Follow-up after surgery for colorectal cancer: the prospective, multicentre FUTURE-primary implementation study.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- colon cancerColorectal cancer10017990
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
• Age >= 18 years
• Histologically confirmed colorectal adenocarcinoma without distant metastasis
and treated with curative intent surgical resection less than 6 months ago
• Scheduled or currently undergoing postoperative surveillance according to
national guidelines
Exclusion Criteria
• Patients with a severely complicated postoperative course, needing in
hospital follow-up longer than 6 months postoperatively
• Patients enrolled in other studies that require strict adherence to any
specific follow-up practice with regular imaging - yearly or more frequent - of
the abdomen and/or thorax
• Patients with comorbidity or other malignancy that requires imaging of the
abdomen and/or thorax every year or more frequent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary endpoint of this study is a successful implementation of<br /><br>patient-led home based follow-up in patients under surveillance for CRC.<br /><br>Patient-led follow-up will be considered successful if the used optional follow<br /><br>up rate is below 75%. The rationale being that if more than 75% of the optional<br /><br>follow up moments are used, the added value of providing patients with a say in<br /><br>the frequency of their postoperative surveillance is minimal, as most will opt<br /><br>for the maximum frequency anyway. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method