Looking for volunteers
Robot-assisted Thoracic Approach Versus Open Transthoracic Esophagectomy .
NCT04652180 · Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge · Updated 1 March 2023
- What is being tested
- Esophagectomy
- For
- Esophageal Cancer; Esophageal Carcinoma; Postoperative Complications
- 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 108 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Spain
- When
- Starts or started 6 Nov 2020, ends 30 Dec 2026. Registered 3 Dec 2020.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
This is a randomized controlled trial designed to compare robot-assisted thoracic approach with open transthoracic esophagectomy (Ivor Lewis technique) as a surgical treatment for resectable esophageal cancer. If our hypothesis is proved correct, robot-assisted thoracic approach will result in a lower percentage of respiratory and overall postoperative complications, lower blood loss, shorter hospital stay, but with at least similar oncologic outcomes and better postoperative quality of life compared with the open transthoracic esophagectomy (current standard).
Sites
- Hospital Universitari de BellvitgeL'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain