Clinical trial · Observational
Development and Validation of the Surgical Assessment and Healthcare (SAH) Index for Gastric Cancer Treatment Evaluation
- 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)
This study develops the Surgical Assessment and Healthcare (SAH) Index, a new tool to fairly evaluate gastric cancer surgery outcomes. Gastric cancer is a serious disease that often requires major surgery, but it can be difficult to compare how well different hospitals or surgeons perform because patients have different levels of risk before surgery. The SAH Index will help solve this problem by creating a standardized way to account for patient risk factors when evaluating surgical results. The study analyzes data from 780 patients who had gastric cancer surgery in 2019, looking at factors like patient age, tumor characteristics, molecular markers, and surgical outcomes. By combining clinical information (like patient health), pathological details (like tumor type), and molecular features (like genetic markers), the SAH Index will create risk categories that allow fair comparison of surgical outcomes. This tool could help hospitals improve their care, help patients and families understand their treatment options, and help doctors make better treatment decisions. The study uses only existing medical records and does not involve any new treatments or procedures. The goal is to create a practical tool that can be used by hospitals and doctors to better evaluate and improve gastric cancer surgery outcomes.
Conditions
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Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gastric Cancer (GC) | Malignant Gastric Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
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[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Development of SAH Index for Risk-Adjusted Gastric Cancer Surgical Evaluation
- timeFrame
- 5 years post-surgery
- description
- Development and internal validation of the Surgical Assessment and Healthcare (SAH) Index incorporating clinical, pathological, and molecular factors to predict surgical outcomes in gastric cancer patients. Performance assessed by discrimination (C-statistic), calibration (Hosmer-Lemeshow test), and risk stratification accuracy.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
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- All
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age: 18 years and older Diagnosis: Histologically confirmed gastric adenocarcinoma Treatment: Underwent surgical resection in 2019 Data availability: Complete clinical, pathological, and molecular marker data Follow-up: Minimum 6 months post-operative follow-up data available Exclusion Criteria: * Histology: Non-adenocarcinoma gastric tumors Surgery type: Emergency surgery or palliative procedures only Data quality: Missing essential clinical, pathological, or molecular data required for SAH Index development Follow-up: Lost to follow-up within 30 days post-surgery
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