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Colorectal CancerGet ReadyNCT04153721

Impact Study of a Digital Solution for Patient Engagement

A study testing Name Digital Solution in people with Colorectal Cancer, run by IHU Strasbourg at 1 site in France.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

The Institute of Image-Guided Surgery (IHU) of Strasbourg develops new minimally invasive therapies, the benefit of which is maximized by an integrated approach to the care pathway (pre, per and postoperative). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Colorectal Cancer
What is being tested?
Name Digital Solution
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
22 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
11 Mar 2020to 10 Mar 2023
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Major patient candidate for a scheduled colorectal surgery and whose admission is expected within 8 days minimum
  • Patient with an email address and an internet connection
  • Patient able to receive and understand information about the study and give written informed consent

Who cannot join

  • Patient under the age of 18 years old.
  • Pregnant or lactating patient
  • Patient in exclusion period (determined by a previous or a current study)
  • Patient under guardianship, trusteeship or the protection of justice

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

France1 site
  • Service de Chirurgie Digestive et Endocrinienne, NHC

    Strasbourg, 67000

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About this study

Official title: Evaluation of a Digital Perioperative Support Solution for Colorectal Surgery: Compliance and Impact on Patients

The Institute of Image-Guided Surgery (IHU) of Strasbourg develops new minimally invasive therapies, the benefit of which is maximized by an integrated approach to the care pathway (pre, per and postoperative).

Encouraging patient engagement in the process responds to its growing demand for information and consideration, enhances its care experience and clinical outcomes.

Read more

Medtronic has designed an digital solution for patient engagement (current name: "Get Ready") for scheduled colorectal surgery. The IHU is a pilot experiment site for this solution. This research protocol, of which the IHU is the promoter, aims at evaluating the use and the impact of this solution made available to the patients of the Hepato-Digestive Pole (PHD) of the New Civil Hospital.

The solution deployed at the Strasbourg IHU aims to improve the patient's preparation for his colorectal surgery and follow his rehabilitation after surgery, by reinforcing his compliance with existing protocols and enriching it with complementary practices.

The solution is not a medical device. It is limited to advice, monitoring and restitution of data declared by the patient; it is not intended to prevent, diagnose or treat the pathology; it is independent of any other medical device.

This study aims to assess the pre-operative impact of the solution, in terms of patients' adherence to the pre-operative program and correlations with their physical and psychological condition until their admission to surgery. The secondary purpose of the study is to precise the acceptability of the solution.

Read the detailed description

The Institute of Image-Guided Surgery (IHU) of Strasbourg develops new minimally invasive therapies, the benefit of which is maximized by an integrated approach to the care pathway (pre, per and postoperative).

Encouraging patient engagement in the process responds to its growing demand for information and consideration, enhances its care experience and clinical outcomes. Patient engagement promotes accelerated rehabilitation and reduces complications and readmissions, which is also beneficial in terms of public health.

Medtronic has designed a digital solution for patient engagement (current name: "Get Ready") for scheduled colorectal surgery, for which the IHU is a pilot experiment site. This research protocol aims at evaluating the use and the impact of this solution made available to the patients of the Hepato-Digestive Pole (PHD) of the New Civil Hospital.

Multiple professionals dispense instructions and information to patients. The active accompaniment of the patient in his rehabilitation process is carried out mainly in the postoperative phase, during the hospital stay.

The solution deployed at the Strasbourg IHU aims to improve the patient's preparation for his colorectal surgery and follow his rehabilitation after surgery, by reinforcing his compliance with existing protocols and enriching it with complementary practices.

The solution offers a pre-operative program of information (pathology, treatment modalities, protocols to be followed) and training (stress management, psychological support, optional: nutritional preparation, physical exercise, reduction of alcohol and tobacco consumption). In the post-operative phase, patients must daily assess their state of health (temperature, weight, wound, nausea / vomiting, urine / stool) and well-being (physical, moral, sleep, pain), from day 1 to day 7 after discharge, to facilitate the detection of complications by the medical team.

