Clinicopathological feature and treatment pattern of esophageal cancers in China: the CHANNEL study

Study type

• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Scope of the study:
  Disease epidemiology

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Cross-sectional

Study drug and medical condition

• Medical condition to be studied:
  Oesophageal carcinoma

Population studied

• Age groups:
  • Adults (18 to < 46 years)
  • Adults (46 to < 65 years)
  • Adults (65 to < 75 years)
  • Adults (75 to < 85 years)
  • Adults (85 years and over)
• Estimated number of subjects:
  3500

Study design details

• Main study objective:
  To describe the real-world clinicopathological feature and initial treatment pattern of esophageal cancer in China.
• Data analysis plan:
  All variables were summarized descriptively through the tabular and graphical display of mean values, medians, ranges, and standard deviations (SD) of continuous variables of interest and frequency distributions for categorical variables. No tests of statistical significance were planned or performed as part of this study because it was descriptive in design. Considering the descriptive nature of this study, missing data will not be imputed. Summary statistics and percentages or proportions of patients at different stages and on different lines of therapy will be presented.