[Database's development for prospective national collection of clinical data on cervical cancer: A Delphi survey identifying consensual variables]

Introduction: Cervical cancer (CC) is associated with poor prognosis and therapeutic morbidity in young women. The impact of European recommendations for treatments and follow-up of these patients must be assessed. There is no real-time CCU tracking basis. Main objective of our study was to identify the items of the clinical and therapeutic data necessary for the constitution of a national, dynamic and prospective clinical database allowing to characterize treatments and follow-up of patients with CC in France.

Methods: An exhaustive bibliographic research was lead with the help of the ESGO recommendations. A list of qualitative and quantitative variables characterizing CC was established. These variables were assessed by a panel of national experts from the Francogyn group, using the Delphi survey. The rate of agreement was calculated for each variable.

Results: 345 variables divided into 6 sections were identified and submitted to 26 experts. 17 experts responded to the three rounds of the Delphi method. A total of 273 items were validated. The majority of experts (90 %) also gave a favorable opinion on the addition of a quality of life section in the database.

Conclusion: This is the first study identifying 273 items chosen by consensus. The items are collected in a future national gynecological database "Epigyn".