The program is personalized by patient, according to its management (type of surgery, duration of the program) and its state of health (choice of options adapted by the doctor).

The solution has three components to interact with the patient:

  • A website, offering information and activities adapted to the patient's journey. A second site allows the licensed care team to track adherence and patient-reported data.
  • SMS (Short Message Service) notifications, for the patient who can and wants to receive SMS. It encourages the monitoring of the program (reminders).
  • An on-site IHU support team, accessible by phone and email. She ensures the smooth running of the program, supervises the information declared by the patient and relays his questions to the relevant interlocutors (care team, technical experts).

The solution is not a medical device. It is limited to advice, monitoring and restitution of data declared by the patient; it is not intended to prevent, diagnose or treat the pathology; it is independent of any other medical device.

The solution processes personal information. Particular vigilance is therefore given to security: compliance with legislation, state-of-the-art techniques used, respect for privacy from the upstream and by default, transparency and control, security measures (eg data encryption, double authentication, lack of interfaces to other information systems, accredited health host).

According to the literature, the preparation of the patient for surgery makes it possible to shorten the length of stay, the perioperative morbidity, the delay to come back to normal activity. This medical impact results in a reduction in post-operative costs (reduction of the length of stay, complications and readmissions), for the health facility and the payer. Improvement and systematization of the solution should help generate these savings.

The impact of the solution on the workload and the organization of the care team is to be specified.

This study aims to assess the pre-operative impact of the solution, in terms of patients' adherence to the pre-operative program and correlations with their physical and psychological condition until their admission to surgery.

Being tested
Name Digital Solution
Keywords
enhanced recovery, rehabilitation, prehabilitation, patient engagement, digital health, e-health, colorectal surgery, preparation, follow-up, patient empowerment
Medical subject headings
Colorectal Neoplasms, Patient Participation

What participants receive

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

  • Name Digital SolutionBehavioural

    The digital solution offers a pre-operative program of information (pathology, treatment modalities, protocols to be followed) and training (stress management, psychological support, optional: nutritional preparation, physical exercise, reduction of alcohol and tobacco consumption).

    In the post-operative phase, patients must daily assess their state of health (temperature, weight, wound, nausea / vomiting, urine / stool) and well-being (physical, moral, sleep, pain), from day 1 to day 7 after discharge, to facilitate the detection of complications by the medical team

Study groups in NCT04153721
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Digital SolutionExperimentalThe proposed digital solution aims to improve the patient's preparation for his colorectal surgery and follow his rehabilitation after surgery, by reinforcing his compliance with existing protocols and enriching it with complementary practices
Receives: Behavioral: Name Digital Solution

What is being measured

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

  1. Evaluation, during the preoperative phase, of patients' compliance to the program, assessed by a completeness rate.

    Positive correlations between compliance and improvement of the patient's condition will help demonstrate the value of the solution. The first part of the primary endpoint of the study is the average rate of completeness of the preoperative program: percentage based on the status (done / not done) of pre-operative tasks specific to each patient

    Measured: From the inclusion to the surgery

  2. Change, during the preoperative phase, of the physical condition of the patients, assessed by 6MTW scoring.

    Positive correlations between compliance and improvement of the patient's condition will help demonstrate the value of the solution. The second part of the primary endpoint of the study is the correlation between the patient compliance and the evolution of the physical condition :

    comparison between two walk tests, one done at the inclusion, the other when admitted for surgery. The result of the walk test is the distance travelled in meters during the test (6 minutes) by the patient.

    Measured: At the start of the program (6 weeks before the surgery) and at the admission before the surgery

  3. Change, during the preoperative phase, of the psychological condition of the patients, assessed by the PHQ8 questionnaire scoring.

    Positive correlations between compliance and improvement of the patient's condition will help demonstrate the value of the solution. The third part of the primary endpoint of the study is the correlation between the patient compliance and the evolution of the psychological condition assessed by the questionnaire PHQ8 (Brief "Patient Health Questionnaire" depression scale): questions the existence and intensity of depressive symptoms (score from 0 to 24 in case of severe depression).

