Emilia-Romagna Surgical Colorectal Cancer Audit- ESCA

NCT ID: NCT03982641

Last Updated: 2019-06-11

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

1400 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-04-16

Study Completion Date

2020-12-31

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

Focus of this project is to evaluate the possible financial benefit resulting from an optimization of surgical outcomes throughout a collaborative and systematic auditing activity.The primary objective of this analysis is to assess the employed resources by National Health System related to surgical activities for primary colorectal cancer during a collaborative and systematic auditing activity in 8 Surgical Units of Emilia-Romagna

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

Focus of this project is to evaluate the possible financial benefit resulting from an optimization of surgical outcomes throughout a collaborative and systematic auditing activity.

The primary objective of this analysis is to assess the employed resources by National Health System related to surgical activities for primary colorectal cancer during a collaborative and systematic auditing activity in 8 Surgical Units of Emilia-Romagna. A project team composed by experts in colorectal cancer care will be created with the task of identifying the needed resources to allocate to the project and the set of administrative, economic and performance indicators to be measured during the project. A friendly, time-preserving dataset that includes all the items to be collected to measure established indicators will be developed. An analysis on costs and performance indicators will be conducted on colorectal procedures performed between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2019 within the participating centers. From the second year auditing activity will be implemented among institutions of Emilia-Romagna. Analysis results obtained from the first year of collecting data will be used as a starting feedback report to implement the auditing activity dedicated to colorectal cancer. During the whole second year monthly feedback reports will be drafted and used for monitoring costs and performances outcomes of colorectal surgery procedures between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020.

At the end of the second year a final analysis will be performed to compare resources employed for colorectal cancer surgery between the first and second year. Economical and performance data will be collected.

Focusing on costs, the main sources to be used are administrative databases. Full in-hospital costs will be collected for each patient for the time interval between the day of admission for surgery and the following post-operative 90-days. The Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) standardized payments will be used to calculate inpatient costs.

Another source for cost and performance information is the clinical chart (paper or electronic) in all its parts. The investigators will focus primarily on set of data, that potentially could contribute to define the cost of care on basis of post-operative pathway. Key performance indicators common to both colon and rectal surgery or specific for one of the two surgical procedure will be considered.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Financial Benefit Colorectal Cancer Surgery Auditing Activity

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

Colon surgery

patients diagnosed with colon cancer, who undergone at least one surgical procedure at one of participating hospitals during the observational period

all colorectal cancer surgical procedures

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

colorectal cancer surgical procedures

Rectal surgery

patients diagnosed with rectal cancer, who undergone at least one surgical procedure at one of participating hospitals during the observational period

all colorectal cancer surgical procedures

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

colorectal cancer surgical procedures

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

all colorectal cancer surgical procedures

colorectal cancer surgical procedures

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* Histological diagnosis of malignant colorectal cancer;
* Underwent colorectal cancer surgery;

Exclusion Criteria

• multiple synchronous primary tumours;
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.

Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.

Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Learn about the lead researchers overseeing the trial and their institutional affiliations.

Mattia Altini, physician

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

IRST

Locations

Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.

Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo studio e la cura dei tumori

Meldola, FC, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

AUO Chirurgia Generale e D'Urgenza Ospedale M.Bufalini

Cesena, Forli-Cesena, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

AUO CHIRURGIA GENERALE OSPEDALE G. B. Morgagni- Pierantoni

Forlì, Forli-Cesena, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Auo Chirurgia Generale Ospedale Degli Infermi

Faenza, Ravenna, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

AUO Chirurgia Generale Ospedale Umberto I

Lugo, Ravenna, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

AUO Chirurgia Generale Ospedale Ceccarini

Riccione, Rimini, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

AOU Chirurgia Generale Ospedale G. Da Saliceto

Piacenza, , Italy

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

AUO Chirurgia Generale ed Urgenza Ospedale S. Maria delle Croci

Ravenna, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Auo Chirurgia Generale Ospedale Degli Infermi

Rimini, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.

Italy

Central Contacts

Reach out to these primary contacts for questions about participation or study logistics.

Valentina Danesi, engineer

Role: CONTACT

00390543739264

Facility Contacts

Find local site contact details for specific facilities participating in the trial.

Valentina Danesi, Biomedical Engineering

Role: primary

00390543739264

Luca Ansaloni, physician

Role: primary

Giorgio Ercolani, physician

Role: primary

Giampaolo Ugolini, physician

Role: primary

Rosario Mario Tranchino, physician

Role: primary

Andrea Lucchi, physician

Role: primary

Patrizio Capelli, physician

Role: primary

Paolo Soliani, physician

Role: primary

Gianluca Garulli, physician

Role: primary

References

Explore related publications, articles, or registry entries linked to this study.

Massa I, Ghignone F, Ugolini G, Ercolani G, Montroni I, Capelli P, Garulli G, Catena F, Lucchi A, Ansaloni L, Gentili N, Danesi V, Montella MT, Altini M; ESCA Collaborative Group. Emilia-Romagna Surgical Colorectal Cancer Audit (ESCA): a value-based healthcare retro-prospective study to measure and improve the quality of surgical care in colorectal cancer. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2022 Jul;37(7):1727-1738. doi: 10.1007/s00384-022-04203-w. Epub 2022 Jul 2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35779080 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.

IRST153.07

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

More Related Trials

Additional clinical trials that may be relevant based on similarity analysis.