NCT05674227

Brief Summary

The goal of this observational study is to compare cost-effectiveness of robotic surgery with open surgery and video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery (VATS) in adult patients, resident in the ATS of Milan area, operated for lung cancer. The main question it aims to answer is: • Is the robotic surgery cost-effective compared with thoracotomy and VATS in the surgical treatment of operable lung cancers in the adult population of the ATS of Milan? Researchers will compare robotic surgery with open and VAT surgery of operable lung cancer to see if robotic surgery performs better in terms of cost per year of life gained or in terms of cost per quality of life earned.

Trial Health

35
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Enrollment
5,400

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for all trials

Timeline
Completed

Started Mar 2023

Shorter than P25 for all trials

Status
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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

December 2, 2022

Completed
1 month until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 6, 2023

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 1, 2023

Completed
6 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

August 31, 2023

Completed
1 month until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

September 30, 2023

Completed
Last Updated

February 1, 2023

Status Verified

December 1, 2022

Enrollment Period

6 months

First QC Date

December 2, 2022

Last Update Submit

January 31, 2023

Conditions

Keywords

Robotic surgeryCost-effectiveness evaluationReal-world data

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Incremental Cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of robotic surgery for the treatment of operable lung cancer

    The ICER of robotic surgery compared with both VATS and open surgery is defined as the ratio between incremental costs associated with robotic surgery and the variation in effectiveness. Costs will be measured in Euros. Effectiveness will be considered both in terms of life years gained, measured in years, and in terms of quality of life gained, measured in QALY. In the first case, ICER will be measured as Euros/years; in the second, it will be measured as Euros/QALY. It will be evaluated in the treatment of operable lung cancer.

    The time horizon of the evaluation will be limited to 5 years from the intervention and the purchase of the technology.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Incremental Cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of robotic surgery for the treatment of benign lung lesions

    The time horizon of the evaluation will be limited to 5 years from the intervention and the purchase of the technology.

Study Arms (3)

Robotic surgery

Patients who have undergone pulmonary robotic surgery

Procedure: Robotic surgery

VAT surgery

Patients who have undergone pulmonary video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery (VATS)

Procedure: Video-assisted thoracoscopy

Open surgery

Patients who have undergone pulmonary open surgery

Procedure: Open surgery

Interventions

Surgical treatment of operable lung cancers using robotic systems

Robotic surgery

Surgical treatment of operable lung cancers using a video-assisted thoracoscopy approach (VAT)

VAT surgery
Open surgeryPROCEDURE

Surgical treatment of operable lung cancers using open surgery

Open surgery

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
Sampling MethodNon-Probability Sample
Study Population

The retrospective study will include all adult subjects (age equal or over 18 years of age at the time of surgery) residents in the ATS of Milan, who were hospitalized between 01/01/2016 and 31/12/2021 for pulmonary surgery and whose hospitalization is present in the hospital discharge summary form database of the ATS of Milan in one of the participating centers. For the evaluation of cost-effectiveness in malignant tumors, subjects with metastases at diagnosis will be excluded. As for the prospective part of the study, all subjects who will undergo lung surgery during the first six month of 2023 at the participating centers and will give their consent to participate in the study by signing the informed consent form at the pre-hospitalization or at hospitalization before surgery will be eligible to be enrolled

You may qualify if:

  • Retrospective study
  • Patients operated on for a lung tumor in the participating Centers from 01/01/2016 to 12/31/2021
  • Residents in the ATS of Milan area
  • Hospitalization is present in the hospital discharge summary form database of the ATS of Milan
  • Prospective study
  • Patients operated on for lung tumor in the participating Centers from 01/01/2023 to 06/30/2023, who give their consent to be enrolled in the study
  • Residents in the ATS of Milan area

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Lung Neoplasms

Interventions

Robotic Surgical ProceduresThoracic Surgery, Video-AssistedConversion to Open Surgery

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Respiratory Tract NeoplasmsThoracic NeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteNeoplasmsLung DiseasesRespiratory Tract Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Surgery, Computer-AssistedSurgical Procedures, OperativeRoboticsAutomationTechnologyTechnology, Industry, and AgricultureThoracoscopyEndoscopyDiagnostic Techniques, SurgicalDiagnostic Techniques and ProceduresDiagnosisVideo-Assisted SurgeryMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresThoracic Surgical Procedures

Central Study Contacts

Antonio G Russo, MD

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
COHORT
Time Perspective
OTHER
Target Duration
5 Years
Sponsor Type
OTHER GOV
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

December 2, 2022

First Posted

January 6, 2023

Study Start

March 1, 2023

Primary Completion

August 31, 2023

Study Completion

September 30, 2023

Last Updated

February 1, 2023

Record last verified: 2022-12

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
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