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STOP? II: Testing of a Toolbox for Structured Communication in the Operating Room

NCT05356962 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2025-11-18

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Summary

The purpose of the study is to test the impact of the StOP?-protocol - an intra-operative communication briefing, on post-operative mortality and important patient outcomes.

Conditions

  • Communication Research
  • Communication, Multidisciplinary

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

StOP?-protocol

The StOP?-protocol is an intra-operative briefing initiated by the responsible surgeon. When performing a StOP?-protocol, the surgeons inform the team present in the operating room about the Status (St) of the operation, the Objectives (O) of the operations, the potential problems (P) they may meet and encourage the team to ask questions or voice concerns (?). The responsible surgeon announces at the team timeout when they plan to perform the StOP-protocol(s).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Swiss National Science Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Bern

    collaborator OTHER

  • Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz

    collaborator OTHER

  • Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Guido Beldi, MD · Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Berne University Hospital, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-01
Primary Completion
2026-04-30
Completion
2026-04-30

Countries

  • Austria
  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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