Pain Outcomes Following Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) With LAP Protector

Guangzhou Medical University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Lung Cancer

Treatments: Device: LAP Protector

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01104233

FAHG20100320

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to see if different types of spreading (rigid or soft) of Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) for lung cancer have different effects on pain.

Full description

The Lap-Protector (Hakko Co., Japan) is a device that consists of two flexible rings made of superelasticity alloys covered with polyurethane polyamide, and a thin silicone rubber membrane that is attached to the outer rim of the two rings. If the two rings are pulled apart, the device assumes a cylindrical shape. The outer diameter of each flexible ring is 12 cm, and this device can be used for minilaparotomy wounds between 5 and 9cm long.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Non-small cell lung cancer stage IB - IIIA
• ECOG status 0-1

Exclusion criteria

• Prior chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy for lung cancer
• Peripheral neuropathy > grade 1
• Concurrent other malignancies, other than basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
• Medical condition that will not permit treatment or follow up according to the protocol
• Pregnant or nursing women
• HIV-positive patients

Trial design

80 participants in 2 patient groups

The soft spreading

Description:

Patients with lung cancer underwent Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) with soft spreading (using LAP Protector).

Treatment:

Device: LAP Protector

The rigid spreading

Description:

Patients with lung cancer underwent Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) with rigid spreading.