NCT02345499

Open Versus Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy

Open Versus Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy for Invasive Bladder Cancer in the Elderly Patient. A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To date, no trials have been designed to compare open Vs laparoscopic radical cystectomy in the elderly patients, both in terms of functional and clinical outcome measures. A more meaningful comparison of the two modalities is that of a randomized controlled trial.

Conditions

• Bladder Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Laparoscopic radical cystectomy with open urinary diversion	Laparoscopic surgical procedure in which the bladder is removed because of bladder cancer and a urinary diversion is performed
PROCEDURE	Open radical cystectomy with open urinary diversion	Open surgical procedure in which the bladder is removed because of bladder cancer and a urinary diversion is performed

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2016-01-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2015-01-26
• Last updated: 2015-01-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy