The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Thyroid Surgery in Italy: Results From a Nation-wide Multicentric Study

November 18, 2020 updated by: Fabio Medas, University of Cagliari
Italy has been on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the need to focus resources to deal with the pandemic led to a disruption of routine surgical care, as well as activity for oncologic and chronic disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on surgical activity of the Italian Units of Endocrine Surgery belonging to the SIUEC (Italian Society of Endocrine Surgery), the most important national scientific society of endocrine surgery.The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on surgical activity of the Italian Units of Endocrine Surgery belonging to the SIUEC (Italian Society of Endocrine Surgery), the most important national scientific society of endocrine surgery.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

3800

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Italy
    • CA
      • Cagliari, CA, Italy, 09100
        • AOU Cagliari

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients with thyroid disease

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients that had undergone thyroidectomy during COVID-19 pandemic (from the 9th March to the 31st August 2020), defined as case group, or during the same period of the previous year (from the 9th Match to the 31st August 2019), defined as control group.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • incomplete data

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Group 1 - COVID group
Patients that underwent surgery during COVID-19 pandemic
Procedure: Thyroidectomy
Thyroidectomy
Group 2 - control group
Patients that underwent surgery during 2019
Procedure: Thyroidectomy
Thyroidectomy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Quantify the overall reduction of surgical activity for thyroid disease
Time Frame: 1 year
1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Quantify if the number of thyroid cancers operated during COVID-19 pandemic was significant different from the number of patients operated during the same period of the previous year
Time Frame: 1 year
1 year
Quantify the number of aggressive tumors operated during COVID-19 pandemic and the same period of the previous year
Time Frame: 1 year
Comparison between the number of patients operated during COVID-19 pandemic with aggressive thyroid carcinoma (with lymph node metastasis, and/or extrathyroidal extension, and/or multifocality) with patients with aggressive thyroid carcinoma operated during the same period of the previous year
1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Cagliari

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 10, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 30, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

November 12, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 17, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 18, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

November 19, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 19, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 18, 2020

Last Verified

November 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • THYCOVIT

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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