Role of Geriatric Intervention in Treatment of Older Patients With Cancer (PREPARE) (PREPARE)

January 28, 2026 updated by: Institut Bergonié

Role of Geriatric Intervention in Treatment of Older Patients With Cancer : a Phase III Randomized Study (PREPARE)

Randomized trials have already demonstrated that geriatric intervention was able to improve survival in the general elderly population but only a few have been performed in cancer patients. At the end, these data are not sufficient to consider geriatric intervention as validated in this setting. Case Management, coordinated by a geriatrician and a trained nurse, could improve prognosis of elderly patients with cancer. This approach, can be integrated in daily oncology practice. This strategy will be compared to usual oncological management in a randomized phase III trial.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Patients will first be screened using the G8 screening tool. If the resulting score is altered (G8 <= 14), patients will be included in the main study and randomized according to 2 modalities: Arm A / Usual care (treatment according to on-going regimens in oncology) or Arm B /Case management (assessment of the patient by the nurse and the geriatrician with interventions as prescribed by the geriatrician). The intervention will be considered effective if, at one year, compared to usual care there is a significant clinical improvement in overall survival (OS) without a significant deterioration or/and clinical improvement of at least one of the targeted quality of life (QoL) scores, without significant clinical deterioration in at least one of the targeted QoL scores and without significant difference in OS in favor of usual care.

If the resulting score is normal (G8 > 14), patients will be treated according to their physician-in-charge opinion. A minimal set of data will be collected (age, sex, tumor type, disease stage, performance status (PS), creatinine clearance, albumin and C-Reactive Protein (CRP) levels mainly) to allow for the characterization of the population in order to compare our results to those of other published series.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

792

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • France
      • Angers, France
        • Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest
      • Beauvais, France, 60021
        • Centre Hospitalier de Beauvais
      • Bordeaux, France, 33600
        • CHU de Bordeaux
      • Bordeaux, France, 33076
        • INSTITUT BERGONIE Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer
      • Béthune, France, 62400
        • Clinique Anne d'Artois
      • Caen, France, 14033
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen
      • Caluire-et-Cuire, France, 69300
        • Infirmerie Protestante de Lyon
      • Castres, France, 81108
        • Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Castres Mazamet
      • Chambéry, France, 73011
        • Centre Hospitalier Métropôle Savoie Chambéry
      • Chinon, France, 37500
        • Centre Hospitalier de Chinon
      • Clermont-Ferrand, France, 63011
        • Centre Jean Perrin
      • Clermont-Ferrand, France, 63000
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand
      • Créteil, France, 94010
        • Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil
      • Créteil, France, 94000
        • AP-HP Henri Mondor
      • Dax, France, 40107
        • Centre Hospitalier de Dax
      • Dijon, France, 21079
        • Centre Georges Francois Leclerc
      • Fort de France, France, 97261
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique
      • Le Puy-en-Velay, France, 43000
        • Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux
      • Lille, France, 59037
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Lille
      • Lyon, France, 69373
        • Centre Leon Berard
      • Lyon, France, 69007
        • Hopital Saint Joseph Saint Luc
      • Lyon, France, 69003
        • Clinique Mutualiste Eugène André
      • Marseille, France, 13273
        • Institut Paoli Calmettes
      • Mont-de-Marsan, France, 40000
        • Centre Hospitalier de Mont de Marsan
      • Montpellier, France, 34298
        • Institut de Cancérologie de Montpellier
      • Nancy, France, 54519
        • Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine
      • Nantes, France, 44202
        • Centre Catherine de Sienne
      • Nîmes, France, 30029
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
      • Paris, France, 75010
        • AP-HP Hôpital Saint Louis
      • Pau, France, 64046
        • Centre Hospitalier De Pau
      • Pierre-Bénite, France, 69495
        • Hospices Civils de Lyon
      • Pleurin Sur Mer, France, 22190
        • Centre CARIO - HPCA
      • Poitiers, France, 86000
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers
      • Pontoise, France, 95300
        • Centre Hospitalier René Dubos
      • Pringy, France, 74374
        • Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois
      • Périgueux, France, 24000
        • Polyclinique Francheville
      • Quimper, France, 29107
        • Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal De Cornouaille
      • Reims, France, 51726
        • Centre Jean Godinot
      • Rennes, France, 35033
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes
      • Rennes, France, 35042
        • Centre Eugène Marquis
      • Rouen, France, 76031
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen
      • Saint-Grégoire, France, 35760
        • Centre Hospitalier Privé de Saint Grégoire
      • Saint-Herblain, France, 44800
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes
      • Senlis, France, 60300
        • GHPSO Senlis Creil Picardie
      • St-Malo, France, 35403
        • Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Malo
      • Strasbourg, France, 67091
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Strasbourg
      • Toulouse, France, 31059
        • Institut Claudius Regaud
      • Tourcoing, France, 59208
        • Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing
      • Tours, France, 37170
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours
    • Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
      • Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, 38043
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

70 years and older (Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patient older 70 years and older
  2. Performance status 0 to 3 (WHO)
  3. G8 and QLQ-C30 questionnaires 'score are available
  4. No previous geriatric evaluation during cancer treatment

  5. Locally advanced or metastatic disease :

    1. 1st line medical treatment :

