Delay in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in patients with head and neck tumors in Berlin and Brandenburg caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

Delay in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in patients with head and neck tumors in Berlin and Brandenburg caused by the COVID-19 pandemic - DELCOV

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00028983

Enrollment

7200

Registered

2022-05-06

Start date

2022-05-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

All kind of head and neck tumors

Interventions

Group 1: Patients with head and neck tumors in Berlin and Brandenbirg in the years 2018 and 2019 (date of the primary diagnose) taken from the clinical cancer registry Berlin / Brandenburg Group 2: Pa

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Head and neck tumor disease with a primary diagnose in Berlin / Brandenburg and data registration at the Clinical Cancer Registry Berlin / Brandenburg

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Time parameters in the course of tumor therapy - t1 = diagnose by tumor biopsy - t2 = tumorconferrence pre-surgical - t3 = surgery - t4 = tumorconferrence post surgical - t5 = start of adjuvant therapy - t6 = termination of adjuvant therapy - t7 = start primary radiochemotherapy - t8 = termination primary radiochemotherapy The primary outcome is the time period of the intervals between the different time parameters.	—

Measure

Time frame

Time parameters in the course of tumor therapy - t1 = diagnose by tumor biopsy - t2 = tumorconferrence pre-surgical - t3 = surgery - t4 = tumorconferrence post surgical - t5 = start of adjuvant therapy - t6 = termination of adjuvant therapy - t7 = start primary radiochemotherapy - t8 = termination primary radiochemotherapy The primary outcome is the time period of the intervals between the different time parameters.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Change of tumor entities and tumor stages pre- and pandemic	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMichael Herzog

Carl-Thiem-Klinikum

m.herzog@ctk.de+49355462849

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026