Should the Surgeon or the General Practitioner (GP) Follow up Patients After Surgery for Colon Cancer? A Randomized Controlled Trial Focusing on Quality of Life, Cost-effectiveness and Serious Clinical Events.
N/A
20 Years
75 Years
20 Years
75 Years
Open (Enrolling)
Both
Colon Cancer
Both
Colon Cancer
Trial Information
Should the Surgeon or the General Practitioner (GP) Follow up Patients After Surgery for Colon Cancer? A Randomized Controlled Trial Focusing on Quality of Life, Cost-effectiveness and Serious Clinical Events.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Surgery for colon cancer (including rectosigmoid) with histological grade Duke stages
A, B or C.
- Completion of postsurgical chemotherapy (Dukes stage C patients).
- Informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with rectal cancer defined as cancer within 15 cm from anus.
- A poor health status or operative complications making it natural to perform follow
up by specialists.
- Additional cancer diagnoses.
- Disseminated cancer.
- Poor mental status.
Type of Study:
Interventional
Study Design:
Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Outcome Measure:
Quality of life; EORTC-QLQ-C30 and EQ 5D
Outcome Time Frame:
2 years
Safety Issue:
No
Principal Investigator
Rolv-Ole Lindsetmo, MD, PHd
Investigator Role:
Study Chair
Investigator Affiliation:
University of Tromso
Authority:
Norway:National Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics
Study ID:
P-REK NORD 79/2006
NCT ID:
NCT00572143
Start Date:
June 2007
Completion Date:
June 2013
Related Keywords:
- Colon Cancer
- Colonic Neoplasms/surgery*
- Continuity of Patient Care*
- Follow-Up Studies
- Quality of Life
- Patient Satisfaction
- Colonic Neoplasms
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