Automated Geriatric Co-Management Program in Older Patients With Solid Mass or Nodule Suspicious for Cancer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center20 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to find out if it is possible to use the automated geriatric co-management program to manage the participants care before, during and after surgery.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Cancer

Interventions

in-person geriatric co-managementOTHER

The geriatrics service sees these patients for at least 2 postoperative days, if deemed clinically necessary by the geriatrician. During the inpatient hospital course, the geriatrics service will ensure the execution of preoperative recommendations and will discuss with the surgical team, who will act as a primary team, any additional recommendation in order to improve postoperative care. "In-person" geriatric consults to be done via telemedicine due to the current pandemic and consideration for patient safety.

automated geriatric co-managementOTHER

Following completion of the eRFA, the summary of impairments as well as the recommendations generated by the study team (hard-copy or email) will be provided in real-time to the surgery team for their attention.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Solid mass or nodule suspicious for cancer * Aged 65 or older * Being considered for surgical resection of the solid mass or nodule, with anticipated hospital length of stay of at least two days, * Completed the eRFA per routine care Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to read or comprehend English * Not having a completed electronic Rapid Fitness Assessment within 2 months of surgery\*\*Note) To avoid excluding patients based this item, patients have to complete another eRFA within two months of surgery. * Being discharged in one day or earlier from the hospital.

Locations (1)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Feasibility of Automated Geriatric Co-management Program

percentage of recommendations that were followed by the surgery team

Time frame: 2 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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