Study of a Simplified Geriatric Evaluation Performed by Oncologists Prior to Cancer Treatment by Radiotherapy or Chemotherapy in Subjects Aged 70 Years or Older With Inoperable Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck

Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris800 enrolled

Overview

Use by Oncologists of Validated Geriatric Assessment Tools: G8 Screening Test and Certain Tests for Thorough Geriatric Evaluation

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

800

Conditions

Inoperable Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck

Interventions

Geriatric Screening Test G8OTHER

Geriatric screening test (Oncodage-G8). The oncologist realizes it and proposes the oncological treatment which seems to him then the most adapted (treatment which can be different from that proposed after the oncological evaluation only).

Geriatric fragility test GERICOOTHER

GERICO geriatric frailty test (if possible the same day as the G8 and in any case in the same week): Realized by the oncologist, it includes: * the socio-cultural evaluation scale, * the ADL autonomy questionnaire, * assessment of locomotor disorders, * nutritional assessment, * the MMSE Cognitive Function Evaluation Questionnaire, * the GDS-4 mood rating scale, * the comorbidity assessment test (Charlson Index)

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Subject aged 70 or over * Carrier of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, locally advanced undergoing treatment by radiotherapy or metastatic / recurrence not accessible to treatment curative locoregional under treatment with chemotherapy. * Patient likely to be eligible for ELAN-RT or ELAN-FIT or ELAN-UNFIT trials. * Patients affiliated to a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Person deprived of liberty or under guardianship, * Presence of a neuro-psychological condition, family, social, or geographical, which may hinder the smooth running of the study. * Patient expressing opposition to participation in this study

Locations (1)

Gustave Roussy

Villejuif, Val De Marne, France

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Completion rate

Rate of completion of each of the geriatric fragility test questionnaires and the G8 questionnaire and duration of the geriatric evaluation performed by the oncologist

Time frame: Up to 1 year

Central Contacts

Joel GUIGAY, MD, PhD

CONTACT

0492031501 joel.guigay@nice.unicancer.fr

Cécile MERTENS, MD

CONTACT

0556337828 C.Mertens@bordeaux.unicancer.fr

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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