      • Breast cancer : locally advanced or metastatic disease, hormone-resistant and Her2 negative,
      • Colon and rectum : metastatic (unresectable metastasis),
      • Prostate cancer : metastatic and refractory to hormonal castration,
      • Bladder cancer : locally advanced or metastatic,
      • Ovarian cancer : advanced stage (IIb to IV),
      • Lung cancer : metastatic non-small cell,
      • Lymphomas (indolent and aggressive)

    2. Or 2nd line medical treatment :

      • Breast cancer : locally advanced or metastatic disease, hormone-resistant and Her2 negative,
      • Colon and rectum : metastatic (unresectable metastasis),
      • Prostate cancer : metastatic and refractory to hormonal castration,
      • Ovarian cancer : advanced stage (IIb to IV),
      • Lymphomas (indolent and aggressive)
  6. Life expectancy over 6 months
  7. Signed informed consent
  8. Patients with a French social security in compliance with the French law relating to biomedical research (Article L.1121-11 of French Public Health Code).

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patient who already received 2 medical treatment lines

  2. Exclusive 1st or 2nd treatment lines of :

    • Hormonotherapy (except for prostate cancer : abiteratone acetate is allowed),
    • Surgery,
    • Radiotherapy,
  3. "Best supportive care" treatment
  4. Patient unable to understand quality of life questionnaire
  5. Patient unable to follow and comply with the study procedures because of any geographical, social or psychological reasons.
  6. Patient placed under guardianship
  7. Planned concomitant participation to another medical interventional trial during the 12 months following the inclusion in the randomized study PREPARE
  8. Previous enrolment in the present study

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Arm A
Arm A "Standard oncological care": patients will be treated according to daily oncological practices as defined for each type of cancer, in the "Management protocol of Oncology" written and validated by a group of expert oncologists. The quality of life will be assessed every 3 months during the first year and at 18 months. The study's follow-up will last until 3 years after the enrollment of the last patient and data on vital status of the patient, weight, place of life and the status of the disease will be collected every 6 months.
Experimental: Arm B

Arm B "Geriatrician Intervention": patients will be treated according to the same "Management protocol of Oncology" than patients in the arm "Standard oncological care".

  • Before the beginning of the medical treatment, a comprehensive geriatric assessment will be performed by the geriatrician and the nurse that will define a plan of geriatric management care, according to the "Management protocol of Geriatrics".
  • The nurse, under the supervision of a geriatrician, will monitor implemented geriatric interventions. Phone follow-up will be performed every month for 6 months and at 9 months or during any change of situation according to a pre-established phone call plan. A full geriatric assessment by the geriatrician and the nurse will be performed at 6 and 12 months.
Other: Geriatrician Intervention
Arm B : The duration of the geriatric intervention will be 12 months. The quality of life will be assessed every 3 months during the first year and at 18 months. The study's follow-up will last until 3 years after the enrollment of the last patient and data on vital status of the patient, weight, place of life and the status of the disease will be collected every 6 months.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Overall survival defined as the delay between randomization and death, all causes.
Time Frame: Year 1
Year 1
Health related quality of life (HR-QoL) assessed using 3 scales of European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 questionnaire.
Time Frame: Year 1
Year 1

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Overall survival defined as the delay between randomization and death, all causes.
Time Frame: Year 3
Year 3
Health related quality of life (hRQoL) assessed using 3 scales of EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire.
Time Frame: Year 3
Year 3
6-month response rates defined as per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 or Cheson criteria.
Time Frame: Month 6
Month 6
Toxicity graded according to National Cancer Institute - Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) v4.
Time Frame: up to 3 years
up to 3 years
Number of unscheduled hospitalizations.
Time Frame: up to 3 years
up to 3 years
Length of unscheduled hospitalizations.
Time Frame: up to 3 years
up to 3 years
For the experimental arm only: Assessment of autonomy using Activities of Daily Living (ADL) questionnaire.
Time Frame: Months 0, 6, 12
Months 0, 6, 12
For the experimental arm only: Assessment of autonomy using Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) questionnaire.
Time Frame: Months 0, 6, 12
Months 0, 6, 12
For the experimental arm only: Assessment of depression using Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) scale.
Time Frame: Months 0, 6, 12
Months 0, 6, 12
For the experimental arm only: Assessment of cognitive functions using mini mental state exam (MMSE).
Time Frame: Months 0, 6, 12
Months 0, 6, 12
For the experimental arm only: Assessment of comorbidities using Cumulative Illness Rating Scale for Geriatrics (CIRS-G) scale.
Time Frame: Months 0, 6, 12
Months 0, 6, 12
For the experimental arm only: Assessment of nutritional status using mini nutritional assessment (MNA) scale.
Time Frame: Months 0, 6, 12
Months 0, 6, 12
For the experimental arm only: Assessment of mobility using get-up and Go test.
Time Frame: Months 0, 6, 12
Months 0, 6, 12

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Institut Bergonié

Collaborators

Ministry of Health, France

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Pierre-Louis SOUBEYRAN, PU-PH, Institut Bergonie

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 30, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

November 21, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 19, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 5, 2016

First Posted (Estimated)

March 10, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 30, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 28, 2026

Last Verified

January 1, 2026

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Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IB 2015-08
  • ID-RCB number 2015-A01417-42 (Other Identifier: ANSM)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

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