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. 2019 Mar 25;2019(3):CD012387. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012387.pub2

Frennet 2011.

Methods Multicentre phase II RCT
Participants Frail elderly patients with newly diagnosed cancer
Country: not reported
Age: mean 79.3 years (SD 5.8)
Sex: 57.7% women
Inclusion criteria
  1. patients aged over 70 years

  2. newly diagnosed with cancer for which initiation of therapy was considered

  3. frail patients (VES‐13, score > 3/10)


Exclusion criteria: VES‐13, score < 3/10
N randomised: (ongoing): IG: 53; CG: 58
N in analysis: not applicable (ongoing)
Interventions Content of screen:Comprehensive geriatric assessment. Exact content of screen unclear
Interventionist: not reported
Intervention procedure: not reported
Conditions for implementation: not reported
Comparative condition: conventional oncological management
Length of follow‐up: unclear, 6 months?
Outcomes Primary outcomes: functional decline at 6 months (change in ADL score)
Secondary outcomes: unclear
Outcome time points: once at 6 months
Notes Information from conference abstract available, no further information received from study authors