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ISCON trial - Laparoscopic ISchemic CONditioning prior to esophagectomy in patients with esophageal cancer and arterial calcifications

Completed
Conditions
Esophageal cancer
10017990
10017998
10003216
Registration Number
NL-OMON50061
Lead Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
10
Inclusion Criteria

Patients with resectable esophageal carcinoma (cT1-4a, N0-3, M0) with *major
calcifications* of the thoracic aorta (UCS) or stenosis of the celiac axis
(modified NASCET score) on preoperative CT scan, who are planned to undergo
transthoracic of transhiatal esophagectomy.

Exclusion Criteria

Not able to undergo study treatment (surgery).
Metastatic disease (M1)

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>all complications grade 2 and higher (Clavien-Dindo classification) occurring<br /><br>during or after operation 1 (laparoscopic ISCON) and before operation 2<br /><br>(esophagectomy).</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>secondary outcomes with regard to operation 1 (laparoscopic ISCON) are the<br /><br>duration of the procedure, blood loss, day of discharge postoperatively and<br /><br>grade 1 complications. Secondary outcomes with regard to operation 2<br /><br>(esophagectomy) are anastomotic leakage rate, all other grade *3b complications<br /><br>and 30 day mortality. Further secondary endpoints are the induction of<br /><br>angiogenesis by biomarkers of microcirculation and redistribution of blood flow<br /><br>by measurement of indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence angiography. </p><br>
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