Assessment of Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Versus Open Surgery for Patients Undergoing Lobectomy

Medtronic

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: Lobectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00912366

AS08015

Details and patient eligibility

About

Assessment of VATS versus standard open surgery for treatment of non small cell lung cancer.

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subject must be 18 years of age or older.
• Subject must have been clinically diagnosed with stage I to stage IIA non small cell lung cancer measuring and judged to be resectable.
• Subject must be able to tolerate general anesthesia, and have cardiopulmonary reserve to tolerate a lobectomy

Exclusion criteria

• Subject is pregnant (documented by pregnancy test) or breastfeeding.

• Subject has other severe illnesses that would preclude surgery such as

  • Unstable angina
  • Myocardial Infarction within 3 months
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

• Subject has other active cancers

• Subject is unable to comply with any of the following:

  • Study requirements
  • Give valid informed consent
  • Follow-up schedule

Trial design

39 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A

Description:

VATS

Treatment:

Procedure: Lobectomy

Group B

Description:

Open Surgery

Treatment:

Procedure: Lobectomy