Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Surgeons Toward Nutrition Support in HIPEC Patients

Sponsor
Edward Hospital (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT02374411
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The goal of this survey of international HIPEC (Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy) surgeons is to determine their knowledge of and attitudes towards the nutritional support needs of HIPEC patients and what their practice patterns are with this patient population.

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Actual Enrollment :
55 participants
Observational Model:
Case-Only
Time Perspective:
Cross-Sectional
Official Title:
A Survey of the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Surgeons Toward Nutrition Support in HIPEC Patients
Study Start Date :
Sep 1, 2014
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Mar 1, 2015
Actual Study Completion Date :
Mar 1, 2015

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
HIPEC surgeons

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Collect questionnaire data from 150 HIPEC surgeons [Three months]

    Questionnaire development was informed by the works of: Karim et al, JPEN 2014 Mar 3, [Epub ahead of print]; Cahill, et al, Critical Care 2014, 18:R96; Vashi et al, Nutrition Journal 2013, 12:118; and Cahill et al, BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:197.

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. HIPEC surgeon practices of patient nutritional support assessed by questionnaire [Three months]

    Questionnaire development was informed by the works of: Karim et al, JPEN 2014 Mar 3, [Epub ahead of print]; Cahill, et al, Critical Care 2014, 18:R96; Vashi et al, Nutrition Journal 2013, 12:118; and Cahill et al, BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:197.

  2. HIPEC surgeon attitudes toward patient nutritional support self-assessed by questionnaire [Three months]

    Questionnaire development was informed by the works of: Karim et al, JPEN 2014 Mar 3, [Epub ahead of print]; Cahill, et al, Critical Care 2014, 18:R96; Vashi et al, Nutrition Journal 2013, 12:118; and Cahill et al, BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:197.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
N/A and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Surgeon trained in and performing the HIPEC procedure
Exclusion Criteria:
  • Not performing the HIPEC procedure

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Edward Hospital Naperville Illinois United States 60540

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Edward Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: George I Salti, MD, Edward Hospital

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Edward Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT02374411
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • EDW091114A
First Posted:
Feb 27, 2015
Last Update Posted:
Feb 8, 2017
Last Verified:
Feb 1, 2017

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Feb 8, 2017