Assessment of Tele-expertise for Second Medical Opinion on Pathological Diagnosis

Completed

• Conditions: Anatomical Pathological Condition
• Interventions: Device: During tele-expertise

• Registration Number: NCT02374697
• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether digitalizing pathological slides and let it accessible on a server for a second medical opinion (tele-expertise) would reduce the time to diagnosis.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-09
• Study First Submitted: 2015-02-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-02-24
• Study First Posted: 2015-03-02
• Status Verified: 2015-06
• Primary Completion: 2015-06
• Study Completion: 2015-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-12-08
• Last Update Posted: 2015-12-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 470

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients in need for a second medical opinion on a pathological sample

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
During Tele-expertise	During tele-expertise	Second opinion with tele-expertise

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Delay of second medical opinion	Up to 10 weeks	Between preparation of the slide and the result

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of times that the pathologist who gave the second opinion required the original material	During the whole study (around 8 months)
Overall costs	Within 6 months after the start of tele-expertise	Sum of the durations of the professionals immobilization for performing a diagnosis x wages + costs of the telemedicine solution development and implementation.
Number of second medical opinion requested	During the whole study (around 8 months)

Trial Locations

Locations (11)

Hôpital Henri Mondor; 🇫🇷 Créteil, France

Centre Hospitalier de Villeneuve Saint Georges; 🇫🇷 Villeneuve Saint Georges, France

Centre Hospitalier René Dubos; 🇫🇷 Pontoise, France

Hôpital Paul Brousse; 🇫🇷 Villejuif, France

Hôpital Bichat; 🇫🇷 Paris, France

Centre de Pathologie- Bièvres; 🇫🇷 Bièvres, France

Hôpital Cochin; 🇫🇷 Paris, France

Centre Hospitalier Simone Veil; 🇫🇷 Eaubonne, France

Hôpital Saint Antoine; 🇫🇷 Paris, France

Hôpital Bicêtre; 🇫🇷 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Hôpital Saint Louis; 🇫🇷 Paris, France