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Video-Assisted Surgery in Treating Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Lung Cancer
Registration Number
NCT00003692
Lead Sponsor
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Video-assisted surgery may be an effective treatment and have fewer side effects than conventional surgery in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of video-assisted surgery in treating patients who have non-small cell lung cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the feasibility of performing video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy, without significant morbidity or perioperative mortality, in patients with small (no greater than 3.0 cm), peripheral, non-small cell lung cancer. II. Determine the rate at which a thoracotomy must be carried out to complete a VATS lobectomy in these patients. III. Describe the complications associated with this procedure. IV. Describe the length of the operative procedure, duration of chest tube stay, and length of hospitalization in this patient population. V. Describe the survival and failure-free survival, over a 5-year period, in this patient population following this procedure.

OUTLINE: Patients undergo video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy, which requires 3 small incisions on the side of the chest. The entire anatomic pulmonary lobe is removed, as well as all peribronchial lymph nodes and anterior hilar lymph nodes. If it is not possible to remove the lobe using the VATS approach, then 1 of the incisions is converted to a standard thoracotomy. Patients are followed every 4 months for the first 2 years, and then every 6 months for the next 3 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 135 patients will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
128
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
survivalup to 5 years
failure-free survivalup to 5 years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (115)

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham

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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program

🇺🇸

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

University of California San Diego Cancer Center

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La Jolla, California, United States

Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Palo Alto

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Palo Alto, California, United States

UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

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San Francisco, California, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco

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San Francisco, California, United States

Stanford University Medical Center

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Stanford, California, United States

CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Inc.

🇺🇸

Denver, Colorado, United States

CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services

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Wilmington, Delaware, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham
🇺🇸Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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