Using National University Cancer Institute of Singapore (NCIS) Registry to Measure Time Trends in Quality of Care for Breast Cancer Patients in a National Cancer Centre

NCT01866631 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: BR08/30/10
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 2,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesise that the research data will enable them to elucidate local clinical practices with regard to breast cancer care and enable them to extrpolate the data to improved local clinical care for their patients through self-regulation and audit.

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Quality of care at NCIS using indicators

  2 years

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• The trends and variations in quality of care indices over a period of years

  2 years

Study Arms (1)

No treatment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

To retropsectively review the NCIS registry of females diagnosed with breast cancer in years 2002 to 2008 with regards to clinical quality indicators as published by the European Sociaty of Breast Cancer Oncologists (Eur J Can 2010; 46:2344-2356). We will extract data from a pre-existing breast cancer registry which belongs to NCIS, looking at data which includes the following:(1) Completeness of clinical and imaging diagnostic work-up(2) Completeness of prognostic and predictive characterization(3) Multidisciplinary discussion(4) Appropriate surgical approach(5) Appropriate post-operative radiation(6) Avoidance of over-treatment(7) Appropraiet hormonal therapy(8) Appropriate chemotherapy and other medical therapy(9) Staging, counselling, follow-up and rehabilitative procedures

You may qualify if:

• Female
• years old

You may not qualify if:

• No patient involved

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National University Hospital, Singapore: lead

Study Sites (1)

National University Hospital

Singapore, Singapore, 119074, Singapore

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Breast Diseases; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Central Study Contacts

Sing Huang Tan, MBBS

CONTACT

65 6779 5555; Sing_Huang_Tan@nuhs.edu.sg

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 31, 2012
• First Posted: May 31, 2013
• Study Start: December 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2013
• Last Updated: December 10, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-12

Locations

SG (1)