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Oncological and Functional Outcomes After Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer: Comparing Open With Robot-assisted Surgery
NCT01578356 · University Hospital, Ghent · Updated 4 Jan 2023
- What is being tested
- Not stated
- For
- Prostate Cancer
- Kind of study
- Watches patients without assigning a treatment. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 18 years and older. About 100 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Belgium
- When
- Starts or started 1 Jan 2009, ends 31 Oct 2012. Registered 16 April 2012.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
For primary surgical treatment of prostate cancer the investigators compare the classic open surgery (radical retropubic prostatectomy, RRP) versus robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALP). Oncological results are obtained at standard follow-up consultations through Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) measurement to detect biochemical recurrence. Functional results (continence, potency, quality of life) are obtained through standardised questionnaires. Currently the investigators perform all of their prostatectomies in a robot-assisted manner. For results of the open surgery the investigators send questionnaires to patients who had the operation in the past.
Sites
- Ghent University HospitalGhent, Belgium