Status:
WITHDRAWN
Outpatient Health Care Program for Older Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer or Colon Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Breast Cancer
Cognitive/Functional Effects
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Gathering health information from older patients undergoing chemotherapy may help doctors plan better treatment and improve the quality of life for these patients. PURPOSE: This randomized...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the effect of a 1-year geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) program on adherence to adjuvant chemotherapy (defined as tolerance and timely completion of planned ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma, including one of the following:
- Breast cancer (female), meeting the following criteria:
- Stage I-III (T1-4, N0-3, M0) disease
- Has undergone complete surgical removal of invasive cancer by mastectomy or lumpectomy
- Has undergone either sentinel lymph node dissection or axillary lymph node dissection with adequate TNM staging
- Colon cancer (male or female), meeting the following criteria:
- Stage I-III (T1-3, any N, M0) disease
- Has undergone appropriate surgical resection with TNM staging
- Newly diagnosed disease
- Scheduled to receive chemotherapy
- Agrees to receive chemotherapy AND is able to receive chemotherapy within 3 months after surgery
- No distant metastases
- Hormone receptor status not specified
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Menopausal status not specified
- Life expectancy ≥ 6 months
- Fluent in English
- Not living in a nursing home
- No end-stage disease
- No severe dementia
- No other clinically active malignancy within the past 5 years or within 3 months after diagnosis of current malignancy
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
- No prior chemotherapy for the malignancy
- More than 1 year since prior treatment on an inpatient/outpatient geriatric evaluation and management unit
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00873600
Start Date
October 1 2007
Last Update
March 19 2015
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