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Delivering better care for older people with cancer

Phase III hybrid effectiveness implementation step wedge cluster randomized controlled trial of implementation of a geriatric model of care to optimize outcomes for older people with cancer

Sponsor
University of Technology Sydney
Enrolment
1,080 planned
Conditions
cancer; Cancer - Any cancer; Public Health - Health service research
Interventions
The intervention is a clinical model of care, which is supported by specific strategies to support its uptake into practice (these are called implementation strategies)
Ages
adults, older adults
Registry
ACTRN12626000973314

Full record on ANZCTRSource: WHO ICTRP, processed 7 September 2026

Primary outcomes

  • The IMPLEMENTATION CO-PRIMARY OUTCOME is site adherence to the screening, assessment, and care approach in the geriatric oncology model of care, operationalised as the percentage of eligible patients in the cancer service 65 years and older (50 years and older for Indigenous patients) whose assessme
  • The CLINICAL CO-PRIMARY OUTCOME is Health-related quality of life.[Measured by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment Quality of Life Questionnaire Core-30 (EORTC QLQ 30) global quality of life scale. This will be assessed at 3 months after initial geriatric screening assessment.]

History

  1. Started

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