Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00572143
Follow-up After Surgery for Colon Cancer. General Practice vs. Surgical-based Follow-up?
Should the Surgeon or the General Practitioner (GP) Follow up Patients After Surgery for Colon Cancer? A Randomized Controlled Trial Focusing on Quality of Life, Cost-effectiveness and Serious Clinical Events.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 180 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of North Norway · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 20 Years – 75 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to clarify cost effectiveness and quality of life issues among colon cancer patients followed up in a hospital setting or by their GP's.Statement of study hypothesis:Postoperative follow up of colon cancer patients (according to national guidelines) by general practitioners will not have any influence on patients' quality of life. There will not be observed any increase in serious clinical events and cost effectiveness will be improved.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | ca coli follow-up by GP | patients randomized to follow up by GP |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2007-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-12-01
- Completion
- 2013-06-01
- First posted
- 2007-12-12
- Last updated
- 2016-01-27
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Norway
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00572143. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.