Care Pathways for Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Cancer Clinical Trial

— CP4GICAN  

Official title:

Descriptive Study to Evaluate the Care Process and the Quality of Care for Adult Cancer Patients Who Are Admitted for Colorectal Cancer Surgery.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02965794
• Other study ID #: CP4NutriGICAN2014
• Status: Completed
• Start date: October 2014
• Est. completion date: November 2019

Study information

• Verified date: January 2019
• Source: European Pathway Association
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

EVALUATE THE CARE PROCESS AND THE QUALITY OF CARE FOR ADULT CANCER PATIENTS WHO ARE ADMITTED FOR COLORECTAL SURGERY

Description:

This descriptive study uses an interrupted time series approach combining a retrospective with a prospective multicenter design to evaluate the current state of the care process for adult colorectal cancer patients who are admitted for surgery. This study will give attention to evidence based key interventions, follow-up and interprofessional teamwork necessary to provide appropriate care. In 4 countries (Belgium, Germany, France and The Netherlands) 3 hospitals will participate (total number of hospitals is 12). They will perform a clinical audit of the actual organization of the care process, and a team audit on the level of interprofessional teamwork. Each team will develop and implement a quality improvement initiative based on the concept of care pathways, the findings from the audit and the available evidence, and will measure the effect of their improvement strategy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 480
• Est. completion date: November 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. All consecutive scheduled admissions starting September 2, 2013;

2. Minimum age of 18 years;

3. Elective admission for colorectal cancer surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Emergency (not planned) admission for colorectal cancer surgery;

2. Patients with severe dementia (DSM IV) or severe concomitant disease that may affect very short-term outcome (life expectancy less than 3 months) and hence influence deviations from standard acute care.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cancer
• Colorectal Neoplasms

Intervention

Other:
• Care pathways for colorectal cancer
development of a care pathway for this patient group

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	KULeuven	Leuven

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
European Pathway Association	KU Leuven

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Length of stay	Number of days in hospital	through study completion, an average of 4 months
Secondary	Time to return to normal diet	number of days in between surgery and day of normal diet	through study completion, an average of 4 months