Clinical trial · Observational
Effect of Pre-operative Virtual Visits on Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Surgery
Effect of Pre-operative Virtual Visits on Care of Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Surgery
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): No Investigator Interest
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head and Neck Cancer | Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survey | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- Pre-operative Visit Arm
- description
- Eligible participants for the interview and surveys will be those who have undergone a virtual visit by the head and neck surgery nurse practitioners before their scheduled surgical procedure.
- interventionNames
- Other: Survey
- label
- No Pre-operative Visit Arm
- description
- Patients who also underwent surgical resection for head and neck cancer with free flap reconstruction at the University of Michigan through the Department of Otolaryngology but did NOT receive a pre-operative virtual visit. This cohort is a retrospective chart review study
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Effectiveness of virtual visits as determined by satisfaction scores
- timeFrame
- at time of enrollment
- description
- To examine the satisfaction scores of patients who undergo pre-operative virtual visits. The satisfaction scale is graded on a modified Likert scale. The endpoint for this primary objective is the score given by the patient on the interview-based survey
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
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.
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