Clinical trial · Observational
Sepsis As a Cause of Death Among Elderly Cancer Patients
Sepsis As a Cause of Death Among Elderly Cancer Patients: an Updated SEER Database Analysis 2000-2021
- 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)
The goal of this retrospective study is to explore the association between sepsis and morality among the elderly cancer patients. Data were extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results( SEER) database using SEER\*stat software. The study included patients aged 65 years or more who were diagnosed with cancer from 2000 to 2021. The extracted data included age, race, marital status, sex, stage, surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Multiple primary session was used to calculate the standardized Mortality ratio (SMR) as Observed/Expected with excess risk/10,000 and significance was achieved at 0.05.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Sepsis | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
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Design
Arms and outcomes
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[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- SMR for sepsis as a cause of death among elderly cancer patients
- timeFrame
- from Jan, 2000 till Dec, 2021
- description
- Patients were followed up from the time of diagnosis and the risk was assessed across different time intervals: 1 year, 5 years and +10 years after cancer diagnosis from 2000 to 2021
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * cancer patients * age 65 year or more * latency exclusion period of 0 months. Exclusion Criteria: \- Death certificate only and autopsy only cases
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