Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in Extremity Sarcoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04461171 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : July 8, 2020
Last Update Posted : July 12, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Sarcoma | Procedure: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 120 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Sequential Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Two-group, prospective, consecutively enrolled, comparative non-randomized trial (N = 120) is to determine the feasibility and efficacy of implementing an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pain management pathway to patients undergoing surgical treatment for an extremity sarcoma. |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in Extremity Sarcoma |
Actual Study Start Date : | December 14, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | June 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: ERAS
Administration of a perioperative non-narcotic, multimodal pain management pathway.
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Procedure: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Undergo an enhanced recovery after surgery program |
No Intervention: Non-ERAS (Conventional)
Administration of a conventional perioperative pain management pathway that consists of both narcotic and non-narcotic pain medications.
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- Pain scores [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Measured by Quality of Recovery questionnaire (QoR-15) scale = 0-10 (0=none of the time and 10 = all of the time)
- Pain scores [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Measured by Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS-29 Profile v2.0) Score 1-5 (1 being worst and 5 being best)
- Limb function [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Measured by Musculoskeletal Tumor Society scoring system (MSTS) scored from 0-5 (5 being best and 0 being worst)
- Clinical outcomes - length of hospital stay [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Measured by the number of days in the hospital
- Clinical outcomes - opioid requirements [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Measured by the amount of opioids consumed
- Clinical outcomes - perioperative complications (e.g. wound complications and 30-day readmission) [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Measured by the number of perioperative complications reported

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04461171
Contact: Vanderbilt-Ingram Service for Timely Access | 800-811-8480 | cip@vumc.org |
United States, Tennessee | |
Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Recruiting |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232 | |
Contact: Vanderbilt-Ingram Service for Timely Access 800-811-8480 cip@vumc.org | |
Principal Investigator: Joshua M Lawrenz, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Joshua Lawrenz, MD | Vanderbilt Medical Center |
Responsible Party: | Joshua Lawrenz, Principal Investigator, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04461171 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
VICC SAR 2020 |
First Posted: | July 8, 2020 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 12, 2022 |
Last Verified: | July 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery |
Sarcoma Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms |