Clinical trial · Observational
Emilia-Romagna Surgical Colorectal Cancer Audit- ESCA
A Plan for Evaluating Costs and Outcomes of Colorectal Surgery in Emilia-Romagna (Emilia-Romagna Surgical Colorectal Cancer Audit-ESCA)
- 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)
Focus of this project is to evaluate the possible financial benefit resulting from an optimization of surgical outcomes throughout a collaborative and systematic auditing activity.The primary objective of this analysis is to assess the employed resources by National Health System related to surgical activities for primary colorectal cancer during a collaborative and systematic auditing activity in 8 Surgical Units of Emilia-Romagna
Conditions
Conditions (4)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auditing Activity | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Financial Benefit | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Surgery | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| all colorectal cancer surgical procedures | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- Colon surgery
- description
- patients diagnosed with colon cancer, who undergone at least one surgical procedure at one of participating hospitals during the observational period
- interventionNames
- Procedure: all colorectal cancer surgical procedures
- label
- Rectal surgery
- description
- patients diagnosed with rectal cancer, who undergone at least one surgical procedure at one of participating hospitals during the observational period
- interventionNames
- Procedure: all colorectal cancer surgical procedures
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- health care resources utilization (HCRU)
- timeFrame
- 90 day post surgery
- description
- To identify the resources delivered to surgical patients. Resource are retrieved from administrative database.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Histological diagnosis of malignant colorectal cancer; * Underwent colorectal cancer surgery; Exclusion Criteria: • multiple synchronous primary tumours;
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDMassa I, Ghignone F, Ugolini G, Ercolani G, Montroni I, Capelli P, Garulli G, Catena F, Lucchi A, Ansaloni L, Gentili N, Danesi V, Montella MT, Altini M; ESCA Collaborative Group. Emilia-Romagna Surgical Colorectal Cancer Audit (ESCA): a value-based healthcare retro-prospective study to measure and improve the quality of surgical care in colorectal cancer. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2022 Jul;37(7):1727-1738. doi: 10.1007/s00384-022-04203-w. Epub 2022 Jul 2. PMID 35779080