    Measured: At the start of the program (6 weeks before the surgery) and at the admission before the surgery

  4. Change, during the preoperative phase, of the psychological condition of the patients, assessed by GAD7 questionnaire scoring.

    Positive correlations between compliance and improvement of the patient's condition will help demonstrate the value of the solution. The fourth part of the primary endpoint of the study is the correlation between the patient compliance and the evolution of the psychological condition evaluated by the questionnaire GAD7 ("Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7"-item): indicates the severity of the anxiety (score from 0 to 21 in case of generalized anxiety disorder)

    Measured: At the start of the program (6 weeks before the surgery) and at the admission before the surgery

Secondary outcomes (10)
  1. Evaluation of patients' compliance with their post-operative program

    Completeness rate of the postoperative program. This rate is calculated according to the status (done or not done) of the tasks to be performed by the patient after the surgical procedure: daily evaluations the first week and the 14th day after discharge from hospital. Task status is plotted in the digital solution.

    Measured: Everyday for 7 days after the discharge from hospital and on the 14th day after the discharge from hospital

  2. Persistence of program compliance between pre- and post-operative phases

    Persistence of the program compliance, defined as the difference between the pre and the postoperative completeness rate of the program

    Measured: From the inclusion to the end of participation

  3. Patient satisfaction regarding the program

    The satisfaction is assessed on all patients by three questions (useful, adapted, promotable program). The scores obtained on these three questions will be measured pre-operatively, post-operatively and averaged over the whole program. These scores are calculated automatically by the solution.

    Measured: 2 days before the surgery and on the 14th day after the discharge from hospital

  4. Evaluation, during the preoperative phase, of patient use of the program without compliance, assessed by a rate of undone activities

    For patients with a preoperative physical activity and/or nutritional program prescribed, number of declared as undone activities compared to the total number of prescribed activities

    Measured: from 6 weeks before the surgery up to the surgery

  5. Patient interactions with the help desk of the solution

    Rate of patient interactions with the help desk of the solution, defined as the mean number of phone call and emails per patient

    Measured: from the inclusion to the end of participation

  6. Evaluation of the solution and its use by the patient

    Qualitative interview with the patient, carried out during his follow-up consultation J30

    Measured: Visit Day 30

  7. Evaluation of the solution and its use by health care providers

    Qualitative interview with health care providers (physicians, interns), carried out at the end of the study

    Measured: End of study

  8. Evaluation of the postoperative complication rate

    Number of postoperative complications identified 30 days after the surgery

    Measured: Visit Day 30

  9. Evaluation of duration of hospital stays

    Quantification of the hospital stay duration, defined as defined by the difference between the date of discharge from hospital and the date of admission

    Measured: from the day before the admission until the end of hospitalisation

  10. Evaluation of the number of postoperative critical values

    The number of post-operative critical values detected following daily assessments in the week following discharge from hospital, in accordance with the thresholds defined by the care team

    Measured: 7 days after the discharge of the hospital

Timeline

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

  1. First posted6 Nov 2019
  2. Study start11 Mar 2020
  3. Primary completion10 Mar 2023
  4. Study completion10 Mar 2023

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
22 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04153721
Sponsor's protocol ID
19-007
Acronym
Get Ready
Status last verified
Feb 2024
First submitted
21 Oct 2019
Last updated
20 Feb 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Santa Mina D, Clarke H, Ritvo P, Leung YW, Matthew AG, Katz J, Trachtenberg J, Alibhai SM. Effect of total-body prehabilitation on postoperative outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Physiotherapy. 2014 Sep;100(3):196-207. doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2013.08.008. Epub 2013 Nov 13.

