Robotic, Laparoscopic and Open Gastrectomy Compared on Short and Long Term Outcomes (IMIGASTRICII)

International Study Group on Minimally Invasive Surgery for Gastric Cancer

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Gastric Cancer

Treatments

Procedure: Laparoscopic Gastrectomy

Procedure: Robotic Gastrectomy

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02751086

002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall purpose is to develop and maintain a multi-institutional database comprising of information regarding surgical, clinical and oncological features of patients that will be treated for gastric cancer with robotic, laparoscopic or open approaches and subsequent follow-up.

The main objective is to compare the three surgical arms on surgical and clinical outcomes, as well as on the oncological follow-up.

Full description

A review of the scientific literature, which was recently published by the IMIGASTRIC study group, aimed to perform a more complete analysis of the current situation regarding performing minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer. Significant limitations were found in the analyzed studies, including:

Small samples of patients, mostly low-quality comparative studies
Selection bias in the comparison groups (e.g. stage, extent of lymphadenectomy)
Absence of subgroup analysis in significant research fields
Lack of information on the surgical techniques adopted

A large prospective multicenter registry could thus be the optimal way to clarify the role of minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer and permit the evaluation of its short and long-term effects. A working basis for analyzing outcomes of interest and obtaining directions for guidelines and future study developments can also be created. The following would be the main advantages of a large prospective multicenter registry:

Achieving a large sample of patients
Collecting multiple variables, allowing for the making of a comprehensive statistical report
Standardizing the methodology to be adopted, thus increasing accuracy
Bringing together the experiences of both East and West to discover shared points A prospective registry can become a powerful tool that can guide research in this field to new developments and pave the way for other investigational opportunities.

Enrollment

5,000 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 90 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Histologically proven gastric cancer
Preoperative staging work-up performed by upper endoscopy and/or endoscopic ultrasound, and CT scan and in accordance to international guidelines
Early Gastric Cancer
Advanced Gastric Cancer
Patients treated with curative intent in accordance to international guidelines

Exclusion criteria

Distant metastases: peritoneal carcinomatosis, liver metastases, distant lymph node metastases, Krukenberg tumors, involvement of other organs
Patients with high operative risk as defined by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score > 4
History of previous abdominal surgery for gastric cancer
Synchronous malignancy in other organs
Palliative surgery