GERONTE H2020 project - GERDAT005 - Intrinsic capacity evaluation and intervention protocol

The present document is a dataset generated as part of Deliverable D1.1. of the GERONTE project, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme under Grant Agreement N°945218. It aims to provide the geriatric oncology professional community with a protocol for the evaluation of intrinsic capacity and frailty, with subsequent interventions aimed at optimizing health status and support for older patients with multimorbidity and cancer.

GERONTE is a 5-year research and innovation project (April 2021 to Mars 2026) funded by the European Union within the framework of the H2020 Research and Innovation programme, in response to the health societal challenge topic SC1-BHC-24-2020 “Healthcare interventions for the management of the elderly multimorbid patient”. The overall aim of GERONTE is to improve quality of life - defined as well-being on three levels: global health status, physical functioning and social functioning- for older multimorbid patients, while reducing overall costs of care. To this end, GERONTE will co-design, test, and prepare for deployment an innovative cost-effective patient-centred holistic health management system, hereafter referred to as the GERONTE intervention. GERONTE intervention will rely on an ICT based application for real-time collection and integration of standardised clinical and home patient-reported data. GERONTE intervention will be demonstrated in the context of care of multimorbid patients having cancer as a dominant morbidity, and be adaptable to any other combination of morbidities.

An important component of Geronte is to take account of intrinsic capacity. Most older patients who are diagnosed with cancer also suffer from other illnesses and impairments that could affect their prognosis, priorities and ability to tolerate and benefit from treatment. For tailored oncologic decision making, it is essential to obtain a complete overview of the patient’s health status. This dataset contains the protocol for evaluation intrinsic capacity and potential interventions for impairments or vulnerabilities that were identified in this evaluation. It is going to be used in the assessment and management of older patients with multimorbidity and cancer, within the GERONTE care pathway.