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NCT07211009Not yet recruitingPhase 3

Patient-Reported Symptom Care Versus Usual Care After Esophageal Cancer Surgery: A Single-Center Phase 3 Randomized Trial

A Single-Center, Randomized, Controlled, Phase III Clinical Study of Patient-Reported Outcome-Based Symptom Management Versus Conventional Management in Postoperative Esophageal Cancer Patients

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 Oct 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Symptom management is fundamental to clinical care, and symptom monitoring is an effective means to detect potential adverse events early and prevent serious complications. Extensive studies show that symptom management based on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) can reduce symptom burden, improve functional status and quality of life, lower emergency visits and readmissions, and even prolong survival. However, in the field of esophageal cancer surgery, prospective clinical studies assessing the feasibility of postoperative PRO-based symptom management remain lacking. This project proposes a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in China to systematically evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of PRO-based symptom management after esophageal cancer surgery. Through this clinical study, we aim to assess both the impact and the implementability of introducing a proactive, patient-centered PRO symptom-management model into esophageal surgical care.

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
240 (estimated)
First submitted
29 Sept 2025
Start date
15 Oct 2025
Primary completion date
30 Jun 2028
Lead sponsor
Sichuan University
NCT number
NCT07211009

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Planned participants: 240
  • From 15 Oct 2025 to the primary completion date, 30 Jun 2028
  • No sites listed in no 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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Prior treatment

  • Patient ultimately did not undergo curative (radical) surgical resection.

Other illness

  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
  • Psychiatric disorder.
  • Any other malignancy within the past 5 years (except completely cured carcinoma in situ of the cervix or basal cell/squamous cell carcinoma of the skin).
  • Any unstable systemic disease (including active, uncontrolled gastrointestinal ulcer; active infection; grade 4 hypertension; unstable angina; congestive heart failure; unstable cerebrovascular disease; thrombotic disease; hepatic, renal, or metabolic disease; or unhealed fracture/wound as determined by the surgeon).
  • Any other condition deemed unsuitable by the investigator.

Other

  • Difficulty in communication or inability to comply with long-term follow-up.

Who the study is looking for

  • Age 18-75 years.
  • Pathologically confirmed esophageal cancer.
  • Planned to undergo curative (radical) surgical resection.
  • R0 resection.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) ≤ 1.
  • Adequate function of major organs.
  • Willing to complete questionnaire surveys.
  • Voluntarily agrees to participate and signs the informed consent form.
  • Good compliance and able to complete follow-up as scheduled.

Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

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