NCT02792322Completed
Robotic Surgery in the Seated Position for Benign and Malignant Lesions of the Head and Neck
A Pilot Study Assessing Robotic Surgery in the Seated or Supine Position for Benign and Malignant Lesions of the Head and Neck Using the da Vinci Robotic Surgical Systems and Modified Transoral Instrumentation
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Jun 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study is designed to investigate if transoral surgery with the patient in the seated position utilizing the da Vinci\® Robotic Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA) will enable better visualization and expedited removal of benign and malignant tumors of the throat.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 32 (actual)
- First submitted
- 19 May 2016
- Start date
- 11 Jul 2016
- Primary completion date
- 7 May 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT02792322
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 32
- From 11 Jul 2016 to the primary completion date, 7 May 2024
- 1 site 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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Who the study is looking for
- Patient must present with indications for diagnostic or therapeutic surgery for benign or malignant diseases of the head and neck.
- Written informed consent.
- Pre-Operative Exclusion Criteria:
- Unexplained fever and/or untreated, active infection.
- Patient pregnancy.
- Previous head and neck surgery precluding robotic procedures.
- The presence of medical conditions contraindicating general anesthesia or standard surgical approaches.
- Intra-Operative Exclusion Criteria:
- It is recognized that sometimes patients cannot be excluded from study participation until prepped in the surgical suite such that their anatomy is exposed and available for medical analysis. The following situations represent instances whereby which patients would be excluded from this study based upon anatomical findings not evident in the pre-operative setting:
- Inability to adequately visualize anatomy or place robotic instrumentation to perform the diagnostic or therapeutic surgical approach in the seated position.
- In this circumstance, the procedure would be completed by standard robotic transoral surgery or an alternative approach may be chosen.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 90 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic in Rochester Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rochester | United States | Unknown status |
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