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NCT Number: NCT06980740

Video-Tumorboard PLUS

In weekly expert meetings for oncological diagnostics and therapy, known as tumor boards, individual therapy recommendations are developed for cancer patients. By further developing and optimizing the CCCs' video tumor boards, initially using skin cancer as an example, we want to ensure that more patients can benefit from the expertise of several specialist disciplines and innovations - regardless of where they live.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Abteilung für Integrierte Onkologie - CIO Bonn, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • The study includes adult, external patients who, according to the certification requirements of the German Cancer Society, should be presented to the CCCs in a tumor board .

Inclusion criteria

for patients:

  • Minimum age 18 years
  • Consent to participate in the study (signing of patient consent) should be presented in vTB+ according to the doctor, based on the disease/diagnosis, especially in the case of:
  • Malignant melanoma from stage IIB
  • Malignant melanoma and stage shift/recurrence o Extracutaneous melanoma o Cutaneous lymphoma from stage Ib o Problem cases with malignant, epithelial tumors (BCC, SCC) with interdisciplinary issues, e.g. complicated localization, extension/ infiltration (e.g. Ulcus rodens, Ulcus terebrans), metastasized tumors, immunosuppressed patients o all rare malignant skin tumors (including Merkel cell carcinoma, DFSP, MFH, leiomyosarcoma, S., Kaposi's sarcoma, angiosarcoma), regardless of stage o severe side effects from drug-based tumor therapy • is an external patient: An external patient is someone who receives tumor therapy exclusively or in co-treatment in the branch or in an external clinic (in distinction to patients without prior treatment for initial presentation at the CCC) . This also applies to patients who are only seen once at the vTB.

In this case, revenue/cost aspects and the DKG requirement are ignored. This means that so-called external patients can also be treated at the center, including initiation of therapy. The decisive factor is the presentation of the external patient (personal presentation of the external patients is not mandatory) and that external co-treaters are consistently informed and involved.

Inclusion criteria

for external doctors:

  • has a medical license
  • has dermatological patients who are eligible to be presented in the vTB+

Exclusion criteria

Patients will be excluded from the study if they meet the following criteria:

  • Linguistic or other limitations (such as dementia) that prevent independent consent to the privacy policy.
  • No consent to participate in the study (patient consent) or withdrawal of consent during the course of the study In addition, external physicians will be excluded from the study if no joint cooperation agreement can be negotiated and signed.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Presentation of external patients in the video-tumorboard

    Time frame: Day 365

    Increase in the proportion of external patients in the video-tumorboard

Secondary outcomes

  1. Increase in the proportion of external patients invited to a clinical study

    Time frame: Day 365

    Increase in the proportion of external patients in clinical studies

  2. Adherence to tumorboard recommendations for external patients

    Time frame: Up to two weeks after inclusion

    Proportion of implemented tumorboard recommendations for external patients

  3. Offer of supportive therapies by the comprehensive cancer center

    Time frame: Up to two days after inclusion

    Proportion of (external) patients who are offered at least one supportive therapy (e.g. psychooncology) within the video-tumorboard

  4. Duration of the transmission of the tumorboard recommendations

    Time frame: Up to two weeks after inclusion

    Duration of the transmission of the tumorboard recommendations

  5. "Time to integration" into palliative care

    Time frame: Once per patient within two weeks after transmission of the tumorboard recommendation if applicable

    Time between medical recommendation for palliative care and first contact with palliative care

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Friedegund Meier, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+49 351 4583677

Philipp Lenz, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+49 251 83 43745

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital Muenster

Other

Collaborators

  • Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V., Bonn (Germany)
  • University Hospital Dresden
  • University Hospital, Bonn

Registry information

Acronym: vTB+

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2027
First posted
May 20, 2025
Registry last updated
May 20, 2025

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