    PubMed 24439570
  • Wind J, Polle SW, Fung Kon Jin PH, Dejong CH, von Meyenfeldt MF, Ubbink DT, Gouma DJ, Bemelman WA; Laparoscopy and/or Fast Track Multimodal Management Versus Standard Care (LAFA) Study Group; Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Group. Systematic review of enhanced recovery programmes in colonic surgery. Br J Surg. 2006 Jul;93(7):800-9. doi: 10.1002/bjs.5384.

    PubMed 16775831
  • Wang L, Lee M, Zhang Z, Moodie J, Cheng D, Martin J. Does preoperative rehabilitation for patients planning to undergo joint replacement surgery improve outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open. 2016 Feb 2;6(2):e009857. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009857.

    PubMed 26839013
  • Li C, Carli F, Lee L, Charlebois P, Stein B, Liberman AS, Kaneva P, Augustin B, Wongyingsinn M, Gamsa A, Kim DJ, Vassiliou MC, Feldman LS. Impact of a trimodal prehabilitation program on functional recovery after colorectal cancer surgery: a pilot study. Surg Endosc. 2013 Apr;27(4):1072-82. doi: 10.1007/s00464-012-2560-5. Epub 2012 Oct 9.

    PubMed 23052535
  • van der Meij E, Anema JR, Leclercq WKG, Bongers MY, Consten ECJ, Schraffordt Koops SE, van de Ven PM, Terwee CB, van Dongen JM, Schaafsma FG, Meijerink WJHJ, Bonjer HJ, Huirne JAF. Personalised perioperative care by e-health after intermediate-grade abdominal surgery: a multicentre, single-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2018 Jul 7;392(10141):51-59. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31113-9. Epub 2018 Jun 21.

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  • Mayo NE, Feldman L, Scott S, Zavorsky G, Kim DJ, Charlebois P, Stein B, Carli F. Impact of preoperative change in physical function on postoperative recovery: argument supporting prehabilitation for colorectal surgery. Surgery. 2011 Sep;150(3):505-14. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.07.045.

    PubMed 21878237
  • Snow R, Granata J, Ruhil AV, Vogel K, McShane M, Wasielewski R. Associations between preoperative physical therapy and post-acute care utilization patterns and cost in total joint replacement. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014 Oct 1;96(19):e165. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.M.01285.

    PubMed 25274793
  • van Rooijen S, Carli F, Dalton S, Thomas G, Bojesen R, Le Guen M, Barizien N, Awasthi R, Minnella E, Beijer S, Martinez-Palli G, van Lieshout R, Gogenur I, Feo C, Johansen C, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Roumen R, Schep G, Slooter G. Multimodal prehabilitation in colorectal cancer patients to improve functional capacity and reduce postoperative complications: the first international randomized controlled trial for multimodal prehabilitation. BMC Cancer. 2019 Jan 22;19(1):98. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-5232-6.

    PubMed 30670009
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  • Pecorelli N, Fiore JF Jr, Gillis C, Awasthi R, Mappin-Kasirer B, Niculiseanu P, Fried GM, Carli F, Feldman LS. The six-minute walk test as a measure of postoperative recovery after colorectal resection: further examination of its measurement properties. Surg Endosc. 2016 Jun;30(6):2199-206. doi: 10.1007/s00464-015-4478-1. Epub 2015 Aug 27.

    PubMed 26310528
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  • Inoue T, Ito S, Kanda M, Niwa Y, Nagaya M, Nishida Y, Hasegawa Y, Koike M, Kodera Y. Preoperative six-minute walk distance as a predictor of postoperative complication in patients with esophageal cancer. Dis Esophagus. 2020 Mar 5;33(2):doz050. doi: 10.1093/dote/doz050.

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Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Name Digital Solution in people with Colorectal Cancer, run by IHU Strasbourg at 1 site in France.

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 3 inclusion and 4 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 20 Feb 2024. 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 France. 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?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Evaluation, during the preoperative phase, of patients' compliance to the program, assessed by a completeness rate. (time frame: From the inclusion to the surgery). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04153721, which also lists 17 linked publications.

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 20 Feb 2024.

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