Can a simple checklist boost recovery after cancer surgery?
NCT ID NCT07720089
First seen Jul 22, 2026 · Last updated Aug 27, 2026 · Updated 5 times
Summary
This pilot study tests whether surgeons will use a new set of timeline-specific guidelines designed to improve functional recovery after high-risk abdominal cancer surgery. Researchers will monitor how often surgeons follow the guideline in clinic. The goal is to see if such a tool is practical and worth testing in larger trials.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- an algorithmic guideline for postoperative functional recovery
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could establish a standardized approach to help patients recover function more effectively after major cancer surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small feasibility study focused on whether surgeons use the guideline, not on patient outcomes. The guideline may not improve recovery or may be impractical in routine care.
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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 66 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
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.
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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: * Surgeons who perform abdominal surgery for cancer at the study institution Exclusion Criteria: * Surgeons who do not perform abdominal surgery for cancer * Surgeons who are external to the study institution
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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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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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