Clinical trial · Interventional
A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Robotic Simulation Curriculum to Teach Robotic Suturing
- 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)
The aim of this study is to determine if training with a robotic simulator improves ability to perform robotic suturing. We aim to recruit 38 participants (attending surgeons or residents in obstetrics and gynecology, urology, general surgery, or cardiac surgery). Participants will be randomized to training with a virtual reality robotic simulator in addition to clinical work or to usual clinical work alone for a period of 5 weeks. They will be tested at baseline and post-intervention in the task of suturing a inanimate model with the actual surgical robot. After the initial study period, the control group will have the opportunity to cross over and complete the training and then re-testing.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neoplasms | Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Training | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Training arm
- description
- The training arm participates in the robotic suturing simulation curriculum, a "proficiency" curriculum that it is focused on the goal of achieving proficiency targets for five simulator tasks. Those six tasks are : Camera targeting 1, Camera targeting 2, Suture sponge 1, Suture sponge 2, and Suture sponge 3. The curriculum also includes a sixth task, Suturing Skills (Symbionix): Horizontal suturing defect. Participants are encouraged to complete this task ten times rather than to attain a certain score. Participants set their own hours about when and how much to train during the 5 week intervention period. They are instructed that approximately one hour per week over 5 weeks will be required to achieve the targets, on average.
- interventionNames
- Other: Training
- type
- PLACEBO_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control
- description
- Participants in this group carry on with regular training (residents) or regular clinical work (attending surgeons) without robotic simulator training during the five week period when they are in the control group.
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * resident or attending surgeon in the department of General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cardiac Surgery, or Urology at McGill University or affiliated teaching hospitals Exclusion Criteria: \-
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDKiely DJ, Gotlieb WH, Lau S, Zeng X, Samouelian V, Ramanakumar AV, Zakrzewski H, Brin S, Fraser SA, Korsieporn P, Drudi L, Press JZ. Virtual reality robotic surgery simulation curriculum to teach robotic suturing: a randomized controlled trial. J Robot Surg. 2015 Sep;9(3):179-86. doi: 10.1007/s11701-015-0513-4. Epub 2015 May 16. PMID 26531197