Assessment of Tele-expertise for Frozen Section Diagnosis

Completed

• Conditions: Frozen Sections

• Registration Number: NCT02368769
• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to assess whether performing a frozen section diagnosis off site with virtual slides would be as quick and accurate as usual technique.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-01
• Study First Submitted: 2015-02-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-02-15
• Study First Posted: 2015-02-23
• Primary Completion: 2015-05
• Study Completion: 2015-05
• Status Verified: 2015-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-12-08
• Last Update Posted: 2015-12-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 253

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of delay under 30 minutes between the sample extraction and the communication of the result to the surgeon	30 minutes after the sample extraction

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Overall cost of a frozen section diagnosis	6 months after the first patient enrollment	Sum of the durations of the professionals immobilization for performing a diagnosis x wages + costs of the telemedicine solution development and implementation.
Delay between extraction of the sample and the diagnosis given to the surgeon	24h after procedure
Number of frozen section diagnosis among surgical procedures in need of frozen section diagnosis	Once a month

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

Service d'Anatomie pathologique. Hôpital Antoine Béclère; 🇫🇷 Clamart, France

Service d'anatomie pathologique. Hôpital Bicêtre; 🇫🇷 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France

Service d'anatomie pathologique. Hôpital de Raincy-Montfermeil; 🇫🇷 Montfermeil, France

Service d'ORL. Hôpital du Raincy-Montfermeil; 🇫🇷 Montfermeil, France

Service d'anatomie pathologique. Hôpital Saint Antoine; 🇫🇷 Paris, France

Service de chirurgie viscérale. Hôpital des Diaconnesses; 🇫🇷 Paris, France