Clinical trial · Interventional
Follow-up After Surgery for Colon Cancer. General Practice vs. Surgical-based Follow-up?
Should the Surgeon or the General Practitioner (GP) Follow up Patients After Surgery for Colon Cancer? A Randomized Controlled Trial Focusing on Quality of Life, Cost-effectiveness and Serious Clinical Events.
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
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.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colon Cancer | Malignant Colon Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| ca coli follow-up by GP | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- 1
- description
- Postoperative follow-up of ca coli patients at the surgical outpatient dpt
- interventionNames
- Other: ca coli follow-up by GP
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- 2
- description
- Postoperative follow-up of ca coli patients by GP's
- interventionNames
- Other: ca coli follow-up by GP
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Quality of life; EORTC-QLQ-C30 and EQ 5D
- timeFrame
- 2 years
Secondary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 20 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
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.
References
Publications (3)
- DERIVEDAugestad KM, Norum J, Rose J, Lindsetmo RO. A prospective analysis of false positive events in a National Colon Cancer Surveillance Program. BMC Health Serv Res. 2014 Mar 27;14:137. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-137. PMID 24674307
- DERIVEDAugestad KM, Norum J, Dehof S, Aspevik R, Ringberg U, Nestvold T, Vonen B, Skrovseth SO, Lindsetmo RO. Cost-effectiveness and quality of life in surgeon versus general practitioner-organised colon cancer surveillance: a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2013 Apr 4;3(4):e002391. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002391. Print 2013. PMID 23564936
- DERIVEDAugestad KM, Vonen B, Aspevik R, Nestvold T, Ringberg U, Johnsen R, Norum J, Lindsetmo RO. Should the surgeon or the general practitioner (GP) follow up patients after surgery for colon cancer? A randomized controlled trial protocol focusing on quality of life, cost-effectiveness and serious clinical events. BMC Health Serv Res. 2008 Jun 25;8:137. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-137. PMID 18578856