Clinical trial · Interventional
Support Pathway for ENT Cancer Patients in a Support Care Day Hospital
Support Pathway for ENT Cancer Patients in a Support Care Day Hospital Single-centre Prospective Randomised Interventional Study
- 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)
Cancers of the upper respiratory / digestive tract are a major public health problem, ranking 5th among the most common cancers. Surgery plays a central role in the recommended treatments for this type of pathology. The surgical procedure and its after-effects can be anxiety-provoking and have a major psychological, physical and social impact on patients over the long term. Our institution's standard protocol is based on a pre-operative supportive care day hospital. The aim of this study is to compare our current care pathway with a more extensive interdisciplinary care pathway focused on patients' needs, in order to reduce anxiety and improve the quality of life of patients undergoing surgery for cancers of the upper respiratory / digestive tract. Our aim is to use a prospective single-centre interventional study to assess the impact of adding three post-operative day hospitals to the existing care pathway in terms of reducing anxiety and improving the quality of life of patients undergoing surgery.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consultations with paramedics | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Supportive care
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Consultations with paramedics
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Anxiety
- timeFrame
- 1 month ; 3 months ; 6 months
- description
- Anxiety evaluation by State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scale. It is a psychological inventory consisting of 40 self-report items on a 4-point Likert scale. The STAI measures two types of anxiety - state anxiety and trait anxiety. Higher scores are positively correlated with higher levels of anxiety.
Secondary outcomes (7)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * patient undergoing surgery for VADS cancer requiring at least one night's post-operative hospitalisation * Understanding of spoken and written French * Patient covered by a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Protected patient under a protective measure or legal safeguard * Pregnant or breast-feeding patients * Patients suffering from major cognitive disorders * Patients with major anxiety disorders prior to the onset of cancer
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