What this means
This is a planned study that has not reported results yet. It will compare a frailty-based approach with usual care for colon tests.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 65–100
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- A Personalised Approach Utilising the Frailty Index to Empower Consumers
- Trial ID
- NCT05292989 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Gastrointestinal Diseases
- What is tested
- Frailty Assessment, Standard Care
- Sponsor
- Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
- Ages
- 65 Years to 100 Years
- Dates
- First posted Mar 23, 2022 · updated Aug 1, 2025
Registry summary
Frailty is a common clinical syndrome in older adults that may carry an increased risk for poor health outcomes including falls, hospitalisation, and mortality. Having a colonoscopy can be associated with potential adverse outcomes in frail patients. At present, however, frailty is not routinely assessed in gastroenterological clinical practice. In a prospective randomised controlled study consenting patients over 65 years at the Princess Alexandra Hospital will receive either a) personalised (tailored) approach that includes assessment of frailty and structured information provided to the consumer or b) current standard practice in regards to having a surveillance colonoscopy to determine the effects on patient satisfaction and percentage of colonoscopies avoided.
Sites (1)
- Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia