Geriatric assessment before and after bladder removal surgery in older adults
Tests a geriatric assessment and tailored care around surgery in older adults with bladder cancer.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for Perioperative Optimization in Cystectomy
Key facts
- Where
- Odense, DenmarkSee the site
AI summary: who the study is looking for
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for older, frail people with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who are scheduled for bladder removal surgery (radical cystectomy). It tests a full geriatric check-up with tailored care around the operation.
- Age
- 65 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Disease stage
- Muscle-invasive bladder cancer, with radical cystectomy planned and urinary diversion with an ileal conduit planned
- Biomarker or test result
- Considered frail by the G8 screening tool (total score 14 or lower)
Main reasons for not taking part
- Refuses or is not able to give informed consent
- Does not speak or understand Danish
- Planned nephroureterectomy or other major surgery at the same time as the cystectomy
Read by machine on 9 November 2026.
Where in Denmark
- Odense University HospitalOdense, DenmarkTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Aarhus University Hospital
- Trial code
- NCT05679557
- Record updated
- 27 February 2026
- Original description
Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer are often older and multimorbid, thus in an increased risk of perioperative mortality and morbidity in relation to radical cystectomy (RC). The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of perioperative Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and tailored intervention in older, frail patients with bladder cancer undergoing RC.Read full original descriptionShow less
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for Perioperative Optimization in Cystectomy
Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer are often older and multimorbid, thus in an increased risk of perioperative mortality and morbidity in relation to radical cystectomy (RC). The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of perioperative Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and tailored intervention in older, frail patients with bladder cancer undergoing RC.
Inclusion: Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer and scheduled radical cystectomy; Planned urinary diversion with an ileal conduit; Age ≥ 65 years; Patients considered frail by G8 screening tool (total score ≤14).
Exclusion: Planned concomitant nephroureterectomy or other major surgical intervention at the same time as RC; Patients who refuse or are not able to provide informed consent; Patients who do not speak or understand Danish.