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Assessment of Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Versus Open Surgery for Patients Undergoing Lobectomy

Terminated
Conditions
Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Interventions
Procedure: Lobectomy
Registration Number
NCT00912366
Lead Sponsor
Medtronic - MITG
Brief Summary

Assessment of VATS versus standard open surgery for treatment of non small cell lung cancer.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
39
Inclusion Criteria
  • Subject must be 18 years of age or older.
  • Subject must have been clinically diagnosed with stage I to stage IIA non small cell lung cancer measuring and judged to be resectable.
  • Subject must be able to tolerate general anesthesia, and have cardiopulmonary reserve to tolerate a lobectomy
Exclusion Criteria
  • Subject is pregnant (documented by pregnancy test) or breastfeeding.

  • Subject has other severe illnesses that would preclude surgery such as

    • Unstable angina
    • Myocardial Infarction within 3 months
    • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
  • Subject has other active cancers

  • Subject is unable to comply with any of the following:

    • Study requirements
    • Give valid informed consent
    • Follow-up schedule

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Group BLobectomyOpen Surgery
Group ALobectomyVATS
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Assess hospital length of stay (LOS).1 time point (discharge)
Pain Scale Evaluation5 time points out to 6 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Assess quality of life.2 time points out to 6 months
Assess peri-operative and post-operative complications.5 time points out to 6 months.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

New York University School of Medicine

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New York, New York, United States

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