Assessment of Tele-expertise for Second Medical Opinion on Pathological Diagnosis

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02374697

Enrollment

470

Registered

2015-03-02

Start date

2013-09-30

Completion date

2015-10-31

Last updated

2015-12-09

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Conditions

Anatomical Pathological Condition

Keywords

Second opinion

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether digitalizing pathological slides and let it accessible on a server for a second medical opinion (tele-expertise) would reduce the time to diagnosis.

Interventions

DEVICEDuring tele-expertise

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All patients in need for a second medical opinion on a pathological sample

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Delay of second medical opinion	Up to 10 weeks	Between preparation of the slide and the result

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Number of second medical opinion requested	During the whole study (around 8 months)	—
Overall costs	Within 6 months after the start of tele-expertise	Sum of the durations of the professionals immobilization for performing a diagnosis x wages + costs of the telemedicine solution development and implementation.
Number of times that the pathologist who gave the second opinion required the original material	During the whole study (around 8 months)	—

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 3, 2026