Can a simple check-up improve cancer care for seniors?
NCT ID NCT05436327
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether a special health check-up for older adults (called a geriatric assessment) can help them and their caregivers talk more effectively with their doctors about age-related concerns. About 479 older cancer patients and their caregivers are taking part. The goal is to see if this approach improves satisfaction, quality of life, and reduces side effects from chemotherapy.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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479 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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.
Practice Staff Participants Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 years or older * A practicing clinician (e.g., oncologist, nurse practitioners, physician assistant, advanced practice nurse, registered nurse, medical assistant) or other practice staff (e.g., administrators and IT) * Fluent in English (reading and speaking) * Have access to computer, laptop, tablet, or smart phone Exclusion Criteria: * Have plans to leave the practice in six months (e.g., retiring or changing organizations) * Unable to provide consent Patient Participants Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 65 and older * Considering a new chemotherapy plan Exclusion Criteria: • Have been diagnosed with a health condition that precludes their ability to participate in informed consent or in the intervention (e.g., dementia which limits decision-making capacity). Care Partner/Caregiver Participants (Care partners can be any partner, spouse, family member, and/or friend that has been identified by the patient and/or clinical team that supports the patient through treatment.) Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 years and older * Fluent in English (reading and speaking) * Have access to computer, laptop, tablet, or smart phone Exclusion Criteria: • Unable to provide consent Inclusion of Special Populations: Employees. The rationale for including employees is to gain a better understanding of how we can improve cancer care for older patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy. It is possible that some employees may be pregnant women or military personnel. We intend to include these individuals as long as they meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria because this is a clinical improvement project to promote the implementation of the GA in routine clinical practice and should have external validity. These individuals would not be excluded in other clinical improvement projects outside of a research study. Other special populations. This study will not include other special subject populations (students, Non-English-Speaking Populations, Minors, Human Fetuses; Neonates (infants under 30 days old), prisoners/detainees (wards)) because the purpose of the study is to understand the implementation of the GA in clinical oncology practices and its impact on patients 65+ with cancer and their care partners satisfaction with care, communication about their care, quality of life, and patient (65+) reported toxicities.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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