Is Integrated Geriatric Care Effective In Older Adults With Metastatic Cancer Receiving First Line Chemotherapy?
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$119,538.00
Summary
INTEGERATE looks at a coordinated program called integrated geriatric care to better support older people who are having chemotherapy for cancer which has spread (metastatic cancer). Doctors often treat metastatic cancer with chemotherapy. But older people are more vulnerable to problems from chemotherapy and cancer due to other health problems, trouble with doing things and their social circumstances. The researchers want to learn whether integrated geriatric care helps older people having chem ....INTEGERATE looks at a coordinated program called integrated geriatric care to better support older people who are having chemotherapy for cancer which has spread (metastatic cancer). Doctors often treat metastatic cancer with chemotherapy. But older people are more vulnerable to problems from chemotherapy and cancer due to other health problems, trouble with doing things and their social circumstances. The researchers want to learn whether integrated geriatric care helps older people having chemotherapy for metastatic cancer.Read moreRead less
Polypharmacy In The Heart Failure Patient: Are All Prescribed Drug Classes Required?
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$134,110.00
Summary
This project investigates the issue of polypharmacy is heart failure. Polypharmacy is the use of four or more prescription medications, and heart failure patients take six on average. This project investigates the evidence for safe withdrawal of medications failure that have not been shown to prolong life in heart, doctor and patient attitudes to withdrawing medications, and then runs a series of three clinical trials, each withdrawing a different medication in heart failure patients and closely ....This project investigates the issue of polypharmacy is heart failure. Polypharmacy is the use of four or more prescription medications, and heart failure patients take six on average. This project investigates the evidence for safe withdrawal of medications failure that have not been shown to prolong life in heart, doctor and patient attitudes to withdrawing medications, and then runs a series of three clinical trials, each withdrawing a different medication in heart failure patients and closely monitors the effects.Read moreRead less