Can a structured recovery plan speed healing after sarcoma surgery?
NCT ID NCT04461171
First seen Aug 21, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026
Summary
This trial tests whether an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program can improve outcomes for adults undergoing surgery for extremity sarcoma. The program aims to reduce pain, improve limb function, shorten hospital stays, and lower opioid use and complications. Participants will be followed to measure their recovery and quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this program could become a standard care pathway to help sarcoma patients recover faster, with less pain and fewer complications after surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center study, and results may not apply to all hospitals. The program's success depends on many factors, and individual outcomes can vary.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2020
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Any patient at Vanderbilt University Medical Center treated with surgical excision of a suspected extremity sarcoma * Adult patients \>17 years of age * Patients of all preoperative opioid status (naïve or dependent) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients treated non-operatively * Non-English speaking patients
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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