Geriatric Intervention in Frail Elderly Patients With Colorectal Cancer

University of Oslo (UIO)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colorectal Neoplasms

Treatments: Other: Geriatric intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01321658

2010/1634

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized, controlled trial on frail elderly patients (aged 65+) with colorectal cancer. The patients will be randomized into two groups. The control group will receive standard surgical treatment. The intervention group will in addition go through a preoperative comprehensive geriatric assessment. The assessment will include evaluation of co-morbidity and medication, social status, nutritional status, cognition, depression and physical performance. This assessment will form basis of an individualized perioperative intervention.

The main aim of the study is to see if the number of postoperative complications in this group can be reduced by a perioperative geriatric intervention. A study of inflammation markers in serum will also be performed, with focus on identifying potential biological frailty markers.

Enrollment: 122 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 65+
• Elective surgery for colorectal cancer
• Frail

Exclusion criteria

• Acute surgery
• Not able to consent
• Does not consent with registration

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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122 participants in 2 patient groups

Geriatric intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Geriatric intervention

Control

No Intervention group