Clinical trial · Interventional
Transoral Robotic Surgery in Treating Patients With Benign or Malignant Tumors of the Head and Neck
A Pilot Study Assessing Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) for Oral and Laryngopharyngeal Benign and Malignant Lesions Using the Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System
NCT01473784CI-TRIAL-00102864recruitingN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This pilot clinical trial studies transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in treating patients with benign or malignant tumors of the head and neck. TORS is a less invasive type of surgery for head and neck cancer and may have fewer side effects and improve recovery
Conditions
Conditions (51)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recurrent Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity | Oral Cavity Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Recurrent Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity | Oral Cavity Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Hypopharynx | Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx | Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Oral Cavity | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Recurrent Verrucous Carcinoma of the Larynx | Laryngeal Verrucous Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Recurrent Verrucous Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity | Oral Cavity Verrucous Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| quality of life assessment | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| transoral robotic surgery | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Transoral robotic surgery (TORS)
- description
- Patients will undergo TORS for oral and laryngopharyngeal benign and malignant lesions using the Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System. After surgery regular clinical assessments will be scheduled to see how the patient is doing. Patients will be asked to answer a quality of life assessment as part of the study. If patients are unable to come to the Ohio State University Medical Center for a physician appointment they will be contacted via phone or mailed a questionnaire to complete.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: transoral robotic surgery
- Procedure: quality of life assessment
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Determine the feasibility of the TORS in patients with oral and laryngopharyngeal benign and malignant lesions.
- timeFrame
- up to eight years
Secondary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Assess the impact of TORS on the intra-operative surgical outcomes such as operative time, blood loss and complications.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient must present with indications for diagnostic or therapeutic approaches for benign and/or malignant diseases of the oral cavity or laryngopharynx (including the neoplastic lesions of the tongue, tongue base, retromolar trigone, tonsils, palate, posterior and lateral pharynx, glottic, supraglottic and subglottic larynx) * Patients must have adequate transoral exposure of the oral cavity and laryngopharynx for TORS instrumentation * Written informed consent and/or Consent waiver by institutional review board (IRB) Exclusion Criteria: * Unexplained fever and/or untreated, active infection * Patient pregnancy * Previous head and neck surgery that would preclude transoral/robotic procedures. This is at the investigator's discretion. This is not an exclusion criterion for the non-surgical arm. * The presence of medical conditions contraindicating general anesthesia or transoral surgical approaches * Inability to grant informed consent * INTRAOPERATIVE EXCLUSION CRITERIA: * Inability to adequately visualize anatomy to perform the diagnostic or therapeutic surgical approach transorally
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