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Main ID:  NCT03053310
Date of registration: 03/02/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: AZ Sint-Jan AV
Public title: Value of Geriatric Screening to Predict Postoperative Morbidity for Head and Neck Cancer GEROP
Scientific title: Determination of the Value of Geriatric Screening to Predict Postoperative Morbidity in an Older Head and Neck Cancer Population (GEROP)
Date of first enrolment: January 25, 2017
Target sample size: 94
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03053310
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Belgium
Contacts
Name:     Johan Abeloos, MD
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Affiliation:  AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV
Name:     Araceli Diez-Fraile, PhD
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Email: araceli.diez-fraile@azsintjan.be
Affiliation: 
Name:     Araceli Diez-Fraile, Phd
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Telephone: 0032(0)50459660
Email: araceli.diez-fraile@azsintjan.be
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- - Patients aged 70 years or older at time of enrolment

- Both female and male patients

- Patients that are Dutch or French-speaking

- Patients with a histologically confirmed malignant tumour in the head and neck region,
in specific oral cavity, larynx, and pharynx ('head and neck cancer', defined
according to the NCCN guidelines)

- Patients undergoing surgery for a solid head and neck cancer tumour under general
anaesthesia. Preoperative data from patients considered ineligible for surgery, will
also be registered for scientific purposes

- Patients undergoing surgery and follow-up care at the division of maxillofacial
surgery or Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

- - Patients not eligible according to the abovementioned criteria

- Patients with a spinocellular carcinoma of the skin

- Patients with distant metastases (stage IVc)

- Patients with another non-cured cancer, except for a squamous or basal cell carcinoma
of the skin

- Patients arriving at the emergency department for urgent surgical intervention

- Patients diagnosed with severe dementia, according to the DSM IV or MMSE =18, or
diagnosed psychiatric problems impeding proper preoperative assessment



Age minimum: 70 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Head and Neck
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
30-day postoperative comorbidity [Time Frame: 30 days postoperative]
Secondary Outcome(s)
quality of life, as measured with EORTC questionnaire [Time Frame: 30 days, 6 months and 12 months postoperative]
percentage of patients with major postoperative complications (grade >=3), Graded According to NCI CTCAE Version 4.0 [Time Frame: 30 days postoperative]
percentage of patients not considered eligible for HNCA surgery, based on geriatric consult and/or MOC consult [Time Frame: prior to surgery, at time of multidisciplinary oncology consult]
vulnerability percentage of patients undergoing HNCA surgery, based on geriatric consult [Time Frame: at time of surgery]
Secondary ID(s)
B049201629484
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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