APOLLO

 

Acute PresentatiOn of CoLorectaL Cancer: an internatiOnal snapshot

ALL HOSPITALS | GENERAL SURGERY |
SIX-WEEK DATA COLLECTION

What is the APOLLO Study?

APOLLO is an international, multi-centre, prospective observational cohort study of acutely presenting colorectal cancer exploring the operative and non-operative management of emergency presentations of colon and rectal cancer globally. The study is being delivered by the European Students Research Collaborative (EuroSurg), and will be facilitated in Australia by TASMAN and Aotearoa New Zealand by STRATA.

What Are APOLLO’s Main Objectives?

APOLLO is an international, prospective multi-centre cohort study that aims: 

  1. Describe the variation in the operative and non-operative management of emergency presentations of colon and rectal cancer in an international cohort.

  2. Identify risk factors for mortality (intraoperatively, at 30-days and at 90-days) and ostomy rates (at 30- and 90-days) in patients deemed for active management (i.e., not for palliative management) to develop a risk prediction model

  3. Validate risk criteria of large bowel obstruction in patients with previously known colorectal cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy or awaiting elective surgery.

Through facilitating the APOLLO Study in Australia, we aim to build collaborative research capacity within medical students and junior doctors.

Who is Involved?

All medical students in their clinical years, junior doctors and consultants to become APOLLO collaborators.

All collaborators will be included as PubMed-citable co-authors on resulting publications. All hospitals with adults presenting with known OR new diagnosis of colorectal cancer can participate in this study. 

 

Expressions of interest:

Click the link to register your interest: Expression of interest

Local leads/ Data collectors

The local lead will be responsible for coordination of local teams, ethics approvals and liaising with supervising consultants.

 If you have any further queries please email us at  tasmananz@gmail.com or apollo.eurosurg@gmail.com  

 

APOLLO Study Documents:

Please see the study-wide APOLLO Study Hub for all study documents, including the study protocol, data collection form (CRF) and REDCap guides. Click the link: EuroSurg APOLLO Study Hub