Status:
UNKNOWN
Learning Curve of Digital Rectal Examination for Prostate Cancer Among Internship
Lead Sponsor:
Changhai Hospital
Conditions:
Prostatic Neoplasms
Digital Rectal Examination
Eligibility:
MALE
Brief Summary
The investigators conduct this prospective study to investigate the learning curve of digital rectal examination (DRE) for prostate cancer among internship. The investigators want to know how many DRE...
Detailed Description
Digital rectal examination (DRE) is a basic physical examination in routine practice in Urology. The DRE is a very important daily practice for screen prostate cancer, and each internship in Urology i...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Internship just graduate from the medical school, and agree to attend the study.
- Internship have less than 5 DREs of prostate cancer.
- Patients of any age who are included for prostate biopsy are eligible, the indications for prostate biopsy are as follows: PSA\>4ng/ml, fPSA/tPSA\<0.16, with suspected palpable nodes in the prostate by DRE of attending doctor, suspected mass in prostate detected by ultrasound examination, magnetic resonance imaging, or computed tomography.
Exclusion
- Internship who are not willing to attend the study.
- Internship stop doing DRE for continuously 3 months after entering the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 26 2018
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
February 26 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
700 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03479359
Start Date
February 26 2018
End Date
February 26 2019
Last Update
March 27 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Changhai Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China, 200433