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Can a helping hand help elderly cancer patients finish chemo?

NCT ID NCT05066139

Symptom relief Sponsor: Centre Paul Strauss Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether a special program of nutritional checks, medication review, and physical therapy can help people aged 75 and older complete their full course of chemotherapy for digestive cancer. About 144 participants will be randomly assigned to receive either the extra support or standard care. The main goal is to see if more patients in the support group finish all planned treatment cycles.

What this could mean

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Active substance
EPODIG-G program (nutritional evaluation, medication review, physical therapy)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could show that early supportive care helps elderly patients finish their full course of chemotherapy, potentially improving treatment outcomes.
What could go wrong
This is a small, single-center study with no blinding, so results may not apply broadly. The program adds extra visits and tests, which could be burdensome for some patients.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 144 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Sep 2021

Expected to finish

Oct 2030

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

75 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients must be ≥ 75 years old * Performance status 0, 1 or 2 * Diagnostic of digestive cancer, all stages (adjuvant or metastatic), with an indication for chemotherapy treatment or targeted therapy for a treatment period of 24 weeks or more * Patients previously treated with one or several lines of chemotherapy for this digestive cancer are eligible * Estimated life expectancy ≥ 3 months * Patients able to speak, read and understand French * Signed informed consent from the patient * Patients must have a social security coverage Exclusion Criteria: * History of differentiated neuroendocrine tumors grade 1 or 2 (pancreas, small intestine) * Cancer currently being treated (except for hormone therapy) other than current digestive cancer * History of major surgery and/or curative radiation therapy during the last 4 weeks before inclusion * Patients unable to submit to medical follow-up for geographical, social or psychological reasons * Patients placed under guardianship

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

digestive system cancer Digestive System Diseases digestive system disorder digestive system neoplasm neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

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Digestive system disease Neoplasms

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Institut de cancérologie Strasbourg Europe

    RECRUITING

    Strasbourg, 67033, France

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