NCT00260559Recruiting
Outcomes After Esophagectomy With a Focus on Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy and Quality of Life
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
To assess short and long term outcomes after minimally invasive esophagectomy compared to open esophagectomy. To compare both standard outcome measures as well as patient derived outcome measures, in particular, quality of life (QOL). To look at the applicability of this QOL instrument to this patient group.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 3500 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 28 Nov 2005
- Start date
- May 1999
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2050
- Lead sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
- Diseases
- Gastric and esophageal cancer
- NCT number
- NCT00260559
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 3500
- From May 1999 to the primary completion date, Dec 2050
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Age
- Patients less than 18 years of age.
Other
- Patients who are unable to comprehend or complete the QOL instruments.
Who the study is looking for
- Patients scheduled for MIE (Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy)
- Patients scheduled for open esophagectomy
- Signed informed consent
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pittsburgh | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pittsburgh | United States | Recruiting |
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