CompletedNot Applicable

Thoracic OncoGeriatric Assessment (TOGA) Trials

United States14 participantsStarted 2007-08

Plain-language summary

Our goal is to develop a reliable, physician and patient-friendly, pre-operative Thoracic Onco-Geriatric Assessment (TOGA) to predict surgical risk in geriatric oncology patients with thoracic neoplasms of the lung, esophagus, pleura and thymus, modeled upon existing CGA tools, including the Preoperative Assessment of Cancer in the Elderly (PACE)

Who can participate

Age range70 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients 70 years old and above seen in the UWCCC for a thoracic oncology surgery. * Residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities will be eligible for this study if they are thought to be appropriate surgical candidates. Exclusion Criteria: * Institutionalized deemed not to be appropriate. * Prisoners

What they're measuring

Morbidity (Cardiac, pulmonary, infectous, etc.) and Mortality in Cohort

Timeframe: 30days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00591981

SponsorUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2012-08

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