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Fallopian Tube CancerNCT00870233

Outcomes From Home in Patients Recovering From Major Gynecologic Cancer Surgery: Measuring Symptoms and Health-related Quality of Life

An observational study of Fallopian Tube Cancer and Ovarian Cancer, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This study is being done to see if most patients are willing and able to report how they are feeling after surgery using the internet, and if this information can help doctors and nurses detect concerning symptoms after surgery. This study uses a special new website called WEBCORE. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women only
What is being tested?
online platform WEBCORE
How many people
120 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
24 Mar 2009to 12 Feb 2018
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients undergoing laparotomy for presumed or confirmed gynecologic malignancy at MSKCC.

Who may be able to join

  • Participants must be 18 years or older
  • Participants must be able to provide informed consent
  • Participants must be scheduled to undergo laparotomy for presumed or known gynecologic cancer
  • The assessments were designed and validated in English and are not currently available in other languages. Translation of questionnaires into other languages would require reestablishing the reliability and validity of these measures. Therefore, participants must be able to communicate in English to complete the tests. Participants must be able to speak and read English fluently
  • Participants must have access to a home computer, have a personal email account, and check email at least once weekly by self-report

Who cannot join

  • Patients who have a cognitive or psychiatric deficit resulting in an inability to provide meaningful informed consent, as judged by the consenting professional, and/or as noted in the medical record
  • Patients who are undergoing pelvic exenterative surgery (with the exception of patients undergoing modified pelvic exenteration in the context of debulking for ovarian or uterine cancer).

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065

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About this study

Official title: Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes From Home in Patients Recovering From Major Gynecologic Cancer Surgery: Measuring Symptoms and Health-related Quality of Life

This study is being done to see if most patients are willing and able to report how they are feeling after surgery using the internet, and if this information can help doctors and nurses detect concerning symptoms after surgery.

This study uses a special new website called WEBCORE. Patients can logon to WEBCORE and answer questions about how they are feeling. Then, doctors and nurses can look at this information during clinic appointments. We are doing this study to see if WEBCORE is a helpful way for us to keep track of information about how patients are feeling and quality of life. If WEBCORE is helpful, we will use it in the future to collect more information about patients' symptoms and quality of life. We can use what we learn to help find better ways of helping patients to prepare for what they will go through while they recover from surgery.

Being tested
online platform WEBCORE
Keywords
Gynecologic cancers, Quality of Life, 08-155, Surgery
Medical subject headings
Fallopian Tube Neoplasms, Ovarian Neoplasms, Uterine Neoplasms, Vaginal Neoplasms, Vulvar Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • online platform WEBCOREBehavioural

    Also called If an enrolled patient fails to login and self-report within 24 hours of, the automated reminder, a second reminder email will be sent. If the, patient again fails to respond, a backup telephone call to the patient, will be made by the clinical research fellow coordinating this study.

    Enrollees will be sent weekly email reminders to login to WEBCORE from home. Participants will be expected to complete the questionnaire once pre-operatively and then weekly starting 7 days after surgery until the 6-week post-operative period has ended.

Study groups in NCT00870233
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
GYN pts undergoing surgeryThis study will assess patient use of WEBCORE, an online system designed for cancer patients to self-record toxicity-related symptoms based on NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events and global quality of life (QoL) by European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC QLQ-C30).
Receives: Behavioral: online platform WEBCORE

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Feasibility of Electronic Capture of Patient-reported Symptoms From Home Following Major Gynecologic Cancer Surgery

    Measured: once pre-operatively and then weekly starting 7 days after surgery until the 6-week post-operative period has ended.

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Feasibility of Online Symptom Self-reporting in the Early Postoperative Period, and Clinician Perceptions of Its Potential Value in Routine Outpatient Post-operative Cancer Care.

    Measured: once pre-operatively and then weekly starting 7 days after surgery until the 6-week post-operative period has ended

  2. To Evaluate the Impact of Online Symptom Self-reporting on Patient Care Processes as Measured by the Number of Telephone Calls Between Nurses and Patients,Resulting Interventions and Patient Satisfaction With Care Delivery.

    Measured: two years

  3. Most Commonly Reported and Most Distressing Symptoms Reported by Patients After Gynecologic Cancer Surgery Using the STAR System

    The percentage of symptoms generated by patients on protocol

    Measured: weekly starting 7 days after surgery until the 6-week post-operative period

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Mar 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study start24 Mar 2009
  3. Primary completion12 Feb 2018
  4. Study completion12 Feb 2018

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
120 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00870233
Sponsor's protocol ID
08-155
Status last verified
Jul 2018
First submitted
26 Mar 2009
Last updated
15 Oct 2018

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Fallopian Tube Cancer and Ovarian Cancer, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Oct 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 17 Aug 2018). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Feasibility of Electronic Capture of Patient-reported Symptoms From Home Following Major Gynecologic Cancer Surgery (time frame: once pre-operatively and then weekly starting 7 days after surgery until the 6-week post-operative period has ended.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Oct 2018.

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