Annual Hospital Volume and and Short-term Postoperative Outcomes After Gastric Cancer Resection

Completed

• Conditions: Gastric Cancer

• Registration Number: NCT07072429
• Lead Sponsor: Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen

Brief Summary

The effect of centralisation measures on the operative outcomes after gastric cancer resection in Switzerland has not been highlighted yet. This study aims to investigate the influence of the annual hospital specific case load of gastric cancer resection on short-term postoperative outcomes.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-31
• Study Completion: 2023-03-01
• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Study First Submitted: 2025-07-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-07-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-17
• Study First Posted: 2025-07-18
• Last Update Posted: 2025-07-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3112

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients with gastric cancer resection in Switzerland between 2013 and 2022.

Exclusion Criteria

• incomplete case documentation
• age under 20 years
• other hospitals than general or surgical hospitals
• no index operation

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mortality	Periprocedural	The association between the hospital volume and the postoperative mortality of gastric cancer resection as marginal effect with GAM (Generalized Additive Models) logistic regression

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reoperation	Periprocedural	The association between the hospital volume and the reoperation rate of gastric cancer resection as marginal effect with GAM logistic regression
Length of hospital stay	Periprocedural	The association between the hospital volume and the length of hospital stay of gastric cancer resection as marginal effect with quantile regression.
Sociodemographic trends	2013 - 2022

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Kantonsspital St.Gallen; 🇨🇭 Saint Gallen, Switzerland