NCT06940505Recruiting
Telemedicine Follow-Up for Early Laryngeal Cancer: a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Care Close to Home Versus Standard of Care
Telemedicine Follow-up for Pre-malignant and Malignant Glottic Lesions: a Randomised Controlled Trial Study Protocol Comparing Care Close to Home Versus Standard of Care
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 Aug 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether Telemedicine follow-up is a satisfactory and safe alternative to traditional follow-up care for patients treated for early glottic (vocal cord) cancer, particularly those who live far from a specialized head and neck oncology centre (HNOC). The main questions it aims to answer are: Is patient satisfaction with Telemedicine follow-up comparable to standard care? Is the safety of Telemedicine follow-up (measured by recurrence rates, complications, and survival) comparable to in-person follow-up at an HNOC? Researchers will compare patients receiving Telemedicine follow-up in a nearby hospital with standard in-person follow-up at the HNOC, to see if remote evaluation of endoscopic procedures can maintain patient satisfaction and safety outcomes. Participants with a travel time of \> 45 minutes from a HNOC will: Be randomly assigned to either a Telemedicine follow-up group (in a nearby hospital, by a general ENT-surgeon) or a standard of care group Undergo follow-up including HD-laryngoscopy, according to clinical guidelines Have endoscopy videos evaluated remotely by specialists at the HNOC (= Telemedicine) (intervention group only) Complete surveys including patient-reported outcomes and experience measures at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 140 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 7 Apr 2025
- Start date
- 1 Apr 2025
- Primary completion date
- 1 Apr 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University Medical Center Groningen
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT06940505
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 140
- From 1 Apr 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Apr 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Patients will be excluded if they continue to undergo follow-up for other (head and neck) cancers in the HNOC.
Who the study is looking for
- patients who underwent TOLS for early stage glottic squamous cell carcinoma (T1 or carcinoma-in-situ)
- a one-way travel time to the HNOC of ≥45 minutes (intervention group) or \< 30 minutes (control group)
- within 2 years postoperatively
- can speak and write Dutch
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Medical Center Groningen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Groningen | Netherlands | Recruiting |
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