NCT03152071

Comparison of Robot Assisted Thoracic Surgery With Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery in Case of Lung Cancer

Comparison of Robot Assisted Thoracic Surgery With Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery in Case of Lung Cancer: a Prospective Trial With Control Group

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this study the investigator will compare the effectiveness of robot assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) with video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in case of lung cancer. The perioperative circumstances and postoperative outcome will be compared.

Detailed description

Participants are randomly subdivided (1:1) to either undergo robot assisted lobectomy or video assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in case of lung cancer. At the end of both surgical interventions the anaesthesiologist administers the same technique of pain relief: paravertebral blockage. The data that are going to be investigated are: operative time, conversion to spreading of the ribs/thoracotomy, blood loss, lymph node dissection, prolonged air leak, chest tube drainage, length of stay, inflammatory reaction (through inflammatory parameters CRP, IL-3, IL-6, TNF), lung recuperation (through a lung function test) and postoperative pain (VAS score questionnaire).

Conditions

• Lung Cancer
• Postoperative Pain
• Blood Loss
• Inflammatory Response

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Robot assited thoracic surgery	The lobectomy will be preformed in case of an operable lung cancer. The thoracic surgery technique used is robot assisted thoracic surgery
PROCEDURE	Video assited thoracic surgery	The lobectomy will be preformed in case of an operable lung cancer. The thoracic surgery technique used is video assisted thoracic surgery.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-08-15
• Primary completion: 2018-06-01
• Completion: 2018-07-01
• First posted: 2017-05-12
• Last updated: 2017-10-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium