Status:
COMPLETED
Nutritional Intervention in Geriatric Oncology
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital, Bordeaux
Collaborating Sponsors:
Ministry of Health, France
Ligue contre le cancer, France
Conditions:
Cancer
Undernutrition
Eligibility:
All Genders
70+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Older patients with cancer are poorly treated or not treated at all. A previous study in the south west of France (364 patients) showed that patients receiving chemotherapy had short survival times wh...
Detailed Description
Undernutrition in patients with cancer also called tumour cachexia concerns about 50% of this population during tumour progression. It's well established that loss of weight is poor prognosis factor i...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Over 70 years of age
- Histologically proven cancer
- Treatment by chemotherapy
- Risk of undernutrition according to MNA score between 17 and 23.5
- ECOG ≤ 3
- Life expectancy \> 12 weeks
- Patient affiliated with the French social security regimen
- Written informed consent
Exclusion
- MNA score under 17 or over 23.5
- Geographic, psychological, or social conditions potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol
- Symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases
- Chemotherapy treatments not published as standard protocols
- Treatment that does not allow geriatric evaluation and dietician follow-up.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
341 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00459589
Start Date
April 1 2007
End Date
March 1 2012
Last Update
June 20 2012
Active Locations (2)
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1
Institut Bergonié - 229 Cours de l'Argonne
Bordeaux, France, 33076
2
Pôle de Gériatrie - CHU Bordeaux-Hôpital Xavier Arnozan - Avenue du Haut-Lévèque
Pessac, France, 33604