Frailty and Body Composition in the Elderly Cancer Patients Treated With Chemotherapy (FRACTION)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02806154 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : June 20, 2016
Last Update Posted : November 9, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Cancer | Other: DEXA |
However none of the studies relating body composition and chemotoxicity included elderly as a specific subpopulation. Furthermore in the majority of studies, body composition analyses are based on the estimation of muscle mass by CT scanner (axial L3 section). This method is to date not validated in the elderly cancer patients. Nevertheless some studies used Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA), which is considered the gold standard in the assessment of body composition in older adults.
The investigators main hypothesis is that the appendicular muscle mass (I.e. muscle mass of the 4 limbs) operationalized as an index by dividing the muscle mass by squared height following Baumgartners' approach (Baumgartner, 1998) measured by DEXA (total of muscle mass of 4 limbs / height ²) represents a predictive factor of chemotoxicity in the elderly.
The finding that body composition is associated with poor tolerance of chemotherapy could lead to consider these parameters in the treatment decision of the elderly cancer patients and improve the current decision-making algorithms when treating older adults.
Study Type : | Observational |
Estimated Enrollment : | 160 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | Frailty and Body Composition in the Elderly Cancer Patients Treated With Chemotherapy |
Actual Study Start Date : | March 27, 2017 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | September 2022 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | September 2022 |
Group/Cohort | Intervention/treatment |
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Elderly cancer patients
Elderly cancer patients treated with chemotherapy will have DEXA
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Other: DEXA
The appendicular muscle mass measured by DEXA
Other Name: Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry |
- Number of Participants With Treatment-Related Adverse Events as Assessed by NCI-CTC v4.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 12 months ]Toxicity event defined by : first occurrence of grade 4 hematologic or grade 3-4 non hematologic toxicity as defined by the National Cancer Institute-Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI-CTC version 4) and/or disruption of chemotherapy because of inacceptable toxicity.
- Functional autonomy impairment [ Time Frame: Up to 12 months ]defined as a loss of ≥ 0.5 point in Activities of Daily Living Scale.
- Functional physical performances impairment [ Time Frame: Up to 12 months ]defined as a loss ≥ 1 point in the Short Physical Performance Battery
- Quality of life impairment [ Time Frame: Up to 12 months ]defined as a loss ≥ 10 points in the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire
- Early death [ Time Frame: Up to 12 months ]defined by a death occuring during the 3 first months from the initiation of the treatment

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 70 Years and older (Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Breast, prostate, bladder, colo-rectal, ovarian cancers, and lymphoma
- Metastatic or locally advanced neoplasm
- Initiation of first line chemotherapy
- Performance status WHO 0-3
- Capacity to give a written informed consent
- Life expectancy > 3 mouths
Exclusion Criteria:
- Concomitant targeted therapy
- Concomitant targeted radiotherapy
- Height > 196 cm, weight > 136 kg (DEXA not feasible)
- Hemopathy excluding lymphoma
- Cognitive impairment compromising the well proceeding and security of the study
- Cognitive impairment compromising the obtaining of a written informed consent

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02806154
Contact: Laurent Balardy | 0561776495 ext +33 | balardy.l@chu-toulouse.fr |
France | |
Institut du Cancer de Montpellier Val d'Aurelle | Recruiting |
Montpellier, France | |
Contact: Laurence Cristol 0467612369 ext +33 laurence.cristol@montpellier.unicancer.fr | |
CHU de Nantes | Recruiting |
Nantes, France | |
Contact: Laure De Decker, Dr laure.dedecker@chu-nantes.fr | |
Hôpital de Cimiez, CHU Nice | Terminated |
Nice, France | |
Hospital of Toulouse | Recruiting |
Toulouse, France, 31059 | |
Contact: Laurent Balardy 0561776495 ext +33 balardy.l@chu-toulouse.fr | |
Institut Claudius Régaud | Recruiting |
Toulouse, France | |
Contact: Loïc Mourey, MD 0531156056 ext +33 |
Principal Investigator: | Laurent Balardy | University Hospital, Toulouse |
Responsible Party: | University Hospital, Toulouse |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02806154 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
RC31/15/7831 |
First Posted: | June 20, 2016 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 9, 2020 |
Last Verified: | November 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Cancer Chemotherapy toxicity Elderly patients DEXA muscle mass |
Frailty Pathologic Processes |