Status:
TERMINATED
Cervical Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (C-VATS)
Lead Sponsor:
Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
Conditions:
Lung Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Although thoracic NOTES may not be ready for human trials, a new minimally invasive technique to access the pleural cavity and perform pleural, pulmonary and mediastinal procedures would be possible. ...
Detailed Description
Hypothesis: C-VATS is a feasible and safe method of entering the pleural space in order to perform pleural evaluation, pleural biopsy and pleurodesis in patients with pleural disease and/or pleural ef...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Eligible patients will be those that would be candidates for the same pleural procedure (biopsy, drainage and pleurodesis) using a VATS technique
Exclusion
- Anticoagulation including Warfarin, Heparin or Clopidogrel which cannot be stopped
- Patients less than 18 years old
- Pregnant patients
- Patient unable to extend neck fully
- Patients with cervical spine instability
- Patients having had previous neck or mediastinal surgery which would preclude mediastinoscopy
- Patients having previously undergone mediastinal irradiation
- Patients having been previously diagnosed with mediastinitis
- Active cervical cutaneous or deep cervical infections
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 12 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
4 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01440244
Start Date
September 1 2011
End Date
July 12 2024
Last Update
July 16 2024
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Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2L 4M1