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Value of the Laparoscopic Approach in the Surgical Management of Resectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Value of the Laparoscopic Approach in the Surgical Management of Resectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 May 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Hepatocellular carcinoma treated by laparotomy or laparoscopic Multicenter prospective, open, superiority, controlled, randomized, clinical trial The primary objective of the study will be to demonstrate the superiority of the laparoscopic approach over the open approach in reducing postoperative morbidity in HCC patients. Postoperative morbidity will be assessed using the Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI) within 90 days postoperatively or at any time during hospitalization

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
252 (estimated)
First submitted
7 Jan 2021
Start date
21 May 2021
Primary completion date
30 Apr 2025
Lead sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
NCT number
NCT04791735

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 252
  • From 21 May 2021 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2025
  • 17 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Contraindication to surgery
  • Liver resection requiring an associated vascular or biliary reconstruction
  • Concurrent participation in other experimental trials concerning the same objective within 90 days following intervention

Other

  • Physical or psychological status contraindicating the participation to the study
  • Contraindication to pneumoperitoneum
  • ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) score IV-V
  • Life expectancy \< 2 months
  • Suspicion of mixed type tumor (Hepatocholangiocarcinoma) and fibrolamellar HCC
  • Child-Pugh score \> B7
  • Extra-hepatic involvement
  • Pregnancy and breast-feeding
  • Tutorship, trusteeship
  • No Affiliation to the French social security
  • No Ability to give their consent and not written informed consent

Who the study is looking for

  • Male or female patient aged ≥ 18 years
  • Presenting with solitary or multifocal resectable HCC
  • Qualifying for both pure laparoscopic and open approaches

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (17)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Chirurgie Digestive - CHU Amiens
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AmiensFranceUnknown status
Chirurgie viscérale et digestive - CHU Besançon
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BesançonFranceUnknown status
Chirurgie Hépatologie - Hôpital Beaujon
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ClichyFranceUnknown status
Chirurgie Digestive et Hépatobiliaire - Hôpital Henri-Mondor
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CréteilFranceUnknown status
Chirurgie Digestive et de l'Urgence - CHU Grenoble
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GrenobleFranceUnknown status
Chirurgie Digestive et Transplantations - Hôpital Huriez
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LilleFranceUnknown status
Chirurgie Générale, Digestive et de la Transplantation hépatique - Hôpital de la Croix Rousse
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LyonFranceUnknown status
Chirurgie Digestive - Hôpital La Timone
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MarseilleFranceUnknown status
Chirurgie Digestive - CHU Montpellier
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MontpellierFranceUnknown status
Cochin Hospital
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ParisFranceUnknown status
Chirurgie hépato-biliaire et greffe de foie - La Pitié
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ParisFranceUnknown status
Chirurgie digestive - Institut Mutualiste Montsouris
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ParisFranceUnknown status
Chu Rennes Pontchaillou
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RennesFranceUnknown status
Chirurgie viscérale et digestive - CHU Rouen
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RouenFranceUnknown status
Chirurgie hépato-bilio-pancréatique et Transplantation - Hôpital Rangueil
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ToulouseFranceUnknown status
Chirurgie digestive Oncologique Endocrinienne et Transplantation hépatique - CHU Tours
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ToursFranceUnknown status
Centre hépatobiliaire de transplantation hépatique - Hopital Paul Brousse
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VillejuifFranceUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.