Personalized care plans aim to boost resilience in seniors on chemo
NCT ID NCT07175376
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at how to better support adults aged 65 and older during chemotherapy. Researchers will use a frailty score to create personalized care plans and track how well participants handle treatment. The goal is to see if this approach improves resilience and reduces hospital visits.
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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 32 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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May 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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65 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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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 with cancer: * Ability to understand and willingness to sign an IRB-approved informed consent * Age ≥ 65 years at the time of enrollment. * Planned to initiate an outpatient chemotherapy regimen (including myelosuppressive biologic/immune therapies) for cancer treatment (any type or stage), either as an initial therapy or as a new line of therapy, with curative or palliative intent. * eFI pre-frail or frail status (available in EHR; defined as eFI \> 0.10) within 30 days before enrollment. * Ability to read and understand the English language Providers: * Treating medical oncologist of at least one patient participant who enrolled on to the study and completed baseline assessment. Exclusion Criteria: Patients: * Documented physical or psychological comorbidity that would limit participant's ability to understand or comply with study procedures for the entire length of the study per the enrolling investigator. * Chemotherapy planned at a facility outside the Atrium Health system. * Currently receiving chemotherapy (defined as planned to continue an on-going treatment rather than starting a new regimen).
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGWinston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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Levine Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGCharlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States
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