What this means
This study is a trial plan that has not started yet, so no results exist. It will test whether nurses can do geriatric checks before treatment choices are made.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Opening soon
- Who can join
- Ages 70 and over
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- NURSE-led Geriatric Assessment in Older Colorectal Cancer Patients
- Trial ID
- NCT07872787 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Colo-rectal Cancer
- What is tested
- Nurse-led Geriatric Assessment
- Sponsor
- Helse Stavanger HF
- Ages
- 70 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Oct 14, 2026 · updated Oct 14, 2026
Registry summary
Older colorectal cancer patients frequently present with frailty, comorbidity, and other age-related vulnerabilities that may affect treatment tolerance and outcomes. Geriatric assessment is recommended for older adults with cancer but remains underutilized. The NURSE-GA study aims to evaluate the feasibility of a nurse-led geriatric assessment intervention prior to treatment decision-making for patients aged 70 years and older who are newly diagnosed with colorectal cancer and have a Clinical Frailty Scale score of 4 or higher. Trained nurses will perform structured geriatric assessments and identify optimization needs and referral needs. The study will evaluate intervention delivery, patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes, usability among multidisciplinary team members, self-efficacy among nurses, and recruitment and retention rates.
Sites (1)
- Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway