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Brief Title: Validation of a Comprehensive Health Status Assessment Scale in Elderly Patients (≥ 65 Years) With Hematological Malignancies
Official Title: Validation of a Comprehensive Health Status Assessment Scale in Elderly Patients (≥ 65 Years) With Hematological Malignancies
Study ID: NCT02164071
Brief Summary: The elderly comprise the most prevalent population in oncology practice. The available evidence suggests that old patients are undertreated patients, mainly because of their advanced age, regardless of whether they are highly functional patients, they do not present co morbidities and could benefit from oncology therapies. Treatment planning must consider several health indices that are useful when it comes to detecting geriatric problems that could affect the patient's treatment experience. The complete comprehensive geriatric evaluation stands out as cornerstone among other validated tools that do not work as isolated instruments; however, its length and complexity may hinder its routine use in clinical practice for decision making. The purpose of this study is to validate a comprehensive health status assessment scale in elderly patients (≥65 years) with hematological malignancies that, while integrating the essential dimensions of geriatric assessment and, with the same precision as the currently available valid tools, is shorter and easier to apply, so it can be incorporated into the daily practice and that aids in clinical decision making objectively. If so, this information would help identify patients that could benefit from a specific oncology treatment, thus contributing to developing a targeted intervention plan and to optimizing the cancer results in this patient population.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 65 Years
Eligible Ages: OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Hospital Txagorritxu, Vitoria, Alava, Spain
Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Espluges De Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Duran I Reynals, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Parc Tauli, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital de Donostia, San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa, Spain
Hospital U. Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
C.H. Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Hospital Universitario de Canarias, San Cristobal de la Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Hospital Ntra. Sra. La Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Spain
Hospital La Ribera, Alzira, Valencia, Spain
Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, , Spain
Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, , Spain
Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, , Spain
Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, , Spain
C.H. Universitario A Coruna, La Coruna, , Spain
Arnau de Vilanova, Lerida, , Spain
Hospital U. Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, , Spain
Hospital Infanta Leonor, Madrid, , Spain
Hospital de Segovia, Segovia, , Spain
Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, , Spain
Hospital La Fe, Valencia, , Spain
Name: Jose Luis Garcia, PhD
Affiliation: Celgene
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR