New recovery blueprint aims to get cancer patients home faster
NCT ID NCT07493876
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a structured recovery plan called ERAS helps people recover faster after surgery for cancer that has spread in the abdomen. About 300 patients across 20 Italian hospitals will be followed. The plan includes steps before, during, and after surgery to reduce stress and speed healing. The main goal is to see if it shortens hospital stays.
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) protocol
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a standardized care pathway reduces hospital stays and complications for patients undergoing major abdominal cancer surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage observational study comparing before-and-after care, not a randomized trial. Results may not prove the protocol itself causes improvement, and individual patient factors vary widely.
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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 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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: * Written informed consent signed before the procedure * Histological or cytological diagnosis of advanced solid tumor with documented peritoneal carcinomatosis originating from one of the following: peritoneal mesothelioma or other primary malignant peritoneal tumor, gynecologic tumor, gastric tumor, or intestinal tumor * Age \>18 years * ECOG performance status ≤1 * ASA score ≤3 Exclusion Criteria: * Missing written informed consent * ASA score ≥4 * Palliative surgery or other unplanned surgery * Severe renal insufficiency, severe hepatic insufficiency, severe heart failure, recent myocardial infarction, or severe arrhythmia * Immunocompromised patients, patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy, or patients with immune system diseases
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPavia, Italy
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Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia- IRCCS Istituto di Candiolo
RECRUITINGCandiolo, Turin, 10060, Italy
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