Status:

COMPLETED

The CARE Program: CAncer REhabilitation Pilot Study for Older Adults

Lead Sponsor:

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Conditions:

Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

65+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The CARE Program is a randomized trial of a cancer rehabilitation program designed to help older cancer patients who have shown to have a loss of function.

Detailed Description

This is a prospective, two-arm, single-center randomized controlled pilot trial of a cancer rehabilitation program for older adults, titled the 'CARE program,' which is designed to maintain and/or imp...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Aged 65 years or older
  • Has an outpatient appointment within UNC Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Diagnosis of cancer within last two years.
  • Has a life expectancy of 12 months or longer. All cancer types are included.
  • English speaking
  • Willing to complete the UNC GA
  • Has at least one functional deficit as defined by GA screen
  • Understands study design, risks, and benefits and have signed informed consent
  • Willing to be randomized into either study arm
  • Ability to safely participate in outpatient rehabilitation program

Exclusion

  • Unable to safely participate in outpatient rehabilitation.
  • Currently receiving rehabilitation.
  • Any participant who has urologic cancer or is enrolled in a competing trial.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

67 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02306252

Start Date

June 1 2014

End Date

March 1 2017

Last Update

September 12 2017

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University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599