Clinical trial · Observational
Potential Improvements in Emergency Department Care for Cancer Patients According to Clinical Staff
Identification of Potential Improvements in the Acute Care Pathway for Cancer Patients in the Emergency Department (OVERSEE - II Trial)
- 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 goal of this Single center prospective cross-sectional study is to identify the facilitators and barriers among caregivers in the emergency department that influence disposition of patients with solid and hematology malignancies. The main question it aims to answer is to categorize the facilitators and barriers identified by three groups of emergency department (ED) staff. Participants will be asked for permission, afterwards a short interview will be held with the different ED caregivers (ED nurse, attending physician and supervising physician).
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Emergencies | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency department caregivers interview | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- Cancer patients
- description
- All adult patients with solid or hematological malignancies and receiving systemic therapy or having received systemic therapy within the last 3 months that are admitted to the emergency department of the Erasmus medical center for the oncology, hematological, lung- and neuro-oncology medical unit are eligible for inclusion.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Emergency department caregivers interview
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Clusters of facilitator and barriers identified by the emergency department (ED) nurse
- timeFrame
- Through study completion, an average of 6 months
- description
- (Sub)Clusters of facilitator and barriers identified by the ED nurse for the ED care of patients with cancer
- measure
- Clusters of facilitator and barriers identified by the treating physician
- timeFrame
- Through study completion, an average of 6 months
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with solid or hematological malignancies and receiving system therapy or having received systemic therapy within the last 3 months. * Presented at or admitted from the emergency department for the oncology, hematology, neuro- or lung-oncology clinical unit. * Awake and conscious. * Possible to answer questions within the same shift / day after presentation in the ED. Exclusion Criteria: * \<18 years old. * Only received a surgical intervention as cancer treatment. * Not willing or able to give written informed consent.
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