The Management of Complicated Colo-rectal Cancer in Older Patients in the Emergency Setting: the CO-OLDER Study

Poissy-Saint Germain Hospital200 enrolled

Overview

This is a multicenter observational study aimed to investigate the management of older patients aged 75 years old and over admitted to the emergency department with complicated colorectal cancer. The final endpoint is to report morbidity and mortality in this group of frail individuals according to the shift of incidence of colorectal cancer in geriatric patients, over 2 periods: before the COVID pandemic outbreak (11th March 2020) and after the 11th March, during the ongoing pandemic.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

200

Conditions

Advanced Colorectal Cancer in Elderly Patient

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 75 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 75 years old and over; * Admission to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain; * Diagnosis of obstructed and/or perforated colorectal cancer. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients aged\< 75 years old; * Patients aged \>=75 years old admitted with acute abdomen, not due to complicated colorectal cancer.

Locations (1)

World Society of Emergency Surgery

Paris, France

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

mortality and morbidity correlated with the management of older (=>75 years old) patients admitted to emergency department with a complicated colorectal cancer

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

Central Contacts

Belinda De Simone, MD

CONTACT

+33665787872 desimone.belinda@gmail.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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