items; the percentage of GAs that contain all 3 of the following items: Timed Up and Go Assessment, Blessed Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test, and healthcare professional-rated Karnofsky performance status; and patient satisfaction with the questionnaire by identifying items that are distressing or too difficult to comprehend.
  • To gather information, including patterns of patient care, that would lend support for future research in the 'Carolina Senior' population who receive a confirmed diagnosis of cancer (except for nonmelanoma skin cancer, cervical carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease, or prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia without evidence of prostate cancer).

OUTLINE: Patients complete a geriatric assessment, a multi-dimensional inter-disciplinary patient evaluation that includes an evaluation of a patient's functional status (ability to live independently at home and in the community), co-morbid medical conditions, cognition, p
Sponsor: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Current Primary Outcome:

  • Creation of a registry of older patients within the University of North Carolina's healthcare system [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
  • Completion of the Geriatric Assessment (GA) [ Time Frame: Upon subject's first visit to the clinic ]


Original Primary Outcome:

  • Creation of a registry of older patients within the University of North Carolina's healthcare system
  • Completion of the Geriatric Assessment (GA)


Current Secondary Outcome:

  • Information that would lend support for future research [ Time Frame: 3 years ]

    Including patterns of patient care, that would lend support for future research in the 'Carolina Senior' population who receive a confirmed diagnosis of cancer with the exception of:

    • Non-melanoma skin cancer
    • Cervical carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease
    • Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia without evidence of prostate cancer
  • Response rates of Geriatric Assessments of Carolina Senior patients and their satisfaction with the GA [ Time Frame: 2 years ]

    Done by measuring:

    • Percentage of patients contacted who consent to complete the GA;
    • The percentage of patients able to complete the self-administered portion of the geriatric assessment without assistance;
    • The length of time necessary to complete the geriatric assessment;
    • The variance and number of missing items;
    • The percentage of geriatric assessments that contain all three of the following items: Timed Up and Go Assessment, Blessed Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test, and healthcare professional-rated Karnofsky performance status;


Original Secondary Outcome:

  • Response rate of GAs
  • Patient satisfaction
  • Collection of information that would lend support for future research


Information By: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Dates:
Date Received: June 3, 2010
Date Started: September 2009
Date Completion: July 2020
Last Updated: April 24, 2017
Last Verified: April 2017