Digital Follow-up Program After Discharge Home Following Thoracic Surgery

NCT07044440 | Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: 2025-00796;kt25Lardinois3
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate whether a digital follow-up program can improve postoperative pain management and quality of life in patients during the first 28 days after discharge home following thoracic surgery, compared to standard follow-up care.

Conditions

Thoracic Surgery; Mobile Health; Post Operative Recovery; Follow-up

Keywords

Electronic Follow-up; Thoracic Surgery

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Subjective pain perception

  Impact on the subjective pain perception is assessed by the numeric rating scale (NRS). Scale ranges from 0-10 while 10 indicates more pain

  4 weeks after discharge home

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• General well-being

  4 weeks after discharge home

• Post-Discharge documentation of analgesic use

  During the 4 weeks after discharge home

• Emergency consultations

  During the 4 weeks after discharge home

• Readmissions

  During the 4 weeks after discharge home

• postoperative complications

  During the 4 weeks after discharge home

Study Arms (2)

digital follow-up

EXPERIMENTAL

digital follow-up by questionnaire in addition to routine follow-up

Other: digital outpatient follow-up

standard follow-up

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

routine follow-up

Other: standard follow-up

Interventions

digital outpatient follow-up OTHER

In addition to routine outpatient follow-up visits on day 14 and 28 post-operative, digital follow-up by questionnaire on their health status and general well-being are provided. Possibility to request an interaction with a doctor from our department at any time during the 28 days following discharge

digital follow-up

standard follow-up OTHER

routine outpatient follow-up visits on day 14 and 28 post-operative

standard follow-up

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Patients who have signed an informed consent form and underwent a surgery performed at the Thoracic Surgery Department of the University Hospital Basel
• Age ≥ 18 years at the time of informed consent
• First participation in the Study
• Patient operated under general anesthesia
• Patients who are in possession of a smart phone or personal computer and have an e-mail account and are able to answer a digital questionnaire. Or an immediate caretaker in the same household owns a smartphone or personal computer and is familiar with the use
• Patients who understand verbal and written German or French
• Patients discharged at home after surgery
• Hospital stay \> 3 nights after surgery

You may not qualify if:

• Patients under preoperative opioid/cortisone therapy
• Patients who are unable to follow the procedure of the study, e. g. read or understand German or French, psychological disorders, dementia, etc.
• Enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent person
• Patients with polytrauma or who underwent mediastinoscopy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland: lead

Study Sites (1)

University Hospital Basel

Basel, 4031, Switzerland

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Didier Lardinois, Prof. MD

  University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Zeljko Djakovic, MD

CONTACT

+41 61 328 51 96; zeljko.djakovic@usb.ch

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 16, 2025
• First Posted: July 1, 2025
• Study Start: July 30, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2026
• Last Updated: August 5, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Locations

CH (1)