Effect of Pre-operative Virtual Visits on Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Surgery

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Head and Neck Cancer

Treatments: Other: Survey

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06094621

UMCC 2023.067

HUM00236077 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients with head and neck cancer often undergo complex surgeries requiring significant care post-operatively. This presents considerable psychosocial challenges in addition to their need to physically recover from a large surgery.

The study team will interview patients who have undergone virtual visits before their surgical procedures. The study aims to explore patients' experiences, satisfaction, and perceptions of virtual visits for informing and preparing them for surgery and their postoperative care needs.

The study team will also analyze the effects of the virtual visits on financial costs and patient outcomes such as length of hospital stay, delayed discharges due to social issues, and whether the virtual visits identified any significant medical concerns, etc. The study team will compare these to a randomly selected cohort of patients who also underwent surgical resection and reconstruction for head and neck cancer that did not get pre-operative virtual visits.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria (Pre-operative Visit Arm)

• Patients > 18 years
• Underwent surgery for head and neck cancer with free flap reconstruction at the University of Michigan
• Underwent a pre-operative virtual visit.

Inclusion Criteria (NO Pre-operative Visit Arm)

• Patients > 18 years
• Underwent surgery for head and neck cancer with free flap reconstruction at the University of Michigan

Exclusion Criteria (Pre-operative Visit Arm)

• Patients who died within 60 days of surgery for head and neck cancer with free flap reconstruction at the University of Michigan.

Exclusion Criteria (NO Pre-operative Visit Arm)

• Patients who died within 60 days of surgery for head and neck cancer with free flap reconstruction at the University of Michigan.
• Patient underwent a pre-operative virtual visit.

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

Pre-operative Visit Arm

Description:

Eligible participants for the interview and surveys will be those who have undergone a virtual visit by the head and neck surgery nurse practitioners before their scheduled surgical procedure.

Treatment:

Other: Survey

No Pre-operative Visit Arm

Description:

Patients who also underwent surgical resection for head and neck cancer with free flap reconstruction at the University of Michigan through the Department of Otolaryngology but did NOT receive a pre-operative virtual visit. This cohort is a retrospective chart review study