Distance to hospital may delay Life-Saving chemo for colon cancer patients
NCT ID NCT03722121
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 140 patients who had colon cancer surgery and chemotherapy at Rouen University Hospital. The goal was to see if living farther from the hospital caused a longer wait to start chemotherapy after surgery. The findings could help improve care for patients who live far from treatment centers.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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140 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2017
- Finished
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Jan 2018
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
Patient having a cancer colon and hospitalized for colectomy: malignant tumor colon, in situ colon carcinoma or tumor with unpredictable or unknown evolution of the colon
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: \- Patients who had colectomy for colon cancer and at least one chemotherapy treatment at CHU Rouen, between 2009 and the first half of 2015. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who died in hospital before receiving a chemotherapy treatment * Patients with a CIM code of metastasis during the stay of the colectomy or the first chemotherapy treatment * Patients who received a chemotherapy treatment before colectomy * Patients who have undergone several colectomies.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rouen University Hospital
Rouen, 76000, France
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