Frailty Index and Geriatric Assessment in Predicting Toxicity to Front-Line Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This phase II trial is studying how well a frailty index and geriatric assessment works in predicting toxicity to front-line chemotherapy in treating patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. A frailty index and geriatric assessment prior to treatment may help identify a better treatment regimen

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University; Wake Forest University Health Sciences
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Carboplatin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Pathological documentation of non-small cell lung cancer Stage IV disease Prior adjuvant chemotherapy for the earlier stages of non-small cell lung cancer is allowed Patients with brain metastases are allowed on protocol only if they have received brain irradiation and are neurologically stable Patients with other malignancies are allowed on protocol unless they are receiving active treatment (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or immunotherapy) for the other malignancy Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria:

Prior palliative chemotherapy Pregnant and/or lactating women Prior radiation therapy other than brain irradiation for brain metastases