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Efficacy and Safety of TORS for SCCA
NCT01819480 · Katherine L Fedder · Updated 9 Feb 2024
- What is being tested
- Transoral robotic surgery
- For
- Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Supraglottic Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- 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 110 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- United States
- When
- Starts or started March 2013, ends Dec 2025. Registered 27 March 2013.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
The purpose of this study is to learn more about the outcomes of treatment of throat and voice box cancers using transoral robotic surgery (TORS). TORS is a relatively new option involving the use of the da Vinci surgical robot to remove these cancers through the mouth.
Sites
- University of Virginia Health SystemCharlottesville, Virginia, United States