Clinical trial NCT06094621: Effect of Pre-operative Virtual Visits on Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Surgery
Official title: Effect of Pre-operative Virtual Visits on Care of Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Surgery
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Conditions: Head and Neck Cancer
Lead sponsor: University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-10-23
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: OTHER
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Participants will be adult patients aged 18 and over who underwent surgical resection for head and neck cancer with free flap reconstruction at the University of Michigan through the Department of Otolaryngology.

Brief summary: Patients with head and neck cancer often undergo complex surgeries requiring significant care post-operatively. This presents considerable psychosocial challenges in addition to their need to physically recover from a large surgery.

The study team will interview patients who have undergone virtual visits before their surgical procedures. The study aims to explore patients' experiences, satisfaction, and perceptions of virtual visits for informing and preparing them for surgery and their postoperative care needs.

The study team will also analyze the effects of the virtual visits on financial costs and patient outcomes such as length of hospital stay, delayed discharges due to social issues, and whether the virtual visits identified any significant medical concerns, etc. The study team will compare these to a randomly selected cohort of patients who also underwent surgical resection and reconstruction for head and neck cancer that did not get pre-operative virtual visits.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria (Pre-operative Visit Arm)

* Patients \> 18 years
* Underwent surgery for head and neck cancer with free flap reconstruction at the University of Michigan
* Underwent a pre-operative virtual visit.

Inclusion Criteria (NO Pre-operative Visit Arm)

* Patients \> 18 years
* Underwent surgery for head and neck cancer with free flap reconstruction at the University of Michigan

Exclusion Criteria (Pre-operative Visit Arm)

* Patients who died within 60 days of surgery for head and neck cancer with free flap reconstruction at the University of Michigan.

Exclusion Criteria (NO Pre-operative Visit Arm)

* Patients who died within 60 days of surgery for head and neck cancer with free flap reconstruction at the University of Michigan.
* Patient underwent a pre-operative virtual visit.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Effectiveness of virtual visits as determined by satisfaction scores
timeFrame: at time of enrollment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Comparison in hospitalization between cohorts
timeFrame: up to 60 days after the surgical resection
measure: Comparison in post-operative communication
timeFrame: up to 60 days after the surgical resection
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Michigan
name: Keith Casper
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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