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A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Robotic Simulation Curriculum to Teach Robotic Suturing
NCT01811095 · McGill University · Updated 12 Sept 2013
- What is being tested
- Training
- For
- Neoplasms
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages Not stated. About 27 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Canada (2 sites)
- When
- Starts or started March 2013, ends June 2013. Registered 14 March 2013.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
The aim of this study is to determine if training with a robotic simulator improves ability to perform robotic suturing. We aim to recruit 38 participants (attending surgeons or residents in obstetrics and gynecology, urology, general surgery, or cardiac surgery). Participants will be randomized to training with a virtual reality robotic simulator in addition to clinical work or to usual clinical work alone for a period of 5 weeks. They will be tested at baseline and post-intervention in the task of suturing a inanimate model with the actual surgical robot. After the initial study period, the control group will have the opportunity to cross over and complete the training and then re-testing.
Sites
- Royal Victoria HospitalMontreal, Quebec, Canada
- Jewish General HospitalMontreal, Quebec, Canada