Recruiting

Telehealth Evaluation

Sponsor:

University of Chicago

Code:

NCT07420114

Conditions

to Determine Whether Patient Satisfaction With Postoperative Telehealth Follow-up is Non-inferior to In-person Clinic Visits

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Study Details

Brief summary:

Telehealth, or telemedicine, utilizes technology to deliver clinical care remotely, either in real time or asynchronously, between clinician and patient. Telemedicine has been successfully implemented to increase healthcare delivery for patients in rural areas with otherwise long travel times, and studies have also determined that telemedicine can increase patient satisfaction scores while simultaneously decreasing direct and indirect costs for patients.

Previous scholarship has demonstrated that telemedicine can be a safe alternative to face-to-face postoperative visits for surgical patients, streamlining recovery with no significant delays in the diagnosis of surgical complications. As healthcare systems continue to emphasize value-based care, it is important to assess whether virtual postoperative visits effectively meet patient needs while optimizing resource utilization.

Patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction surveys can help identify potential gaps in care and ensure that telehealth is implemented in a way to maximize both efficiency and quality. Our primary objective is to determine whether patient satisfaction with postoperative telehealth follow-up is non-inferior to in-person clinic visits.

Conditions

to Determine Whether Patient Satisfaction With Postoperative Telehealth Follow-up is Non-inferior to In-person Clinic Visits

Study ID

NCT07420114

Start date

Jul 31, 2026

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Dec, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Participant has provided written informed consent.
2. Women over the age of 18.
3. Ability for patients to complete telehealth visits (i.e. working telephone or internet access) and speak and understand English.
4. Laparoscopic or robotic surgeries including: excision of endometriosis, adnexal surgery with oophorectomy or cystectomy, myomectomy, and hysterectomy.
5. Undergoing minimally invasive gynecologic surgeries with complex pelvic surgeons (AAGL fellowship-trained).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Conversion to open surgery.
2. Malignancy noted intraoperatively or on final pathology evaluation.
3. Surgeon or patient preference for in person clinic follow up.
4. Pregnancy - pregnancy tests will be completed as part of routine preoperative care on the day of surgery

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

control group

in person clinic visits

experimental group

virtual visits ((telephone or video)

Primary outcome measure

  • Patient satisfaction with surgery and postoperative visits [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
  • Patient satisfaction with virtual care delivery [ Time Frame: 3 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Josef Jackson, MD

773-834-0598josef.jackson@uchicagomedicine.org

Sumeyra Agambayev, MS

sumeyra.agambayev@bsd.uchicago.edu

Locations

University of Chicago

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637

Contacts

Sumeyra Agambayev, MS

773-834-9425sagambay@uchicago.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Chicago

Last update posted

Aug 10, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • telehealth
  • minimally invasive gynecologic surgery
  • hysterectomy
  • myomectomy
  • excision of endometriosis
  • laparoscopic surgeries
  • robotic surgeries
  • adnexal surgery

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Chicago on 2026-08-10.