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Frailty check may steer safer cancer care for seniors

NCT ID NCT03680677

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Aug 12, 2026 · Last updated Aug 13, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study looks at whether simple frailty assessments can predict how older patients (60+) with acute leukemia or MDS will fare after intensive treatments like chemotherapy, CAR T-cell therapy, or stem cell transplants. Researchers will track frailty status and compare outcomes like non-relapse mortality across frail, pre-frail, and non-frail patients. The goal is to see if frailty measures can help personalize treatment intensity to improve survival and reduce harm.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Frailty phenotype assessments
What this could lead to
If frailty assessments prove reliable, they could help doctors tailor cancer treatments to each older patient's resilience, potentially improving survival and quality of life.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study, so results may not apply broadly. Frailty measures may not fully predict treatment outcomes, and the study does not test a new treatment itself.

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Study facts

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

Participants

About 20 people

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

Started

Sep 2018

Expected to finish

Nov 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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

Who is studied

Two cohorts of patients will be included in this analysis. Arm A will include patients 60 years of age and older with a new diagnosis of either acute leukemia or MDS who are being evaluated either in the outpatient or inpatient hematologic malignancies department at the University of Pennsylvania. Arm B will include patients 60 years of age and older with a diagnosis of any hematologic malignancy being treated with cellular therapy including allogeneic blood or marrow transplantation or CAR T-cells.

Ages

60 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Eligibility Criteria Arm A: * Age 60 years or older. * New diagnosis of Acute Leukemia or MDS, or suspected diagnosis. * Able to consent to the study. Eligibility Criteria Arm B: * Age 60 years or older with a hematologic malignancy. * Plan to undergo an allogeneic blood or marrow transplantation or CAR T-cell therapy. * Able to consent to the study.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

acute leukemia hematopoietic and lymphoid cell neoplasm leukemia myelodysplastic syndrome

As listed by the trial registrant

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Leukemia, acute MDS

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Contacts and locations

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Locations

  • Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

    RECRUITING

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

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