Assessing the da Vinci® Robotic Surgical System for Surgery of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms, Laryngeal Neoplasms, Head and Neck Cancers

In brief

To assess the use of the da Vinci® Robotic Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA) in transoral surgeries in patients with benign and malignant lesions of the oral cavity and laryngopharynx.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00721539

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

9

Starts

2010-09-01

Expected to finish

2012-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-11-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient or volunteer is 18 years of age or older
• Patients must have indication for diagnosis and/or therapy of diseases of the oropharynx, hypopharynx, and/or larynx.

You may not qualify if…

• unexplained fever and/or untreated
• active infection
• pregnancy
• anatomic parameters which preclude transoral surgery, such as:
• trismus
• limited range of neck motion
• poor dentition
• redundant hypopharyngeal or supraglottic tissue which would prevent adequate visualization of the tumor
• participation in a research protocol which precludes participation in other protocols

Where it is running

• Stanford University School of Medicine — Stanford, California, United States

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