Clinical trial · Interventional
Pilot Study of a Geriatric Intervention After Colorectal and Lung Cancer Surgery
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Surgery for colorectal cancer is a major surgery. People above the age of 60 tend to have a higher risk of complications. Some studies indicate that senior cancer patients might benefit from a home support after surgery by a geriatric nurse practitioner and a team, beside their usual post-operative care. The investigators team is planning a large study to assess whether this approach could help patients with colorectal cancer recover better from their surgery, get better cancer treatment after that (e.g. chemotherapy), and possibly live longer. This study you are asked to take part in is a pilot for this large study.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCorkle Model Intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control Arm
- description
- Usual post-surgical care
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention arm
- description
- In addition to usual post-surgical care, the patients will receive a 4 week geriatric nurse practitioner-centered intervention, based on the McCorkle model.
- interventionNames
- Other: McCorkle Model Intervention
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Feasibility of the Intervention
- timeFrame
- 30 days per participant
- description
- The primary end-point for the pilot will be the feasibility of the intervention, measured as follows: * A compliance of \>=90% with the intervention table on page 17 * A success rate (improvement or resolution of problems) of \>= 80% * A completion rate of \>=90% of the initial and final study questionnaires
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 60 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Colorectal cancer, stage III or IV, confirmed by histology * Abdominal surgery by a University of South Florida (USF) surgeon at Moffitt Cancer Center or Tampa General Hospital (TGH) * Age 60 years and older * Informed consent * Living within a one (1) hour radius of Moffitt Exclusion Criteria: * Discharge planned to a rehabilitation facility or a nursing home * Unable to answer the questionnaires (e.g. because of cognitive impairment, blindness, deafness) * Post-operative inpatient stay \>one (1) month
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