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Comparison of Radical Prostatectomy Performed by Robot-assisted Laparoscopy or Conventional Laparoscopy or by Laparotomy
NCT04638088 · Elsan · Updated 21 April 2026
- What is being tested
- assessment of urinary function and erectil function before and after prostatectomy
- 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 2,000 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- France (30 sites)
- When
- Starts or started 8 March 2021, ends 30 April 2030. Registered 20 Nov 2020.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
Minimally invasive surgery has developed widely since the 1980s and has revolutionized the practices of surgeons. In urology, the development of laparoscopy and then robot-assisted surgery has considerably improved the management of pathologies. In France, as in all the countries concerned, the spread of robotic surgery has taken place without prior studies validating this new technology, nor organizational rules in terms of quality and access to care. The report of the Haute Autorité de Santé dated November 2016 underlines the weakness of the methodological quality of studies and meta-analyzes evaluating robot-assisted total prostatectomy compared to other surgical techniques by laparotomy or conventional laparoscopy. It therefore appears important to evaluate in a large study the interest of this technique in order to help the authorities to decide on the real benefit of this technology and to provide reliable answers to the patients.
Sites
- Clinique Esquirol Saint HilaireAgen, France
- Clinique Rhône DuranceAvignon, France
- Hôpital Privé La ChâtaigneraieBeaumont, France
- Clinique St VincentBesançon, France
- Polyclinique de Franche ComtéBesançon, France
- Clinique de Saint AugustinBordeaux, France
- Clinique Keraudren - CHPBBrest, France
- Centre Médico-Chirurgical Les CèdresBrive-la-Gaillarde, France
- Polyclinique Médipôle Saint-RochCabestany, France
- Polyclinique du ParcCaen, France
- Polyclinique MontréalCarcassonne, France
- Pôle Santé RépubliqueClermont-Ferrand, France
- Hôpital Privé Saint-FrançoisDésertines, France
- Clinique Cap-d'OrLa Seyne-sur-Mer, France
- Pôle Santé SudLe Mans, France
- Clinique Emailleurs-ColombierLimoges, France
- Polyclinique de LimogesLimoges, France
- Clinique Claude BernardMetz, France
- Polyclinique de GentillyNancy, France
- Clinique Saint-AugustinNantes, France
- Polyclinique Grand SudNîmes, France
- Polyclinique Les FleursOllioules, France
- Polyclinique de PoitiersPoitiers, France
- Clinique du RenaisonRoanne, France
- Clinique Guillaume De VaryeSaint-Doulchard, France
- Centre clinicalSoyaux, France
- Clinique de l'EstréeStains, France
- Clinique Ambroise ParéToulouse, France
- Polyclinique VaubanValenciennes, France
- Hôpital privé OcéaneVannes, France