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Transrectal Ultrasound (TRUS) in Finding Tumors During Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery
NCT01495130 · University of Southern California · Updated 29 Jan 2014
- What is being tested
- ultrasound imaging; robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery
- For
- Prostate Cancer
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 18 years and older. About 11 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- United States
- When
- Starts or started Oct 2011, ends Dec 2012. Registered 19 Dec 2011.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
This pilot clinical trial studies mechanically-manipulated ultrasound in finding tumors during robotic-assisted surgery in patients with prostate cancer. Diagnostic procedures, such as ultrasound, may help find prostate cancer and find out how far the disease has spread during surgery
Sites
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer CenterLos Angeles, California, United States