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

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

In brief

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

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00912366

Run by

Medtronic - MITG

People needed

39

Starts

2009-05-01

Expected to finish

2010-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-07-27

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• 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

Where it is running

• New York University School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States

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