Trial of Open Versus Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy at a Laparoscopic Naive Center
Randomised Controlled Trial of Open Versus Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy at a Laparoscopic Naive Center
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Brief Summary
This study is a prospective randomised controlled study of urinary bladder cancer patients presented to urology unit at National Cancer Institute; Cairo University.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Jan 2019
Typical duration for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 24, 2019
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2019
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 30, 2020
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 30, 2021
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 9, 2021
CompletedApril 9, 2021
April 1, 2021
5 months
March 30, 2021
April 8, 2021
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (13)
Operative time
OR time as measured in minutes, divided into time required to perform the cystectomy, lymph node dissection, and urinary diversion.
During surgery
Blood loss
EBL as measured in millilitres, including the effluent from the suction canister as well as estimates of the gauze swabs.
During surgery
Length of hospital stay
LOS as measured in days
Immediate post-operative period.
Time to oral intake
Measured in days
Immediate post-operative period
Conversion rate
Rate of conversion from laparoscopy to open surgery
During surgery
Re-admission rate.
Re-hospitalization requirement.
Intra-operative to sixth months.
Opioid requirements.
Requirement, dose and duration of narcotic analgesia.
During surgery through first post-operative week.
Visceral injury
Any organ injury encountered during the operation.
During surgery
Urine leak
Leakage of urine from urinary enteric anastomosis
Up to 4 weeks
Wound dehiscence, infection.
Wound gaping, evisceration or infection.
Up to 4 weeks
Enteric fistula
Leakage of intestinal contents due to failure of entero-enteric anastomosis
Up to 4 weeks
Sepsis
Infection triggering a systematic immune response
Up to 4 weeks
Venous thromboembolism
DVT or pulmonary embolism
Up to 2 months
Secondary Outcomes (5)
pT stage
Within 10 days post surgery.
Lymph node retrieval
Within 10 days post surgery.
pN stage
Within 10 days post surgery.
Surgical margins
Within 10 days post surgery
Histological grade
Within 10 days post surgery
Study Arms (2)
Open Radical Cystectomy
ACTIVE COMPARATORStandard open radical cystectomy.
Laparoscopic-assisted radical cystectomy.
EXPERIMENTALLaparoscopic-assisted radical cystectomy.
Interventions
Standard open radical cystectomy and urinary diversion
Laparoscopic-assisted radical cystectomy and extracorporeal urinary diversion
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Patients with transitional cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and urinary bladder adenocarcinoma.
- Patients fit for surgery (ECOG Performance Status 0,1).
You may not qualify if:
- Patients with medical comorbidities that preclude surgical management or minimally invasive techniques.
- Patients with advanced hydronephrosis or renal failure.
- Patients refusing surgery.
- Patients with urinary bladder cancer invading bladder neck or prostatic urethra.
- Patients with metastatic urinary bladder cancer.
- Patients who received prior pelvic radiotherapy.
- Patients refusing randomization and/or participation in the trial.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Cairo Universitylead
Study Sites (1)
National Cancer Institute
Cairo, 11796, Egypt
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Hatem Aboulkassem, M.D., Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute, Cairo University
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Lecturer of Surgical Oncology
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 30, 2021
First Posted
April 9, 2021
Study Start
January 24, 2019
Primary Completion
July 1, 2019
Study Completion
December 30, 2020
Last Updated
April 9, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-04
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share