NCT02418390

The Efficacy and Safety of Prophylactic Central Lymph Node Dissection in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 101 (actual)
• Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of prophylactic central lymph node dissection in papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Detailed description

The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of prophylactic central lymph node dissection in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Primary outcome is the surgical completeness, recurrence rate, and successful ablation rate. Secondary outcomes are the incidence of postoperative complications and PTC stage. The enrolled patients were randomly assigned to control group and intervention group (1:1 allocation).

Conditions

• Thyroid Cancer, Papillary

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	prophylactic central lymph node dissection	dissection of level VI compartment by AAHNS (American association of head and neck surgeons) classification

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-04-01
• Primary completion: 2020-10-08
• Completion: 2020-10-08
• First posted: 2015-04-16
• Last updated: 2022-06-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea