Phase I to evaluate the safety and feasibility of same-day discharge in selected participants undergoing minimally-invasive lung surgery and who receive an enhanced recovery pathway.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
All patients will be scheduled to surgery at the start of the day and will be discharged within the same day as the procedure.
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
RECRUITINGAdverse Event Rate
Time frame: 30 days post surgery
Same Day Discharge Rate
Time frame: Throughout the trial, from start until completion of surgery for all the patients, up to 12 months.
Readmission Rate
Time frame: 30 days post surgery
Rate of presentation to the emergency room after surgery
Time frame: 30 days post surgery
Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS)
Rating pain, fatigue, nausea, depression, anxiety, drowsiness, appetite, well-being and shortness of breath, on a scale of 1 to 10. Higher scores indicate more serious symptoms.
Time frame: 30 days post surgery
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Lung (FACT-L)
Rating questions regarding physical, social/family, emotion and function well-being as well as general questions regarding medical health, on a scale of 0-4 (from 'Not at all' to 'Very much').
Time frame: 30 days post surgery
Duration of indwelling chest tube catheter
Time frame: 30 days post surgery or until the chest tube is removed (whichever comes last, assessed until 90 days post surgery)
Rate of screen failure
Feasibility calculation of the number of patients approached to participate compared to the number of patients consented to the trial.
Time frame: From trial start until last patient consented, up to 12 months.
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Percent of eligible participants consented
Time frame: From trial start until last patient consented, up to 12 months.
Pathway adherence rate
Calculation of the number of participants who stay on the same-day discharge pathway versus number of patients who deviate from the protocol.
Time frame: From moment of consent until 1 day post surgery.