Assesment of Quality of Care in Gynaecological Oncology during a national centralization process
Assesment of Quality of Care in Gynaecological Oncology
during a national centralization process
(Highly Specialized Medicine)
ESGO - Swiss-AGO cooperation
Study information
The aim of the study is to provide a collection of health-related routine data of patients treated for ovarian cancer to examine the quality of care during the process of a government-driven centralization (highly specialized medicine, HSM) in Switzerland.
Currently, advanced ovarian cancers in Switzerland are treated across various hospitals, without requiring a gynecological oncology specialization. To enhance care quality, the Swiss Government Health Organization (GDK) and Swiss-AGO have initiated a centralization process, allowing only specialized centers meeting specific criteria to perform ovarian cancer care. Centralization is expected to begin in Q3 of 2024, with quality control led by Prof. Heinzelmann-Schwarz.
Participating centres
Universitätsspital Basel
Prof. Dr. med. Viola Heinzelmann-Schwarz
Inselspital Bern
Prof. Dr. med. Michel Müller
Réseau hospitalier neuchâtelois RHNe
Dr. med. Yves Brünisholz
SpitalSTS AG - Spital Thun
Dr. med. Christoph Ackermann
Gynäkologisches Tumorzentrum Thurgau, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen / Frauenfeld
Prof. Dr. med. Mathias Fehr
HFR hôpital fribourgeois - Hôpital cantonal, Bertigny
Dr. med. Benedetta Guani
Stadtspital Zürich Triemli
Dr. med. Natalie Gabriel
Spital Schwyz
Dr. med. Georgios Gatopoulos
Kantonsspital Baden
Prof. Dr. med. Martin Heubner
Kantonsspital St. Gallen
Prof. Dr. med. René Hornung
Hôpital du Valais, CHVR - Hôpital de Sion
Prof. Dr. med. Daniela Emanuela Huber
GZO, Spital Wetzikon
Dr. med. Alexandra Johanna Kochanowski
Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois
Prof. Dr. med. Patrice Mathevet
Kantonsspital Winterthur
Dr. med. Gesine Meili Anton
Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève
Dr. med. Manuela Undurraga Malinoverno
Frauenzentrum Bern, Lindenhofgruppe
Prof. Dr. med. Ralf Rothmund
Kantonsspital Aarau
PD Dr. med. Dimitri Sarlos
Spital Grabs
Prof. Dr. med. Seraina Schmid
Universitätsspital Zürich
Prof. Dr. med. Isabell Witzel
EOC - Ospedale Regionale di Lugano
Prof. Dr. med. Andrea Papadia
St. Claraspital Basel
Prof. Rosanna Zanetti Dällenbach
Kantonsspital Graubünden
Dr. med. Peter Martin Fehr
Hirslanden-Klinik St. Anna
Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Günther
Luzerner Kantonsspital
Prof. Dr. med. Christine E. Brambs
Patient information
As part of the project, ESGO and SWISS-AGO collect and register routine data from women treated for advanced ovarian cancer at centres participating in this study. By keeping strict personal data protection measures, ESGO and SWISS-AGO ensure transparent data processing and provide clear information to patients in compliance with all respective data protection regulations in place, in particular, EU Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR).
In view of the scientific research purposes, public interest in the field of public health, and ESGO and SWISS-AGO‘s legitimate interests in carrying out research projects, processing of personal data in the context of research projects based on the routinely collected data requires the collection of patients' individual consent. This is ensured by a given consent to the hospital’s general consent, a registry-specific consent (see file for download below) or the consent for further use of data from the MATAO trial. General information about this study is publicly available at the centres participating in this study and on the ESGO website.
Any patient, however, may refuse to allow the inclusion of their data in research projects based on the collected data. If you are a patient who objects to participation in research studies, please contact your treating gynaecologist at your hospital. You can also object by filling in this objection form and emailing it to database@esgo.org. In such cases, your personal data will not be included in research projects.
REDCap: Data upload
REDCap account creation
ESGO will create individual REDCap access for each centre.
Please reach out to us at database@esgo.org and provide the names and email addresses of all individuals responsible for data entry or otherwise requiring access from your centre.
Entry of centre-level data
Please refer to the instructions provided below for guidance on how to enter centre-level data.
Video tutorial how to enter centre-level data:
Entry of patient-level data
There are two ways to enter patient data.
- Case by case (one patient’s data at a time): the data of each patient is directly entered into the REDCap system, one patient at a time (similar to an eCRF).
Video tutorial how to enter individual patient data case by case:
- Spreadsheet (bulk data for many patients uploaded at once): This option is only recommended for high-volume centres (e.g. ESGO centres of excellence for advanced ovarian cancer surgery). All participating centres have been supplied with a spread sheet file template containing all clinical parameters that are collected in the frame of this research project. The completed file (in the format of a CSV file) can be directly uploaded to the REDCap system so that all patient data from the file are uploaded together.
Data entry - Recording Missing Data
If you encounter any issues or problems, please contact ESGO via database@esgo.org.
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