Can a simple assessment make chemotherapy safer for seniors?
NCT ID NCT07485634
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a personalized care plan, based on a geriatric assessment, can reduce severe side effects in older adults (65+) starting chemotherapy for common cancers. Participants are randomly assigned to receive the assessment-driven plan plus usual care, or usual care alone. The goal is to see if this approach lowers the risk of serious toxicities, hospital visits, and treatment disruptions.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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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
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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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65 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 65-74 years with impaired G8 questionnaire score, or aged 75 years or older. * Diagnosis of lung cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, gastric cancer, or uterine cancer with histological confirmation or radiological diagnosis. * Scheduled to receive a new systemic anti-cancer treatment that includes chemotherapy. Any line of cytotoxic chemotherapy is allowed, including regimens combined with targeted therapy or immunotherapy, provided the planned regimen is expected to last at least 3 months. * ECOG Performance Status 0-2. * Able to communicate in English or Chinese. * Able to provide valid informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Planned treatment with radiotherapy alone. * Planned systemic treatment given concurrently with radiotherapy. * Planned treatment with hormonal therapy alone (e.g., tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors, LHRH agonists). * Planned surgery within the next 3 months. * Life expectancy less than 3 months. * Dementia or otherwise mentally unfit to provide informed consent.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong,
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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