Delayed Colorectal Cancer Care During Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic (DECOR-19)

Completed

• Conditions: Colon Cancer; Surgery; Oncology; Rectal Cancer; Colo-rectal Cancer

• Registration Number: NCT04488549
• Lead Sponsor: Treviso Regional Hospital

Brief Summary

To understand and analyse the global impact of COVID-19 on outpatient services, inpatient care, elective surgery, and perioperative colorectal cancer care, a DElayed COloRectal cancer surgery (DECOR-19) survey was conducted in collaboration with numerous international colorectal societies with the objective of obtaining several learning points from the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on our colorectal cancer patients which will assist us in the ongoing management of our colorectal cancer patients and to provide us safe oncological pathways for future outbreaks.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-05-20
• Primary Completion: 2020-06-10
• Study Completion: 2020-06-10
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-25
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-28
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1051

Inclusion Criteria

• Members of renowned scientific societies with an interest in coloproctology

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Predictive power of respondents' and hospitals' demographics on delaying colorectal cancer care across 6 geographical regions	20 days	Respondents' and hospitals' demographics include: gender, country of origin, type of hospital (i.e. academic or not), type of unit (general surgery vs. colorectal), no. hospital beds, no. yearly surgeries for colon and rectal cancer, hospital preparedness to the emergency (i.e. fully or partially dedicated or not involved in COVID-19 care), readily availability of external facilities for colorectal cancer surgery, cancer care coordinator, personal protective equipment, status of elective surgery, no. elective colorectal cancer patients needing urgent surgery, any change in the original management plan, no. colorectal cancer patients refusing surgery or being COVID-19 + on surgery or becoming COVID-19 + post-operatively, no. staff members quarantined or relocated in COVID-19 units, MDT meeting suspension, any delay in endoscopy, radiology, oncology, surgery, histopathology.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Treviso Regional Hospital; 🇮🇹 Treviso, Italy