Clinical trial · Interventional
Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring During Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy
Can Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring Predict and Improve Functional Outcomes After Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy
NCT03721029CI-TRIAL-00064411completedN/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)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the use of intraoperative nerve monitoring during robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) can predict and improve post-surgery urinary continence and erectile function.
Conditions
Conditions (5)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erectile Dysfunction | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Humans | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Male Urogenital Diseases | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Prostatectomy | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Urinary Incontinence | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intraoperative nerve monitoring, | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
| standard of care robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intraoperative nerve monitoring
- description
- Patients that undergo robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy with the use intraoperative nerve monitoring, via electromyography, to identify the exact location of the somatic fibers in the pelvic nerves that seem crucial for urinary continence control and erectile function
- interventionNames
- Device: Intraoperative nerve monitoring,
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control Cohort
- description
- Patients that undergo standard of care robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: standard of care robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Male
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients that are planned to undergo either non-nerve or unilateral nerve sparring surgery. * Patients that deemed able to understand the protocol and to return for all the required post-treatment follow-up visits. Exclusion Criteria: * Incontinence prior to surgery * Diabetes * Known neurological disease that can affect urinary/erectile function * Condition with Pacemaker * Previous pelvic trauma * Previous pelvic surgery including transurethral resection of the prostate * Previous pelvic radiation therapy
References
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