Delay to Diagnosis in Digestive Cancerology by the General Practitioner Related to Covid-19 Pandemic Confinement

NCT06118125 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2023-A02271-44
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 376
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Objective: the pre-hospital management of cancers is little known in General Medicine. The first lockdown related to the COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure of health facilities. Investigators were interested in the diagnosis and care pathway of digestive cancers in post-confinement in General Medicine in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Conditions

Neoplasms, Colorectal; General Practitioner; Pandemic, COVID-19; Neoplasm, Liver; Neoplasms Pancreatic; Diagnosis; Advanced Cancer

Keywords

digestive cancer, covid

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• time from date of first symptoms of cancer to the date of first MDT

  time from date of first symptoms of cancer to the date of first MDT

  DAYS

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• time from date of first symptoms to date of first consultation with a general practitioner,

  DAYS

• time from date of first symptoms to first imaging or specific examination,

  DAYS

• time from date of first symptoms to consultation with a specialist,

  DAYS

• stage of pathology by type of cancer,

  at inclusion

• frequency of different types of cancer,

  at inclusion

Study Arms (2)

2019

patients diagnosed in 2019

2020

patients diagnosed in 2020

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

Male and female under 18 years old * residing in New Aquitaine and * whose general practitioner practiced in New Aquitaine * malignant tumors of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, recto-sigmoid junction, rectum, anus and anal canal, liver and intrahepatic bile ducts, extrahepatic bile ducts, gallbladder and pancreas. * to have had at least one consultation or hospitalization in the digestive pole of the Bordeaux University Hospital within 6 months after the MDT.

You may qualify if:

• residing in New Aquitaine and
• whose general practitioner practiced in New Aquitaine
• malignant tumors of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, recto-sigmoid junction, rectum, anus and anal canal, liver and intrahepatic bile ducts, extrahepatic bile ducts, gallbladder and pancreas.
• to have had at least one consultation or hospitalization in the digestive pole of the Bordeaux University Hospital within 6 months after the MDT.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients under 18 years of age,
• who had already had a MDT for this cancer,
• whose new cancer was a digestive metastasis of a primary of another location,
• who did not have French health insurance

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Bordeaux: lead

Study Sites (1)

Blanc-Bisson Christele

Bordeaux, 33076, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Colorectal Neoplasms; COVID-19; Liver Neoplasms; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Disease; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Intestinal Neoplasms; Digestive System Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Digestive System Diseases; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Colonic Diseases; Intestinal Diseases; Rectal Diseases; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Liver Diseases; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Pancreatic Diseases; Endocrine System Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Doctor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 25, 2023
• First Posted: November 7, 2023
• Study Start: June 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2022
• Study Completion: September 1, 2022
• Last Updated: November 7, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)