Recruiting

Implementation Package

Sponsor:

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Code:

NCT06184724

Conditions

Surgery

Geriatric Assessment

Health Services Research

Implementation Science

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Implementation Package for CGA

Routine Clinical Care

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether a new implementation package can help older adults prepare for major surgery. The main question it aims to answer is: Can the implementation package help give more people access to this resource? Participants will be in two groups: older adults who are planning a major surgery and their medical and surgical healthcare providers. The results will be compared to a historic baseline.

Conditions

Surgery

Geriatric Assessment

Health Services Research

Implementation Science

Study ID

NCT06184724

Start date

Jan 28, 2026

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Apr, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patient aged 80 or older who is scheduled for an elective inpatient major surgery
2. Providers working in a clinic (aged 18 and older) where pCGA is performed or a related anesthesia pre-operative clinic
3. Surgeons (adults older than 18) with a patient aged 80 or older who is scheduled for an elective inpatient major surgery

Exclusion criteria:

  • None

Study Design

Enrollment

42 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Post Implementation

Participants will be recruited from surgery clinics in the post-implementation group. They will go through a streamlined referral process as part of an implementation package for CGA before surgery.

The control group will be historic baseline data. That is, older surgical patients who were treated Pre-Implementation. These patients would have received standard, routine clinical care without the use of the implementation package.

Interventions

Implementation Package for CGA

The Implementation Package will include streamlined referral processes and education for surgeons and staff about the new processes. These strategies will be applied after surgery is ordered to help increase the reach and adoption of the CGA.

Routine Clinical Care

Routine care may or may not include the use of the CGA before surgery. The use of CGA in clinical care is up to the medical and surgical healthcare providers.

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of patients referred divided by number of eligible patients [ Time Frame: 6 and 12 months after implementation ]
  • Number of surgeons placing referral orders divided by the number of surgeons [ Time Frame: 6 and 12 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Julia R Berian, MD, MS

6082634224berian@wisc.edu

Locations

University of Wisconsin

Recruiting

Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792

Contacts

Randi Cartmill

608-263-9316cartmill@surgery.wisc.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Last update posted

Mar 19, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Wisconsin, Madison on 2026-03-19.