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Robot-assisted vs VATS Lobectomy for NSCLC (RVlob)

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Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Pulmonary Neoplasm

Treatments

Procedure: RATS lobectomy
Procedure: VATS lobectomy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03134534
RTS-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) was widely used in thoracic surgery, the surgical safety and feasibility of RATS lobectomy for NSCLC has been confirmed. However, the oncological long-term outcomes of RATS lobectomy has not been studied by randomized controlled trial, the purpose of this study is to determine whether RATS lobectomy would be as effective as VATS lobectomy on short-term and long-term outcomes.

Full description

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy is recommended for non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with surgical indications in China, its oncological long-term outcomes has been widely approved. As a new form of VATS, robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) was widely used in thoracic surgery, the 3D vision and flexible robot arm were helpful for surgeons to perform precise operations, and RATS was reported to bring extra benefits to patients. The surgical safety and feasibility of RATS lobectomy for NSCLC has been confirmed. However, the oncological long-term outcomes of RATS lobectomy has not been studied by randomized controlled trial. so we designed this randomized controlled trial to determine whether RATS lobectomy would be as effective as VATS lobectomy on short-term and long-term outcomes.

Enrollment

320 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 80 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  1. surgical indication for lobectomy;
  2. minimal invasive surgery;
  3. ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) stage: I-III;
  4. sign the informed consent. -

Exclusion criteria

  1. benign tumor or nodule;
  2. present of other malignancy;
  3. preoperative chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy. -

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

320 participants in 2 patient groups

VATS group
Other group
Description:
Surgical procedure: VATS lobectomy
Treatment:
Procedure: VATS lobectomy
RATS group
Other group
Description:
Surgical procedure: RATS lobectomy
Treatment:
Procedure: RATS lobectomy

Trial contacts and locations

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