The Role of Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in Resilience in Older Adults With Gynecologic Cancer Receiving Cancer Reductive Treatment
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Summary
The purpose of this research study is to see if patients with endometrial and ovarian cancer are willing to complete physical and cognitive assessments before treatment and again after treatment has ended.
Description
This is a prospective, non-randomized, pilot study that is designed to determine the feasibility of assessing resilience in participants 50 years or older with newly diagnosed advanced endometrial or ovarian cancer who are undergoing tumor reduction surgery and chemotherapy. The study will include pre and post treatment measures of physical and cognitive resiliency such as the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB),12 Edmonton Symptom Assessment System Revised (ESAS-r),13 and handgrip strength, International Cognitive Cancer Task Force (ICCTF) Battery14 and the Naming Test from the Neuropsy…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 50+ years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Ability to understand and willingness to sign an IRB-approved informed consent * Age ≥50 years at the time of enrollment * Newly diagnosed or suspected FIGO Stage II-IV ovarian/primary peritoneal/fallopian tube carcinoma of any histological subtype OR FIGO Stage II-IV endometrial carcinoma of any histological subtype * Planned, standard of care treatment consisting of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, tumor reduction surgery, and adjuvant chemotherapy * Ability to read and understand the English language Exclusion Criteria: * Previously treated for ovarian or endometrial cance…
Interventions
- Diagnostic Testmuscle sample
For participants undergoing standard of care interval cytoreductive surgery via laparotomy, a skeletal muscle biopsy from the rectus abdominis muscle (1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm, \~300 mg) will be collected. For participants who undergo standard of care interval cytoreductive surgery with a laparoscopic approach, a skeletal muscle biopsy will be taken from either the rectus abdominis (1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm, \~300 mg) or the psoas (1 cm x 0.5 cm x 0.5 cm, \~200 mg) muscle.
- Otherblood draw
A total of approximately 60mL or 4 tablespoons of blood will be collected throughout the study
Locations (2)
- Atrium Health Levine CancerCharlotte, North Carolina
- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer CenterWinston-Salem, North Carolina