Follow-up After Surgery for Colon Cancer. General Practice vs. Surgical-based Follow-up?

University Hospital of North Norway180 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

180

Conditions

Colon Cancer

Interventions

ca coli follow-up by GPOTHER

patients randomized to follow up by GP

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 75 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Surgery for colon cancer (including rectosigmoid) with histological grade Duke stages A, B or C. * Completion of postsurgical chemotherapy (Dukes stage C patients). * Informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with rectal cancer defined as cancer within 15 cm from anus. * A poor health status or operative complications making it natural to perform follow up by specialists. * Additional cancer diagnoses. * Disseminated cancer. * Poor mental status.

Locations (1)

University Hospital of North Norway

Tromsø, Norway

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Quality of life; EORTC-QLQ-C30 and EQ 5D

Time frame: 2 years

Secondary Outcomes

Cost-effectiveness Serious clinical events

Time frame: 2 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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