Malnutrition in Older Cancer Patients
Status: Active_not_recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY
This trial studies how well comprehensive nutritional geriatric assessments work in identifying malnutrition in older cancer participants. Comprehensive nutritional geriatric assessments may help doctors learn about ways to check for malnutrition (loss of weight/appetite that may result in health problems) that is due to cancer or cancer treatment.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 65
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• With hematologic and solid tumor cancers.
• Undergo a comprehensive geriatric assessment by a geriatrician.
Locations
United States
Texas
M D Anderson Cancer Center
Houston
Time Frame
Start Date: 2017-01-24
Completion Date: 2025-06-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 180
Treatments
Nutritional geriatric assessment
Participants undergo nutritional geriatric assessment over 15 minutes in person or on the phone every 3 months for 12 months.
Authors
Beatrice Edwards, Mehnaz Shafi, John R. Stroehlein
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center