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CompletedNCT04334239

Effectiveness of Care in Certified Cancer Centres in Germany

Wirksamkeit Der Versorgung in Onkologischen Zentren

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
670,000 (actual)
Sponsor
Technische Universität Dresden · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Assessment of the effectiveness of care in certified cancer centres for eight cancer entities via a retrospective cohort study based on secondary data from statutory health insurance funds and population-based clinical cancer registries.

Detailed description

Cancer constitutes the second most frequent cause of death in Germany. To maintain a high quality of treatment, the national cancer plan aims at a unified certification of cancer centres. The project "Wirksamkeit der Versorgung in onkologischen Zentren" (WiZen) investigates effects of treatments in certified cancer centres across large populations and different cancer entities in comparison to hospitals that do not hold a certificate. WiZen is a retrospective comparative cohort study that analyzes incident cases of eight types of cancer diagnosed within 2009-2017 based on nationwide health insurance data provided by WIdO (the AOK research institute) and data from regional clinical cancer registries (CCR) for the period 2006-2017. These eight types of cancer are colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, gynecologic tumors, lung cancer, prostate cancer, head and neck tumors and neuro-oncological tumors.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHEROncological certificationOncological certification encompasses a variety of criteria such as treatment according to the clinical guidelines, staffing, technical infrastructure, minimum caseloads, and multidisciplinary care.

Timeline

Start date
2017-05-01
Primary completion
2021-05-31
Completion
2021-08-31
First posted
2020-04-06
Last updated
2022-08-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04334239. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.