Effect of Pre-operative Virtual Visits on Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Surgery

Trial Title: Effect of Pre-operative Virtual Visits on Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Surgery

NCT ID: NCT06094621

Condition: Head and Neck Cancer

Conditions: Official terms:
Head and Neck Neoplasms

Study type: Observational

Overall status: Not yet recruiting

Study design:

Time perspective: Other

Intervention:

Intervention type: Other
Intervention name: Survey
Description: For the patients who underwent a pre-operative virtual visit, data will be collected through semi-structured interviews conducted by trained research personnel. The interviews will be conducted in a one-on-one format, either in-person or via telephone, according to the participant's preference.
Arm group label: Pre-operative Visit Arm

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.

Criteria for eligibility:

Study pop:
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.

Sampling method: Non-Probability Sample
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.

Gender: All

Minimum age: 18 Years

Maximum age: N/A

Healthy volunteers: No

Start date: December 2024

Completion date: March 2025

Lead sponsor:
Agency: University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Agency class: Other

Source: University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

Record processing date: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 12, 2024

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06094621